After months of requests and an order from the state, Mayor Emanuel’s police department finally coughs up a few details about its undercover police spy investigations of ordinary citizens.
Tag: Occupy Chicago
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Records show Chicago police spied on Olympics protesters
Through FOIA requests, activist confirms that cops investigated foes of the games in 2009.
Posted inNews & Politics
Chicago police are spying on citizens
Authorities have conducted surveillance on activists in recent years but won’t say why.
Posted inBlogs
Bruce Rauner keeps it in the Daley family
By appointing Bill Daley to his transition team, Governor-elect Rauner didn’t take long to demonstrate that it’s business as usual in the state of Illinois.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
How the city cut funds for mental health patients—and spied on them instead
While closing clinics, the city found money for spying on protesters.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best Anti-Establishment Mouthpiece
She bridges the divide between activists and corporate media.
Posted inBlogs
Tribune complaint denied: occupiedchicagotribune.org stays with the Occupiers
Geneva body rejects Tribune domain name complaint
Posted inBlogs
Starting today on the Bleader: Disparity Week
This most recent installment of our weekly Variations on a Theme blog series is devoted to things that just aren’t fair
Posted inBlogs
Last chance to see a “revolutionary Christmas Carol”
Christmas Carol update Occupy My Heart at Studio BE through Thursday.
Posted inBlogs
Occupy Chicago: talking TIFs to the people
Ben Joravsky reflects on his experience speaking at Occupy Chicago.