Breaking Chicago’s Cycle of Exploiting Violence
The recent push to send federal agents to Chicago under the guise of combating violence is not an isolated event; it is part of a decades-long cycle of exploiting violence for political and financial gain. Chicago’s politicians, justice system leaders, and media have all played a role in perpetuating this cycle, often prioritizing power and […]
Who Knew about the David Brown Suspension?
The Chicago Justice Project uncovered a past suspension of Superintendent David Brown during his career in the Dallas Police Department. According to his personnel file, obtained by CJP through a FOIA request, Brown was suspended after pursuing a vehicle into oncoming traffic and submitting multiple reports containing false information. Due to the unusually rushed nature […]
Coverage of Kim Foxx & Justice Issues Overall
The coverage of justice issues in Chicago overall has and continues to be a huge problem for the Chicago media. The hyper-concentration on gun violence and the daily tally of shootings has taken center stage across the various mediums for which Chicagoans can consume news. The legacy outlets also have to compete with agenda driven […]
Will the Real Eddie Johnson Please Standup?
The outpouring of love for Superintendent Eddie Johnson as he announced his retirement from the CPD certainly does not align well with what we know about his career. Now that he is retiring the media is making it seem as if Eddie Johnson is some kind of hero cop instead of the Emanuel political […]
FOP Watch: They Don’t Need Causation
Causation and correlation are different and someone should really explain the differences to the FOP Spokesman because it is perfectly clear he just does not get it. Or just doesn’t want to. That is also a possibility. This is a commentary on the FOP’s latest blog titled “The Politics of the Chicago Police Homicide Clearance […]
Bad Data Drives Fear of Crime
A northside blog use of bad data analysis underscores the need for a more authoritative entity to analyze gun violence data holistically and release reports as these blogs are failing Chicago’s communities badly.
Rushed meeting to appoint Andrea Zopp to Chicago Police Board pushed until Monday.
CHICAGO — The Committee on Public Safety met at city hall Friday to consider Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s desired appointment of Andrea Zopp to the Chicago Police Board. While the city met the established guidelines of releasing information about the meeting 48 hours prior, members of the public voiced their concerns that the appointment was a […]
Andrea Zopp could be added to The Chicago Police Board by Friday Nov. 17
Andrea Zopp is set to be named the newest member of the Chicago Police Board on Friday, pending a City Council meeting. The document obtained by The Chicago Justice Project on Wednesday appears to confirm a Nov. 17 meeting at 9:45 a.m. The meeting will take place in Room 201A, second floor of City Hall. […]
Sun Times Takes out Their Tape Measure
For some inexplicable reason that is never backed up in the article Sam Charles decided to analyze how far from home murders take place. All I could think about when I saw the headline for this article was about that driver education class I had back in high school when the state trooper comes in […]
Spielman Continues Staffing Myth
It is pretty clear that the Sun-Times as an organization has made up its mind about whether or not we are “short” police officers. The latest propaganda piece is from Fran Spielman and is titled “Can Emanuel deliver on his promise to hire more police?”. Once again the reporting is really short on facts and […]