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The City of Chicago’s reliance on aggressive ticketing and punitive collection practices to raise revenue is part of a troubling, nationwide trend that must be considered as the Supreme Court weighs a bankruptcy issue in an upcoming case, Chicago v. Fulton.
The below statement can be attributed to Heidi Dalenberg, Director of the Institutional Reform Project, ACLU of Illinois:
Recognizing the threat to consumer privacy through the personal data captured by sophisticated electronic products in our homes, a pair of state legislators today unveiled the Protecting Household Privacy Act (PHPA) to regulate when data from such devices may be lawfully obtained and collected in
The below statement can be attributed to Karen Sheley, Director, Police Practices Project, ACLU of Illinois.
The below statement can be attributed to Rachel Murphy, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Illinois:
Today, it was reported that the mother of Jaya Beemon (a nursing student who was shot and killed) was arrested by a CPD officer at the University of Chicago Hospital where her daughter’s body was taken. Jaya’s family said they were not allowed to view her body at the hospital.