CPD officer Frederick Collins has more than 40 misconduct complaints. Now, he’s running for mayor.
Tag: stop and frisk
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Cops slammed for ticketing black cyclists: ‘It’s about the police harassing people’
Cycle of injustice continues as blacks still ticketed at far higher rates for biking violations.
Posted inNews & Politics
Chris Hayes says America’s founders would be offended by the modern police state
In his new book A Colony in a Nation, the journalist and MSNBC host compares current-day policing in cities like Chicago to British rule just before the American Revolution.
Posted inBlogs
A workshop on ‘cop watching’ shows Chicagoans how to safely document police stops
The People’s Response Team recently taught a class on the monitoring of interactions between citizens and police officers.
Posted inBlogs
Donald Trump calls for ‘stop and frisk’ in ‘out of control’ Chicago, and other news
Also, Hillary Clinton isn’t close to raising as much money in Chicago as Barack Obama did in 2008.
Posted inBlogs
How stop and frisk works in Chicago
Police practices in Chicago may be less flawed than New York’s, but they cause the same tensions between public safety and personal liberty.
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Rahm backs changes to pot policy
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is preparing to announce his support for a plan to soften penalties for marijuana possession
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Mayor Emanuel stands pat on pot
The mayor remains silent as Chicago police tie up 175 officer hours a day arresting people for marijuana possession