Chicago's Red Light Cameras Keep Fueling Corruption Scandals
A state senator joins several local officials in federal indictments for taking bribes in exchange for contracts.
A state senator joins several local officials in federal indictments for taking bribes in exchange for contracts.
"When those charges are brought, these people are guilty," Lightfoot said.
A plaintiff in the class-action lawsuit says he had to declare bankruptcy after Chicago dumped $20,000 of ticket debts on him.
"It's a lot to try and put this stuff all together all on my own, using my own savings, and then having to start all over," says Venus Vegan Tattoo owner Selena Carrion.
The innocent and guilty alike are ground down by cynical, self-serving officials.
The city's army of 160 speed cameras issued a ticket every 11 seconds during 2021 and generated $89 million in revenue.
A sociologist spent 112 days tracking students' illicit deals for chips and other goodies.
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Civil liberties advocates say the law is just a reheated version of flawed state anti-gang law.
Other teams beg for taxpayer handouts.
Accused of orchestrating a hate crime hoax, the former actor took the stand at his trial on Monday.
The report followed media investigations into ShotSpotter's reliability and activist pressure on Chicago to cut its contract with ShotSpotter.
Taking the "public" out of public service
The latest in a long string of allegations that Chicago police terrorized families during botched raids
Some of the changes may make a difference. Others, not so much.
Prosecutors initially suggested that the boy had a gun in his hand, but the government walked that back today.
"We are failing those children by not giving them the option to return to school."
Now officials in Chicago and New York are reconsidering their rules.
Unfortunately, qualified immunity remains intact.
Aaron Sorkin takes on the famous trial of activists who organized an anti-war protest during the 1968 Democratic convention.
Chicago went to court to try and block a local news station from airing the body camera footage.
By arbitrarily foreclosing relatively safe social and recreational options, politicians encourage defiance, resentment, and riskier substitutes.
Lawmakers are bribing citizens with a tiny tax break in exchange for the power to jack up income tax rates down the line.
Despite an alarming increase in crime, Illinois is illegally delaying gun licenses.
In other news, Chicago Public Schools will still spend $15 million on school police.
A 2018 Reason investigation showed how Chicago's impound program ensnared innocent owners, stripped them of their cars, and soaked them in debt.
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Trump and other White House officials say the feds may soon be coming to other major cities as well.
Former professor John Cochrane: "I spent much of my last few years of teaching afraid that I would say something that could be misunderstood and thus be offensive to someone."
Reason showed how Chicago's impound program traps innocent owners in thousands of dollars of debt in 2018.
If this is what cities are paying billions for, no wonder people are calling for defunding.
She then proceeded to yell at a group of teens.
The Cook County jail is the country's largest known single source of new coronavirus infections.
Man tackled, shot twice for crime of illegally shifting between train cars.
Did Cook County overdo it and let too many dangerous defendants free?
Our most troubled state enters 2020 having lost residents for six years in a row.
The arresting officer is on desk duty and an investigation is underway.
"All over the world they're talking about Chicago," Trump said at a law enforcement conference today. "Afghanistan is a safe place by comparison."
More than 300,000 students in Chicago were out of school on Friday as the teachers strike continued.
Allie Nelson is the latest plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Chicago's vehicle impound racket, which seizes cars from the innocent and guilty alike.
Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City all have some easily identifiable management problems.