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In October 2011, the ACLU of Illinois filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of itself and the Central Austin Neighborhood Association (CANA) challenging the manner in which the Chicago Police Department deploys police officers across the City’s many districts.
CHICAGO – Chicago officials have failed to deploy police equitably across the City’s many diverse neighborhoods, resulting in disproportionate numbers of delayed police responses to those neighborhoods with higher minority populations, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois a
CHICAGO - An annual report released this month by the Illinois Department of Transportation reveals that Illinois State Police troopers continued to ask motorists of color for permission to search their car without cause at a higher rate than white drivers during 2010.
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.
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 Schools.