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Chicago Police Department

A table of seized guns and drugs. | Couperfield | Dreamstime.com

Chicago Police Department

Brickbat: Keeping Them Off the Street

Charles Oliver | 7.26.2023 4:00 AM

Chicago police humiliated a naked woman during a wrong-door raid in 2019. A new report finds shoddy record keeping made it impossible to know how many other times CPD raided the wrong house. | CBS 2

Police Abuse

Chicago Police Raided at Least 21 Wrong Houses

But poor record keeping hides the real number.

C.J. Ciaramella | 6.30.2023 2:00 PM

Aréanah Preston in her graduation robe | YouTube

Criminal Justice

These Murders Don't Fit Into the Culture War

By glossing over routine crime victims in favor of stories with unorthodox circumstances, the press paints a distorted picture of a very real problem.

Billy Binion | 5.26.2023 2:41 PM

Brandon Johnson | J. Daniel Hud/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Politics

In the Chicago Mayoral Race, the Teachers Union Is the Real Winner

The union "has an outsized impact on working families who have no other choice on where to send their children...that power, combined with a mayor who is essentially a wholly owned subsidiary, would make them a dangerous force," says one former Chicago Public Schools executive.

Emma Camp | 4.5.2023 5:30 PM

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Gun Control

The Problems With Just Getting Guns Out of People's Hands as a Solution to Gun Violence

New study sees Chicago harassing and arresting people for paperwork violations, damaging their ability to live and work, without demonstrable effect on gun violence

Brian Doherty | 3.27.2023 5:40 PM

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot at public event. | Jose M. Osorio/TNS/Newscom

Criminal Justice

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Says People Charged With Violent Crimes Are Guilty Because Prosecutors Say So

"When those charges are brought, these people are guilty," Lightfoot said.

C.J. Ciaramella | 6.7.2022 12:48 PM

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Civil Liberties

Illinois Appeals Court Rules Chicago Slapped Drivers With Illegally High Fines for Years

A plaintiff in the class-action lawsuit says he had to declare bankruptcy after Chicago dumped $20,000 of ticket debts on him.

C.J. Ciaramella | 5.9.2022 4:33 PM

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Television

61st Street Dramatizes Chicago's Brutal, Hostile Criminal Justice System

The innocent and guilty alike are ground down by cynical, self-serving officials.

Glenn Garvin | 4.22.2022 3:00 PM

candyman-lg | Universal Pictures

Movies

Candyman Is a Sharp Deconstruction of Political Horror Movies

Horror filmmaking has always been political, but the new Candyman takes it to a different level.

Peter Suderman | 8.26.2021 12:28 PM

evan v chicago | Law offices of Al Hofeld

Police Abuse

Lawsuit Says Chicago Cops Pointed Guns at Young Girls During Warrantless Search

The latest in a long string of allegations that Chicago police terrorized families during botched raids

C.J. Ciaramella | 8.5.2021 3:53 PM

Screen Shot 2021-05-18 at 4.14.44 PM | CBS 2 Chicago

Police Abuse

Chicago Police Agree to Reforms After Wrong-Door Raid on a Naked Woman's Home Sparked Nearly 100 Misconduct Allegations

Some of the changes may make a difference. Others, not so much.

Billy Binion | 5.18.2021 5:10 PM

Screen Shot 2021-04-15 at 1.17.51 PM | Chicago Police Department

Police Abuse

Body Camera Footage Shows a Chicago Cop Shooting a 13-Year-Old Boy Who Had His Hands Up

Prosecutors initially suggested that the boy had a gun in his hand, but the government walked that back today.

Billy Binion | 4.15.2021 4:53 PM

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Criminal Justice

Massive Illinois Police Reform Bill Ends Cash Bail, Limits Deadly Force, Mandates Body Cameras, and Makes It Easier To Dump Crooked Cops

Unfortunately, qualified immunity remains intact.

Scott Shackford | 1.14.2021 3:35 PM

Leyalina Lazar-1 | Law offices of Al Hofeld

Police Abuse

Chicago Police Sued Again For Botched Raid, Pointing Guns At Grandma and Child

This is the 10th lawsuit in the past few years accusing Chicago police of terrorizing families because of sloppy, outdated search warrants.

C.J. Ciaramella | 8.27.2020 1:40 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Keep Out

Charles Oliver | 8.26.2020 4:00 AM

Screen Shot 2020-05-03 at 1.46.30 PM | Screenshot via Twitter

Coronavirus

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Warns Stay-At-Home Violators: 'We Will Take You To Jail, Period'

She then proceeded to yell at a group of teens.

Robby Soave | 5.3.2020 2:07 PM

chicagopolicebarrier_1161x653 | Calvin L. Leake | Dreamstime.com

Police Abuse

Chicago Police Shooting Captured on Video Leads to Outrage, Dropped Charges

Man tackled, shot twice for crime of illegally shifting between train cars.

Scott Shackford | 3.2.2020 12:35 PM

Bernard Kersh Body Slammed | Screenshot via Jovonna Alexiss Jamison/Facebook

Chicago Police Department

Chicago Cops Body-Slammed a Man on Thanksgiving, Then Charged Him With Assault

The arresting officer is on desk duty and an investigation is underway.

Zuri Davis | 12.2.2019 11:10 AM

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Donald Trump

Trump Speaks to Cops, Takes Credit for Crime Drop

"All over the world they're talking about Chicago," Trump said at a law enforcement conference today. "Afghanistan is a safe place by comparison."

C.J. Ciaramella | 10.28.2019 3:45 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Suspicious Minds

Charles Oliver | 7.30.2019 4:00 AM

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Police Abuse

Chicago Police Executed More Than 11,000 Search Warrants in Mostly Poor Neighborhoods Over 5-Year Period

As Chicago launches an internal probe of search warrants, new data shows where police are kicking in doors.

C.J. Ciaramella | 7.23.2019 8:00 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Justice Delayed

Charles Oliver | 6.7.2019 4:00 AM

Large image on homepages | YouTube / JUST WATCH

Police

Chicago Cops Dragged, Punched, and Tased a 16-Year-Old Girl. Can You Guess Who Was Charged With Battery?

Cue the lawsuit!

Joe Setyon | 4.12.2019 10:35 AM

Large image on homepages | WBBM/YouTube screenshot

Police

Battering Ram-Wielding Chicago Cops Crash 4-Year-Old's Birthday Party, Point Guns at Terrified Kids

When an aunt asked to see a search warrant, she says she was handcuffed.

Joe Setyon | 3.26.2019 10:30 AM

Large image on homepages | Facebook Screenshoot via Clark X Clark

Police

Video Shows Chicago Cop Using Handcuffs to Beat Teen Over the Head

Even if he was resisting arrest, this much force seems unnecessary.

Joe Setyon | 12.3.2018 4:15 PM

Large image on homepages | Screenshot via Vimeo/COPA Chicago

Chicago

Newly Released Video Challenges Cop's Story in Shooting of Autistic Teen

An off-duty Chicago Police Sergeant Khalil Muhammad said Ricardo Hayes was displaying a gun in an "armed confrontation."

Zuri Davis | 10.17.2018 5:10 PM

Large image on homepages | Jose M. Osorio/TNS/Newscom

Chicago Police Department

Jon Burge, Chicago's Most Famous Corrupt Cop, Is Dead at 70

Credibly accused, but never actually convicted, of torturing dozens of people to force confessions

Scott Shackford | 9.20.2018 12:40 PM

Large image on homepages | Anthony Souffle/TNS/Newscom

Rahm Emanuel

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Won't Run for Re-Election

The Windy City will be left drowning in debt, despite the high taxes and vicious money-grubbing fines.

Scott Shackford | 9.4.2018 2:15 PM

Large image on homepages | Terrence Antonio James/TNS/Newscom

Chicago

Did This Chicago Teen Commit Suicide or Was He Shot by Police?

The family of 15-year-old Steven Rosenthal is demanding proof after he died in a police chase.

Zuri Davis | 8.20.2018 10:50 AM

Large image on homepages | Terrence Antonio James/TNS/Newscom

Chicago

Body Cam Shows Chicago Police Officer Shooting a Man in the Back

Maurice Granton's family says the video shows that the shooting was unjustified.

Zuri Davis | 7.26.2018 12:30 PM

Volokh Conspiracy

Attorney General Sessions Properly Links an "ACLU Effect" and the Chicago Homicide Spike

The Attorney General approvingly discussed my article linking the dramatic decline in street stops in Chicago under an ACLU agreement and the subsequent homicide spike. While Professor John Rappaport has a different take on this "ACLU Effect," his unsupported analysis does not fit the data.

Paul Cassell |The Volokh Conspiracy | 5.14.2018 10:04 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Dog Gone

Charles Oliver | 4.6.2018 4:00 AM

Large image on homepages

ICE

A Wrongful Murder Conviction Cost Him Legal Residency Status. ICE Detains Him Anyway After Decades Imprisoned Unjustly.

A corrupt detective involved in 10 overturned convictions gives ICE an excuse to further harm an innocent man.

Brian Doherty | 3.30.2018 3:45 PM

Chicago

The 2016 Chicago Homicide Spike—Explained

After an ACLU consent decree with the Chicago Police Department dramatically reduced the number of stop and frisks, homicides significantly increased as a result.

Paul Cassell |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.26.2018 10:29 AM

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