The Contradictions of a Progressive Police Chief
Newly appointed CPD Superintendent David Brown left a complicated legacy in Dallas. Will he have his second chance in Chicago?
Tracing the Roots of Torture
A collection of open letters details how Chicago’s history of police torture stems from residents failing to hold our city and justice system accountable, while others fight for change
Op-Ed: To Shape the Future of Policing, We Must Preserve Its History
The Fraternal Order of Police threatens to destroy nearly all of Chicago’s police misconduct records
Reframing the Narrative
Invisible Institute and Forensic Architecture reconstruct the police shooting of Harith Augustus—and contest the city’s story
Never Can You Compensate Nobody for Their Life
The path to reparations and remembrance for Chicago’s police torture survivors
Bad Fingerprint Work Undermines Chicago Property Crime Cases
Experts and judges question the quality of fingerprint analysis by Chicago police forensics, hampering prosecutions in burglary and theft cases
No Witness to Misconduct
The troubling history of Eddie Johnson’s blindness to excessive force
Is Eddie Next?
Mayoral candidates say they would replace Eddie Johnson as superintendent
Cognitive Dissidence
Chicago’s abolitionists make space for conversation after the Van Dyke trial