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News & Politics, Feature Nov 18, 2020
Lightfoot turns city’s infrastructure into weapons against protesters

When election and racial justice protests rocked Chicago, the mayor used raised bridges and shut down public transportation as crowd control measures, which harmed the city’s workers.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Feature, policing, black lives matter, chicago police, protests, lori lightfoot, public transit, racial justice

News & Politics, Feature Jun 24, 2020
Activists say mayor’s police reform promises ring hollow

Lori Lightfoot has hampered the process of installing a police oversight council, activists say, despite making it a major part of her public safety platform during her mayoral run.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Feature, policing, chicago, community policing, lori lightfoot, police accountability, police reform

News & Politics, Feature Aug 2, 2018
Caught between black and blue

Was the police shooting of Harith Augustus justified? Is Blue Lives Matter for white cops only? Three black Chicago-area officers talk about what things look like from where they stand.
- By Evan F. Moore
- Tags: Feature, law enforcement, policing, black police officers, African-American police officers, black cops, African-American cops, police, police officers, Chicago-area police officers, Donald Trump, fuck the police, Rahm Emanuel, No Cop Academy, #NoCopAcademy, police and firefighter training academy, Harith Augustus, police shootings, guns, gun violence, race, Blue Lives Matter, police-community relations, Barack Obama, choosing sides, traffic stops, interacting with police, police academies, bigotry

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Oct 24, 2017
Matt Taibbi: The case of Eric Garner proves that broken windows policing is broken

In his new book I Can’t Breathe, the Rolling Stone writer examines how complex forces slowly strangled the Staten Island man.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Lit Feature, Matt Taibbi, I Can't Breathe, Eric Garner, Bill Bratton, Rahm Emanuel, Laquan McDonald, Policing, Broken Windows, Michael Bloomberg, Bill Di Blasio, Black Lives Matters

News & Politics, Politics Mar 28, 2017
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.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Politics, A Colony in a Nation, All In With Chris Hayes, American Revolution, Barack Obama, Benjamin Franklin, cannabis, Chris Hayes, Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, John Adams, Laquan McDonald, marijuana legalization, MSNBC, police state, policing, racial politics, Rahm Emanuel, revolution, Richard Nixon, stop and frisk, Thomas Jefferson

Film, Movie Review Jan 18, 2017
Recommended Video
Patriots Day soft-pedals the citywide lockdown that followed the Boston Marathon bombing

Mark Wahlberg stars as a Boston cop on the trail of two lone-wolf jihadists.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Patriots Day, Peter Berg, Boston Marathon bombing, Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Kensky, Rachel Brosnahan, Patrick Downes, Christopher O’Shea, Sean Collier, Jake Picking, Jeff Pugliese, J.K. Simmons, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Alex Wolff, Themo Melikidze, Ed Davis Boston police, John Goodman, Richard DesLauriers, Kevin Bacon, Deval Patrick, Michael Beach, Deepwater Horizon, Lone Survivor, American Sniper, Katherine Russell, Melissa Benoist, Khandi Alexander, terrorism, policing, martial law, Recommended, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 20, 2016
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.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Criminal Justice, News, People’s Response Team, Black Lives Matter, Cop-watching, Chicago Police Department, CPD, bystander intervention, police violence, stop and frisk, policing, Alan Mills, Uptown People’s Law Center, First Defense Legal Aid, National Lawyers’ Guild

News & Politics, Feature Sep 29, 2016
Video
Inside the Chicago Police Department’s secret budget

Every year, police take millions of dollars from ordinary Chicagoans and spend it behind closed doors.
- By Joel Handley, Jennifer Helsby, and Freddy Martinez
- Tags: Feature, News, Chicago Police Department, CPD, Cook County state’s attorney’s office, civil forfeiture, criminal justice, policing, surveillance, Lucy Parsons Labs, Muckrock, Willie Mae Swansey, Bureau of Organized Crime, Institute for Justice, Ben Ruddell, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Nicholas Roti, Anthony Riccio, Ernest Brown, Kenneth Angarone, Jonathan Lewin, Homan Square, Jonathan Brayman, Breen & Pugh, Pen-Link, Automatic License Plate Readers, Stingray, DRTbox, International Association for Chiefs of Police, Illinois Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act, Video

News & Politics, Feature Oct 16, 2013
Do we have the right people locked up?

How a medieval court system is costing you money—and compromising safety
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, 60 Minutes, A.C. Cunningham, aggravated battery, Anita Alvarez, arrests, attempted murder, attorneys, bail, bond court, bond hearings, bonds, books, Boss Pimps, Brad Jett, Byron Champ, Calumet Heights, cannabis, Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Sun-Times, Cook County, Cook County commissioners, Cook County jail, CPD, crime, David Olson, Dominique Nong, drug offences, drug offenses, electronic monitoring, Fabio Valentini, firearms offences, gangs, Gangster Disciples, gun crimes, guns, handguns, heroin, home confinement, Illinois state law, Illinois Supreme Court, incarceration, jail, John Fritchey, judges, Kewane Gatewood, Laura Sullivan, law students, Loyola University, marijuana, mental health, monetary bonds, neighborhoods, New York City, Northwestern University, Northwestern University Law School, Patrick Reardon, policing, pretrial investigators, prior convictions, prison inmates, prison population, prisons, prosecutors, public defenders, race, Richard M. Daley, shoplifting, Steve Bogira, Tabari Young, Thomas Kilbride, Timothy Evans, Tom Dart, violating probation, violence, Washington, DC, William P. Murphy

News & Politics, Feature Sep 18, 2013
A former investigator of police misconduct on the questions she never asked

I sat down with six ex-cops to talk about policing and excessive force–and to find out why cops do what they do.
- By Francine J. Sanders
- Tags: Feature, policing, CPD, Chicago Police Department, Larry Williams, OPS, Office of Professional Standards, police misconduct, excessive force, Andrew Wilson, Jon Burge, Police Board, IPRA, Independent Police Review Authority, interviews, police officers, former police officers, Bronzeville, neighborhoods, military training, Nathaniel Hanserd, fearlessness, 95th Street Gents, gangs, Cook County sheriff's department, Donna Adams, Donna's Cafe, South Loop, Englewood, investigations, drug dealers, drug houses, Julie Schalk, internal affairs, 1968 Democratic Convention, Albert Lee Parks, justice, police culture, crime, questions

News & Politics, Feature Jul 10, 2013
The cop who wants to fight crime with the community

From a troubled corner on the west side, Chicago police captain Roger Bay sees the promise of preventing violence one storefront and milk crate at a time.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, Roger Bay, neighborhoods, gang violence, violence, crime, cigarettes, smuggling, drugs, shootings, murders, liquor stores, Titanic Subs, Chicago Police Department, CPD, policing, Wicker Park, Logan Square, Lane Tech High School, 11th District, west side, gangs, Chet Jackson, West Humboldt Nieghborhood Development Council, community policing, Garry McCarthy, development, jobs, Bloomingdale Trail

News & Politics, Feature May 8, 2013
Audio
Addicted to guns

Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, 24th Ward, 911, addiction, Anita Alvarez, Antonio Villaraigosa, ATF, Barack Obama's house, basketball, cannabis, CeaseFire, Charlie Beck, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Tribune, Christopher Koper, City Colleges, City Council, conflict resolution, conflicts, Connie Rice, Cook County state's attorney, CPD, crime, drinking, drug dealing, drug territory, Englewood, Evans Mob, ex-offenders, Frederick Seaton, gang members, gang territory, gangs, Gangster Disciples, Gary McCarthy, George Mason University, Greater Grand Crossing, gun laws, gun violence, guns, Hadiya Pendleton, Hales Franciscan High School, high school basketball, interruption, Jack Tweedle, Kennedy-King College, liquor stores, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Develop, marijuana, Marilyn Pitchford, Michael Chandler, Michael Davis, murder, Napoleon English, neighborhoods, Phil Cline, police overtime, policing, poverty, prison, Project Safe Neighborhoods, punishment, race, Rahm Emanuel, restaurants, Richard M. Daley, roots of violence, Safer Foundation, Sheldon Smith, shootings, social services, South Side, The Crime Report, Tony Wade, Turkey Chop, U.S. attorney, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, U.S. Department of Justice, Vice Lords, violence, violence interrupters, Violence Reduction Strategy, West Humboldt Park, Audio

Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2013
City officials say they're committed to community policing, just not to funding it

A closer look at Mayor Emanuel's plan to "revitalize" the CAPS program
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, Politics, News, drugs, gangs, violence, war on drugs, Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, community policing, CAPS, west side, west Humboldt Park, murder, homicide, shootings, budget, policing, Chicago city budget, Roger Bay, Walter Burnett Jr.

Blogs, Bleader Nov 3, 2012
What a robbery in Edgewater says about the police staffing debate, part two of two

A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment, part two of two
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, Politics, Clout City, News, Edgewater, Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr jewelry company, drugs, gangs, violence, war on drugs, Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, community policing, CAPS, murder, homicide, shootings, budget, policing, Chicago city budget, robbery, police staffing, police deployment, Harry Osterman, Lucy Moy-Bartosik, 20th District, 48th Ward

Blogs, Bleader Nov 2, 2012
What a robbery in Edgewater says about the police staffing debate, part one of two

A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, Politics, Clout City, News, Edgewater, Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr jewelry company, drugs, gangs, violence, war on drugs, Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, community policing, CAPS, murder, homicide, shootings, Ricardo Munoz, Rick Munoz, budget, policing, Chicago city budget, robbery, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, police staffing, police deployment

Blogs, Bleader Oct 26, 2012
Top cops can't explain what's up with CAPS

CAPS director Ron Holt offers another spin on the future of the police department's community outreach program
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, Politics, Clout City, News, drugs, gangs, violence, Chicago Police Department, Garry McCarthy, community policing, CAPS, Ron Holt, Al Wysinger, budget, policing, Chicago city budget

Blogs, Bleader Oct 26, 2012
Superintendent McCarthy dismantles CAPS, will replace it with something at some point

Chicago police chief says we don't need more cops, just a new community policing policy to be determined later
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, Politics, Clout City, News, drugs, gangs, violence, war on drugs, Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, community policing, CAPS, west side, murder, homicide, shootings, Ron Holt, Richard M. Daley, Al Wysinger, Willie Cochran, Ricardo Munoz, Rick Munoz, budget, policing, Chicago city budget

Blogs, Bleader Jul 26, 2012
Concentrated poverty and homicide in Chicago

Segregation's lethal legacy marches on
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Crime, Neighborhoods, Politics, News, concentrated poverty, murders, segregation, Chicago Department of Public Health, public health, policing, Arthur J. Lurigio, Crain's Chicago Business, Loyola University, Rahm Emanuel

News & Politics, Neighborhood News Feb 1, 1990
How to get rid of the local drug dealer
- By Dan Liberty
- Tags: Neighborhood News, policing, Chicago Police Department, Citizens United for Safety, CUFS, drug dealers, Pepe Frau, block clubs, Chicago Alliance for Neighborhood Safety, David del Valle, probation, NCO, Northwest Community Organization, 911, Department of Inspectional Services, DIS, building owners, assets forfeiture laws, civil forfeiture, nuisance abatement laws

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When election and racial justice protests rocked Chicago, the mayor used raised bridges and shut down public transportation as crowd control measures, which harmed the city’s workers.

Lori Lightfoot has hampered the process of installing a police oversight council, activists say, despite making it a major part of her public safety platform during her mayoral run.

Was the police shooting of Harith Augustus justified? Is Blue Lives Matter for white cops only? Three black Chicago-area officers talk about what things look like from where they stand.

In his new book I Can’t Breathe, the Rolling Stone writer examines how complex forces slowly strangled the Staten Island man.

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.

Mark Wahlberg stars as a Boston cop on the trail of two lone-wolf jihadists.

The People’s Response Team recently taught a class on the monitoring of interactions between citizens and police officers.

Every year, police take millions of dollars from ordinary Chicagoans and spend it behind closed doors.

How a medieval court system is costing you money—and compromising safety

I sat down with six ex-cops to talk about policing and excessive force–and to find out why cops do what they do.

From a troubled corner on the west side, Chicago police captain Roger Bay sees the promise of preventing violence one storefront and milk crate at a time.

Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?

A closer look at Mayor Emanuel's plan to "revitalize" the CAPS program

A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment, part two of two

A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment

CAPS director Ron Holt offers another spin on the future of the police department's community outreach program

Chicago police chief says we don't need more cops, just a new community policing policy to be determined later

Segregation's lethal legacy marches on

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