People with sex and gun convictions are required to register with police. CPD can’t keep up.
Police turn away people trying to register, leaving them at risk of arrest. Some crime victims say the system fails them too.
Police turn away people trying to register, leaving them at risk of arrest. Some crime victims say the system fails them too.
Whether John Catanzara wins or loses, however, Chicago cops will be represented by a conservative, white man.
The justices issued their order Saturday evening, hours before the new law was slated to take effect, to maintain the status quo across the state.
Reform will move ahead as planned in Chicago and its immediate suburbs.
“We have a much longer way to go,” says Susan Lee, the former deputy mayor for public safety who was the architect of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s signature “Our City Our Safety” initiative.
A Kankakee County judge sided with prosecutors and sheriffs from across Illinois in ruling the cash bail section of the legislation violates the Illinois Constitution. Attorney General Kwame Raoul has vowed to appeal.
The finding raises questions about the qualifications of the investigators who are crucial in holding abusive guards accountable.
Illinois is poised to become the first state to completely eliminate cash bail. Other states have tried versions of what Illinois is about to do.
Lawyers for the alleged getaway driver in Police Officer Clifton Lewis’s murder claim Cook County assistant state’s attorneys hid evidence.
Police also released photos of a person wanted for questioning in the fatal shooting that happened Friday afternoon at the Pilsen high school.