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Reported dramatic decrease in the number of pedestrian stops by CPD officers

A number of media reports in recent days have pointed to a dramatic reduction in the number of pedestrian stops by officers of the Chicago Police Department.

January 14, 2016

Statement responding to Governor Rauner’s declaration to seek end of consent decrees

Yesterday, in a series of interviews marking his first year in office, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner said that a “big part” of his administration’s plan going forward would be to seek release from court oversight in various federal consent decrees to which the State of Illinois has agree

January 12, 2016

ACLU Response to Statement by District 211 Superintendent Daniel Cates

Superintendent Cates’ intemperate and inflammatory statements this afternoon are disappointing. Clearly, the District remains committed to a path of discrimination and division, rather than moving toward healing, understanding and inclusion.

December 4, 2015

District 211 Board vote falls short of full inclusion for students who are transgender

UPDATE 12/4/2015 4:00 p.m. School District 211 issued a press release suggesting that the OCR was acting in “bad faith” on the settlement affecting our client, and threatening an “emergency board meeting to discuss action, including the potential retraction of the agreem

December 3, 2015

A call for justice for Laquan McDonald

This has been a remarkable few days in Chicago.

November 27, 2015

Statement on release of video showing the death of Laquan McDonald

The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois joins all Chicagoans in expressing our deep condolences to the family of Laquan McDonald, the young man killed by a Chicago

November 24, 2015