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Statement of Karen Sheley
Director of Police Practices Project
Chicago is reeling once again from another life ended too soon following a police shooting. The ACLU joins all those in grieving the death of the man shot by police in South Shore.
Washington, DC – Seeking critical information on highly controversial programs, Muslim Advocates and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois today filed several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to compel eight government agencies to release information on so-call
CHICAGO – A case that began when a minor child purchased a season pass to Six Flags Great America is threatening to undermine Illinois’ imperative biometric data privacy law, according a coalition of organizations in an amicus brief filed with the Illinois Supreme Court.
A Chicago Fire Department (CFD) paramedic’s harrowing experience with pregnancy discrimination and her bravery in stepping forward helped lead to a settlement and new policies governing how CFD treats pregnant employees and mothers who need to express breastmilk at work.
CHICAGO – The Chicago Police Department refuses to provide basic information about how they monitor social media and whether they use secret third-party surveillance software to do so.
CHICAGO – In a move labeled as “puzzling and sad,” lawyers for the State of Illinois today asked a federal judge in Chicago to delay for at least seventy (70) days a trial set for September in a case challenging longstanding problems with the medical and dental care provided in I