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Pretextual Vehicle Stops—A Pipeline to Police Testilying

Our January 2023 police perjury report convincingly demonstrates that the Chicago Police Department (CPD) has a culture that condones dishonesty, prevalent lying in court (“testilying”) and, false report-writing by police officers. Along with recommendations to improve transparency (some of which ha...

Lawsuit: Chicago Police Department Relies on Faulty ‘Evidence’ from ShotSpotter to Make Arrests

On July 21, 2022, attorneys from Northwestern University’s MacArthur Justice Center filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Michael Williams, Daniel Ortiz, and Lucy Parsons Labs against the City of Chicago, Chicago Police Department (CPD) Superintendent David Brown, and several CPD officers. The lawsui...

Who Polices the Police? Support for the Community’s Proposal for Oversight of the Chicago Police Department

Where are we now? Police misconduct and violence, and the resulting mistrust by many citizens, particularly in Black and Latinx communities, has been an ongoing issue in Chicago and nationally. Chicago has made various attempts at police oversight since the 1970...

Then and Now: What Have We Learned from Chicago’s Past Attempts at Police Reform?

Published: November 3, 2020 By Elijah Gelman, Chicago Appleseed Intern For the third time in 14 years, Chicago is looking to overhaul its police oversight system. Two ordinances have been proposed: the Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC) and the Grassroots Alliance for Police Acc...

Chicago Police Superintendent Wrongfully Blames Gun Violence on Bond Reform

On July 6, 2020, new Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown held a press conference about the Fourth of July weekend’s gun violence. Between 6 PM on Thursday, July 2, and 5 AM on Monday, July 6, 87 people were shot in the city, and 17 of those people died. Tragically, the victims shot...

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