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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.
Chicago Reader • 17th February 2022

Chicago police, firefighters donated to Canadian trucker convoy

One firefighter apparently used an official city email address to contribute.
Chicago Reader • 7th February 2022

Chicago police pistol-whipped suspect in brutal 2017 arrest

Last year, COPA recommended three of the officers involved be fired. They still haven’t been.
South Side Weekly • 7th December 2021

COPA Recommended Westinghouse Prep Cop Be Fired in March

Chavez Siler, the officer who attacked a student last month, should have been fired for pistol-whipping a suspect in 2017, COPA found.
South Side Weekly • 24th November 2021

CPD Audits Show Half of Officers Have Complaints

At least one audit was prepared in response to activists' grassroots efforts.
South Side Weekly • 10th November 2021

Cop in Lakefront Attack Has a History of Similar Incidents

Officer Bruce Dyker already had two dozen complaints before he attacked a woman in August.
South Side Weekly • 19th August 2021

Who’s Supervising Overtime at CPD?

Last year Superintendent David Brown ordered deputy chiefs to approve all overtime. Internal records don’t show that it’s happening.
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 • 6th May 2021

Lightfoot Quietly Lobbied for Qualified Immunity

A report meant to make the mayor’s case for qualified immunity showed ten years of CPD lawsuits that cost Chicago taxpayers more than half a billion dollars.
South Side Weekly • 23rd February 2021

Cops Got Overtime for Anjanette Young Raid

Five of the officers named in Young’s lawsuit had overtime requests approved for the night of the raid
South Side Weekly • 17th February 2021

Chicago Police Overtime Broke Department Records in 2020

About 6% of cops generated 20% of last year's overtime pay
South Side Weekly • 6th August 2020

What Happened July 17?

A document of the conflict in Grant Park
Scientific American • 8th July 2020

Vaccinations Have Sharply Declined Nationwide during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rates of childhood immunization have fallen across the U.S., raising the risk of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks
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.
South Side Weekly • 4th February 2020

What Happened to the Mental Health Task Force?

Public Health Commissioner Allison Arwady has proposed a new task force to “coordinate” mental health efforts
In These Times • 3rd October 2019

Trump Admin Scrubs Websites of Info on Services for Migrant Children

Under Trump, government websites are also more frequently using derogatory language to refer to migrant children.
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