National Guard Manning Road Blocks
Never let it be said that Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass cannot find the best ways to exploit the tragedy of a murdered child for a chance to unleash an ideologically driven hate-filled tirade about “bringing in the National Guard”. You have to pay close attention to his rhetoric because there is always a surprise […]
Gorner Really Worried About Police Morale
For some reason unknown to me Jeremy Gorner seems really worried about the morale of the rank and file Chicago Police officer. On Friday he published his latest article on the topic titled “Police: Morale still low, emboldening criminals and contributing to violence”. The only thing that is really clear in the article is neither […]
Tribune’s Servin Editorial
It is not often that I agree with the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board but clearly they are correct in this case – Dante Servin does not deserve for his application for disability to be approved. The reality is as is stated in the editorial that Servin didn’t need to engage that situation and did not […]
Documenting Violence Against Women: Justice Begins with Truth
Join Steve Edwards, from the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago, as he moderates a discussion among journalists, advocates for survivors, and criminal justice leaders, for a discussion about violence against women, its news coverage, and the potential for increased data access to impact the public discussion. This event is Sold Out! The […]
Passing stenography off as analysis based journalism
Reprinting numbers provided to you by the CPD’s media department is not “conducting an analysis,” it is being a stenographer. I am always amazed at the propensity of our local newspapers to splash headlines across the front page of their papers for stories everyone already knows about, were originally reported years ago and repeated many […]
Connecting the dots: Abusive doctors continue to practice
Megan Twohey’s article “Doctor? Sexual abuser? Or both.” in the Tribune on Sunday June 20th shows just how dangerous it is for citizens to blindly trust oversight agencies to do their jobs, even for doctors. What is the alternative?: providing citizens with the access they need to connect the dots for themselves and their fellow […]
Patterns and practices: I think we might have one here?
The key to oversight of a police agency is being able to identify practices within the agency that reach across the breadth of the agency and result in outcomes that negatively impact both the agency’s mission and the safety of the citizenry. The agencies in Chicago tasked with oversight of the Chicago Police Department for […]