Police
Training day: Police reform in troubled times
October 19, 2016Despite decades of policies designed to bring police and the community into a deeper understanding of one another, too many officers do not know the neighborhoods they police.
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Police accountability report highlights “Chicago’s shame”
April 21, 2016We must reform the police. But we also need a program for urban development, jobs, schools, and hope.
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How redlining led to rioting: Police and segregation
September 29, 2015A hundred years ago, St. Louis and Baltimore adopted ordinances prohibiting African Americans from moving to blocks where whites predominated.
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Chicago to pay reparations to police torture victims
May 5, 2015Victims of police torture would share $5.5 million, receive an apology and see their story taught in school under a reparations package.
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People lobby for police accountability bill filed in Maryland state legislature
March 2, 2015It's a sign of the effectiveness of protests that have occurred here - as well as nationwide - against police killings of unarmed African Americans.
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