Chicago Reader • 30th March 2022 New body-cam images show CPD attack on Miracle Boyd Officer Nicholas Jovanovich now faces firing as a result of the 2020 incident, in which he knocked out the activist’s tooth and seized her cell phone.
South Side Weekly • 3rd August 2021 Cop Who Attacked Miracle Boyd Was Investigated in 2009 for Beating Teen Officer Nicholas Jovanovich beat a Black teenager for talking back eleven years ago
South Side Weekly • 7th July 2021 Surveilling Dissent How CPD used the City’s gun-violence prevention center to monitor demonstrations last summer.
South Side Weekly • 23rd June 2021 Chicago Police Spied on Protesters Why did CPD External Relations approve snooping on a demonstration last summer?
South Side Weekly • 23rd June 2021 The High Price of the City’s Shows of Force Idling trucks ahead of protests in April drained half of Streets and Sanitation’s overtime budget for the year.
South Side Weekly • 2nd September 2020 Fact-Checking Police Supt. David Brown on August 15 How accurate were the CPD superintendent’s assertions about the downtown protest?
South Side Weekly • 2nd September 2020 Mohawk Johnson on Hip-Hop, Activism, and Skating "I think what people need to understand is that regardless of how you feel about the methodology, these people are in pain. Art creates an avenue for that pain"
South Side Weekly • 3rd July 2020 City Rescinds Chicago Freedom School Cease-and-Desist Order During George Floyd protests, city investigators came to the school after it ordered pizzas for activists
South Side Weekly • 8th June 2020 City Cited a School for Feeding Protesters The Chicago Freedom School opened its doors to people who were trapped in the Loop after George Floyd protests and ordered pizza. Then police showed up.
