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Chicago police deployment scheme results in inequitable, unfair service for minority neighborhoods, suit says
Learn More Read the complaint (PDF) Read Legal Director Harvey Grossman’s op-ed for the Chicago Sun-Times Sound off about police deployment in your neighborhood CHICAGO – Chicago officials have failed... Continue reading
New Data Shows Racial Bias in Police Consent Searches
Ask Governor Quinn to end racially biased consent searches by Illinois State Police CHICAGO – An annual report released this month by the Illinois Department of Transportation reveals that Illinois... Continue reading
ACLU complaint: DOJ should investigate racial bias in Illinois State Police consent searches
CHICAGO – Following years of inaction by state governmental officials, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois today filed an administrative complaint and asked the U.S. Department of Justice to... Continue reading
Civil Rights Groups Respond to End of Court Supervision of Integration Plan for Chicago Public Schools
September 25, 2009 – Late on Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Kocoras issued a ruling ending a long-standing consent decree that sought to promote racial integration in Chicago Public... Continue reading
Keeping Chicago Public Schools Integrated
Without a Specific Plan for the Future, Civil Rights Groups Urge Court to Maintain Integration Plan for Chicago Public Schools Chicago – Three prominent civil rights organizations today urged a... Continue reading
