“Everyone knows him because of his glasses. He’s the kid.” Campaign volunteer Ava Gal gestured to William “The Kid” Guerrero, the 21-year-old artist running for a council seat in the 12th Chicago Police District. It was 6 PM on a Friday night in early February, and Guerrero’s supporters waited for guests to arrive at his […]
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CPD denied scores of undocumented crime victims a path to citizenship
Immigrants seeking a U visa are being blocked by two sergeants who were previously involved in controversial shootings and on the verge of being fired, raising questions about CPD’s commitment to the U visa program.
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Tough calls
When the police bring too many risks with them, where can you turn in a crisis?
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Op-Ed: The right (to a) call
A new consent decree is a victory against CPD abuse years in the making.
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ShotSpotter held in contempt of court
Rather than release documents, a ShotSpotter attorney requested the contempt order.
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‘All I feel is loss’
After nearly two years on electronic monitoring, Jeremey “Mohawk” Johnson’s ankle bracelet is finally off.
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An invitation to listen to survivors
“It’s an invitation,” says Aaron Hughes, cocurator of “Remaking the Exceptional: Tea, Torture, and Reparations,” an exhibition currently on display at the DePaul Art Museum. Marking the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, the exhibit examines the similarities between survivors of torture at the U.S. military prison with survivors of […]
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ShotSpotter’s deafening impact
The surveillance technology is still disproportionately listening to Black and Brown communities.
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CPD requested thousands of vaccine exemptions
Nearly half of Chicago police employees applied for exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine.
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New body-cam images show CPD attack on Miracle Boyd
Officer Nicholas Jovanovich knocked out the activist’s tooth and seized her cell phone.
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Chicago police, firefighters donated to Canadian trucker convoy
One firefighter apparently used an official city email address to contribute.
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‘House of Screams’ revisited
The reporting is an icon of the paper’s journalism, but John Conroy wonders what it actually accomplished.
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Liaisons and order
The city bolstered its team of officers who engage with LGBTQ+ citizens. Queer people say that’s not enough.
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After 34 years, a murder conviction quietly reversed in four minutes
James Allen still has two murder cases keeping him in prison.