It’s Easy To Call Chicago’s Shootings Senseless. Anti-Violence Workers Say That’s Too Easy.
The people doing the shooting are traumatized themselves and often driven by righteous anger, say violence prevention workers.
The people doing the shooting are traumatized themselves and often driven by righteous anger, say violence prevention workers.
Where Springfield is at in their efforts to legislate meaningful police reform. Plus, an update on COVID-19 in Illinois.
What might police reform look like in Illinois when it’s all said and done?
Experts say the current fight over anti-lynching legislation reflects America’s racist history.
A new local organization is trying to find information leading to the arrest of murderers of children in Chicago.
Critics of Police Supt. David Brown’s plan say arrests will only increase violence in communities where relations with police are strained.
A one-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl were among the dead. “This can’t be who we are as a city,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday.
Reset checks in with reporters who examined thousands of complaints about excessive force filed against the Chicago Police Department.
As the coronavirus hit Illinois, the governor called for releasing vulnerable inmates. But only 12 people have been released on medical furloughs.
The money is from a Justice Department grant for criminal justice efforts linked to COVID-19. The decision still needs to be finalized.