Department of Justice Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/department-of-justice/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:45:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png Department of Justice Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/department-of-justice/ 32 32 163009088 Latrell Allen police shooting exposes gaps in body camera and foot pursuit policies https://www.chicagoreporter.com/latrell-allen-police-shooting-exposes-gaps-in-body-camera-and-foot-pursuit-policies/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/latrell-allen-police-shooting-exposes-gaps-in-body-camera-and-foot-pursuit-policies/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2020 10:00:13 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=6344005 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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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/latrell-allen-police-shooting-exposes-gaps-in-body-camera-and-foot-pursuit-policies/feed/ 0 6344005 Federal civil rights agency: Unequal discipline of women in prison must be addressed https://www.chicagoreporter.com/doj-report-unequal-discipline-of-women-in-prison-must-be-addressed/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/doj-report-unequal-discipline-of-women-in-prison-must-be-addressed/#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2020 22:04:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5553394 Federal agency cites collaborative investigation by the Reporter, NPR and the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University which exposed disparities at prisons across the country.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/doj-report-unequal-discipline-of-women-in-prison-must-be-addressed/feed/ 0 5553394 The 6 countries in Trump’s new travel ban pose little threat to US national security https://www.chicagoreporter.com/the-6-countries-in-trumps-new-travel-ban-pose-little-threat-to-us-national-security/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/the-6-countries-in-trumps-new-travel-ban-pose-little-threat-to-us-national-security/#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2020 18:09:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5454960 Immigrants from Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania constitute less than 1% of terrorism cases in the United States, and none of the cases in the last two years.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/the-6-countries-in-trumps-new-travel-ban-pose-little-threat-to-us-national-security/feed/ 0 5454960 Cities with more black residents rely more on traffic tickets and fines for revenue https://www.chicagoreporter.com/cities-with-more-black-residents-rely-more-on-traffic-tickets-and-fines-for-revenue/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/cities-with-more-black-residents-rely-more-on-traffic-tickets-and-fines-for-revenue/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2019 18:23:56 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=4718468 A study looked at fines in 93 California cities. Cities with more black residents and more disproportionately white police forces tended to rely the most on fines.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/cities-with-more-black-residents-rely-more-on-traffic-tickets-and-fines-for-revenue/feed/ 0 4718468 Stop-and-frisk down 80% in Chicago but Black and Latinx people still hit the hardest, judge finds https://www.chicagoreporter.com/stop-and-frisk-down-80-in-chicago-but-black-and-latinx-people-still-hit-the-hardest-judge-finds/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/stop-and-frisk-down-80-in-chicago-but-black-and-latinx-people-still-hit-the-hardest-judge-finds/#respond Tue, 29 Oct 2019 22:48:51 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=4700333 President Donald Trump took aim at the Chicago Police Department as a new report details reform efforts ushered in by an agreement with the ACLU.

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