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Black and Latino drivers across Illinois continue to be stopped by police at disproportionate rates nearly two decades after Illinois adopted a law to track traffic stops in the state.
The lawsuit’s description of horrific conditions at the facility mirror the findings of a recent report by the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice. These conditions are present in a facility that detains youth as young as 11 years old.
Five Black and Latino Chicagoans filed a discrimination lawsuit that alleges CPD officers are more likely to pull over Black and Latino drivers than white drivers, and the disparity cannot be justified by public or traffic safety.
The United States Senate confirmed the nomination of our legal director, Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, to the federal district court for the Eastern District of New York.
Over the course of the ACLU’s stop and frisk agreement, the use of the stop and frisk tactic by CPD officers has fallen significantly – even while the number of traffic stops by CPD have escalated dramatically.
Governor Pritzker signed into law House Bill 3425, a measure that makes necessary updates to the state’s anti-bullying law.