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
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.
