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No Cash Bail in Illinois: Pretrial Fairness Act in Effect, Abolishing Cash Bail. Here’s How the Cash Bail System has Changed, and What that Means for the Accused Awaiting Trial.

L. Nicole Trottie — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 17:20:39 +0000

Following a highly contentious election cycle last year in which Republicans used the Pretrial Fairness Act to decry Democrats as being “soft on crime,” a series of legal challenges from state’s attorneys and sheriffs delayed the law’s implementation while the Illinois Supreme Court weighed its constitutionality. In a partisan 5-2 decision in July, the court’s […]

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s surveillance system will outlast the protest movement

Ángel Díaz and The Chicago Reporter — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 16:41:04 +0000

For communities of color, surveillance is just another iteration of a policing system that inherently views them as suspicious, a digital stop-and-frisk.

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As Trump relaunches Countering Violent Extremism, records on past Illinois program reveal links to FBI, law enforcement

Alex Ruppenthal and Asraa Mustufa — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 19:05:00 +0000

Leading Democrats including Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have previously voiced support for the controversial counterterrorism program now being included in broader demands to defund and divest from law enforcement.

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Latrell Allen police shooting exposes gaps in body camera and foot pursuit policies

Curtis Black — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 10:00:13 +0000

Despite a consent decree and the Justice Department’s flagging of Chicago’s lacking foot pursuit and body camera policies back in 2017, reforms have been slow to come.

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Charles Green says his fight for decades of Chicago police misconduct records is about clearing his name

Josh McGhee — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 19:25:00 +0000

In an interview with The Chicago Reporter, Green tells us about life after prison and what the controversial settlement he was offered would mean for him.

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