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Today’s report from the Independent Monitor provides the City and the Chicago Police Department (CPD) with another failing grade on compliance with terms of the federal consent decree– two and a half years after the City promised to make these systemic chang
After a weekend shooting in the Austin neighborhood, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPD Superintendent David Brown have publicly critiqued a decision by the State’s Attorney Office to decline the filing of charges, even as police acknowledge the lack of a real inv
This morning, Mayor Lori Lightfoot introduced an ordinance in the Chicago City Council aimed at using the failed policy of civil asset forfeiture to address gun violence in the City.
Earlier today, Governor JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 2323 concerning the restraint and shackling of youth in DCFS care while being transported.
CHICAGO – Illinois today became the first state in the United States to place modest guidelines on how law enforcement can access personal information captured by so-called “smart devices” in our homes after Governor JB Pritzker signed the
CHICAGO — A court in Illinois today denied Clearview AI’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) challenging the company’s capture of millions of Illi