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Gang Databases Persist in Illinois, Despite Efforts to Eliminate Them

s the Illinois General Assembly prepares to reconvene later this month for its veto session, community activists are gearing up to continue pushing to reform how law enforcement tracks alleged gang members in several controversial databases. The activists, who have fought since 2017 to dismantle the Chicago Police Department’s infamous—and often inaccurate—gang databases, say any […]