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Music, Music Feature Mar 31, 2021
On house arrest with Mohawk Johnson

CPD has tried to turn the rapper and comedian into a cautionary example to social justice protesters. He has other plans.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Mohawk Johnson, Jeremey “Mohawk” Johnson, Jeremey Charles Johnson, Cook County Sheriff’s Office, Cook County Jail, house arrest, arrest, electronic monitoring, GPS monitor, Chicago Police Department, CPD, David Brown, protest, demonstration, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, Matthew Walberg, Second City, Brad Thomson, People’s Law Office, National Lawyers Guild, South Side Weekly, Kim Whitfield, Free Mohawk, #FreeMohawk, J.B. Pritzker, Kim Foxx, Reset Presents, skateboard, Pokémon, Fire-Type, 4Closure, TYGKO, Cam Stacey, Jake "Ell!psis" Doan, Ell!psis, Balance, Charles Seavers, Karen Ford, National Writers Union, Auburn Gresham, Luther South, Englewood High School, Team Englewood, Louder Than a Bomb, Spirit of the Slam Award, What Black People Say to Racist Republicans, World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, Judge John F. Lyke, Judge Edward M. Maloney, Columbia College, Naughta, Hush, The Relapse EP, SoundAsleep, Maria Koliopoulos, William Crooks, We’re Here, Alderman Bryan Sigcho-Lopez, Injustice Watch, Chicago Community Bond Fund, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, A Fire Type Telethon

News & Politics, Feature Apr 19, 2017
Despite decriminalization, Chicago’s grass gap persists

It took statewide decriminalization to get Chicago cops to stop arresting mostly black Chicagoans for possession of small amounts of weed.
- By Lee V. Gaines
- Tags: Feature, News, Marijuana, cannabis, drugs, Chicago Police Department, CPD, criminal justice, Bruce Rauner, Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, Cook County state’s attorney’s office, Anita Alvarez, Kim Foxx, Cook County Board, Toni Preckwinkle, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7, Dean Angelo Sr., Kevin Graham, Roosevelt University’s Illinois Drug Policy Consortium, Kathie Kane-Willis, Chicago Urban League, Jim Gierach, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

News & Politics, Feature Feb 15, 2017
Dan Herbert lives to serve and protect cops—even Laquan McDonald’s killer

The Chicago defense attorney sees police officers accused of misconduct as “the ultimate underdog.”
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Feature, Dan Herbert, Daniel Q. Herbert, Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald, Marco Proano, Chicago Police Department, CPD, Cook County state’s attorney’s office, Kim Foxx, criminal justice, police brutality, police violence, police misconduct, Vincent Gaughan, Timothy McDermott, Jerome Finnigan, James Byrne, Dick Devine, John Glynn, Aldo Brown, James Horn, U.S. Department of Justice, DOJ, DOJ report, Rahm Emanuel, Shannon Spalding, Danny Echeverria, code of silence, Jamie Kalven, the Intercept, criminal defense, Mike Barz

News & Politics, Feature Nov 16, 2016
No-show cops and dysfunctional courts keep Cook County Jail inmates waiting years for a trial

Chicago police missed more than 11,000 court dates since 2010, causing months or years of unnecessary delays for inmates awaiting trial.
- By Spencer Woodman
- Tags: Feature, News, Cook County Jail, Cook County criminal courts, criminal justice, pretrial detention, Jermaine Robinson, Chicago Police Department, Cook County state’s attorney’s office, Sixth Amendment, speedy trial, Kalief Browder, Rikers Island, Cook County circuit court, Timothy Evans, Cook County sheriff’s office, Anthony Bruno, U.S. Department of Justice, University of Chicago Police Department, Chante Johnson, Michael J. Malinowski, Kermit Leaks, Johnny Quinones, Illinois State Police, Matt Boerwinkle, Timothy Hooper, Cook County office of the public defender, Peter Coolsen, LeRoy Martin, Chicago Community Bond Fund, Illinois supreme court, Chicago Appleseed Foundation, Pat Milhizer, Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve

News & Politics, Feature Sep 29, 2016
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Inside the Chicago Police Department’s secret budget

Every year, police take millions of dollars from ordinary Chicagoans and spend it behind closed doors.
- By Joel Handley, Jennifer Helsby, and Freddy Martinez
- Tags: Feature, News, Chicago Police Department, CPD, Cook County state’s attorney’s office, civil forfeiture, criminal justice, policing, surveillance, Lucy Parsons Labs, Muckrock, Willie Mae Swansey, Bureau of Organized Crime, Institute for Justice, Ben Ruddell, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Nicholas Roti, Anthony Riccio, Ernest Brown, Kenneth Angarone, Jonathan Lewin, Homan Square, Jonathan Brayman, Breen & Pugh, Pen-Link, Automatic License Plate Readers, Stingray, DRTbox, International Association for Chiefs of Police, Illinois Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act, Video

News & Politics, Feature Aug 18, 2016
Charged with murder, but they didn’t kill anyone—police did

A Reader investigation found ten cases since 2011 where police killed a civilian in Chicago and charged an accomplice with the murder.
- By Alison Flowers and Sarah Macaraeg
- Tags: Feature, News, Shots Fired, Felony murder, Chicago Police Department, CPD, Independent Police Review Authority, IPRA, Cook County Sheriff’s Office, Cook County state’s attorney’s office, police misconduct, Tevin Louis, Timothy Jones, Tristan Scaggs, Erik Martinez, John Givens, Leland Dudley, Antonio Dicarlo, Francis Valadez, Michael Bocardo, Tevin Louis, Marquise Sampson

News & Politics, Feature Mar 9, 2016
Video
The criminal-justice crusade of Kim Foxx

The candidate's plan to transform the Cook County state's attorney's office starts with lessons from her childhood in Cabrini Green.
- By Micah Uetricht
- Tags: Feature, Politics, Kim Foxx, Anita Alvarez, Cook County state’s attorney’s office, 2016 elections, March 15 Democratic primary, criminal justice reform, Video

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On house arrest with Mohawk Johnson

CPD has tried to turn the rapper and comedian into a cautionary example to social justice protesters. He has other plans.

Despite decriminalization, Chicago’s grass gap persists

It took statewide decriminalization to get Chicago cops to stop arresting mostly black Chicagoans for possession of small amounts of weed.

Dan Herbert lives to serve and protect cops—even Laquan McDonald’s killer

The Chicago defense attorney sees police officers accused of misconduct as “the ultimate underdog.”

No-show cops and dysfunctional courts keep Cook County Jail inmates waiting years for a trial

Chicago police missed more than 11,000 court dates since 2010, causing months or years of unnecessary delays for inmates awaiting trial.

Video
Inside the Chicago Police Department’s secret budget

Every year, police take millions of dollars from ordinary Chicagoans and spend it behind closed doors.

Charged with murder, but they didn’t kill anyone—police did

A Reader investigation found ten cases since 2011 where police killed a civilian in Chicago and charged an accomplice with the murder.

Video
The criminal-justice crusade of Kim Foxx

The candidate's plan to transform the Cook County state's attorney's office starts with lessons from her childhood in Cabrini Green.

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On house arrest with Mohawk Johnson

CPD has tried to turn the rapper and comedian into a cautionary example to social justice protesters. He has other plans.

Despite decriminalization, Chicago’s grass gap persists

It took statewide decriminalization to get Chicago cops to stop arresting mostly black Chicagoans for possession of small amounts of weed.

Dan Herbert lives to serve and protect cops—even Laquan McDonald’s killer

The Chicago defense attorney sees police officers accused of misconduct as “the ultimate underdog.”

No-show cops and dysfunctional courts keep Cook County Jail inmates waiting years for a trial

Chicago police missed more than 11,000 court dates since 2010, causing months or years of unnecessary delays for inmates awaiting trial.

Video Inside the Chicago Police Department’s secret budget

Every year, police take millions of dollars from ordinary Chicagoans and spend it behind closed doors.

Charged with murder, but they didn’t kill anyone—police did

A Reader investigation found ten cases since 2011 where police killed a civilian in Chicago and charged an accomplice with the murder.

Video The criminal-justice crusade of Kim Foxx

The candidate's plan to transform the Cook County state's attorney's office starts with lessons from her childhood in Cabrini Green.

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Inside the Chicago Police Department’s secret budget

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