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ACLU Calls on CPD to Stop Delay Tactics and Address Racially Discriminatory Traffic Stops

The ACLU of Illinois is condemning the Chicago Police Department’s request to put on ice a lawsuit it filed last year, Wilkins v. Chicago, challenging racially discriminatory traffic stops.

June 25, 2024

Harmful Confinement Policies at Knox County Juvenile Detention Facility Challenged in Federal Court

Youth detained at the Mary Davis Detention Home (“MDH”) in Galesburg, Illinois continue to endure abusive, extended solitary confinement despite multiple failed audits and repeated warnings about the harm of this practice.

June 17, 2024

Black and Brown Drivers in Chicago Want Voice in Effort to Move Traffic Stops Under Consent Decree

The plaintiffs in Wilkins v. Chicago are asking the Chief Judge to block CPD from sidestepping their case by moving oversight of traffic stops in the city under the Consent Decree process.

June 10, 2024

Human Rights Commission Allows Charges to Move Forward Against Two Downstate Walmart Stores for Denying Service to Transgender Man

A unanimous panel of the Illinois Human Rights Commission is allowing charges of discrimination filed against Walmart for turning away a transgender man who sought to cash a money order.

June 5, 2024

ACLU of Illinois Comments on University of Chicago Delaying Degrees to Four Students Who Participated in Campus Protests

Four University of Chicago students who otherwise expected to graduate are having their diplomas withheld while the University investigates complaints about these students’ participation in protests.

May 30, 2024

ACLU of Illinois Hails Passage of Measure Helping Relatives Care for Children in Care of DCFS

By passing House Bill 4781 (the KIND Act), the Illinois House is making sure that our state’s family regulation system prioritizes the interests of youth in that system.

May 15, 2024