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Public Interests vs. Private Plaintiffs The is a belief among many in the community of individuals seeking reform of the criminal justice system that lawsuits brought by individuals against these criminal justice agencies are not completely in the interest of the public at large. I am not so sure that all or even a majority of these lawsuits really are in the public’s interests. The City of Chicago has for at least two decades been settling lawsuits brought against the City, the Chicago Police Department, and or individuals officers before they reach trial and without an admission of guilt. Most of these lawsuits are brought by individuals who have been abused by or had the rights violated by members of the Chicago Police Department. Conventional wisdom would state that policy makers would be closely monitoring these suits for evidence of inappropriate actions by members of the CPD in an effort to prohibit repeated abuses. Clearly policy makers and accountability departments with the criminal justice agencies have paid little attention to these lawsuits. more....... |
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"Patterns and Practices" (Part 5 of 5) The Cannon saga continues......... Illegal Detentions (part 1 of 5) Criticism by Association and More Apples Who did what? What was that name? Innocence and truth, both without a role in the Cook County Justice System! New curfew law results from CAPS' failures Peter Karl's Confidentially Agreement Special prosecutor's report to be released |
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Missed Opportunities for True reform! Great opportunities to broaden the discourse around accountability within the criminal justice system in Chicago and Cook County were recently missed. A closer examination of these chances will unveil a more complete picture into how truly dedicated the new version of the Office of Professional Standards (OPS) will be more.......... |
Seperate messages. One true agenda! To fully make sense of an agenda that is at the heart of the actions of an institution you first must consider all the actions of the institution that are simultaneously taking place. In the case of the City of Chicago I am talking about how they are beating a consistent drum of openness when addressing how the new Office of Professional Standards (OPS) will be created and run; more...... |
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Cover up or true Separation of Power? The Special Counsel, appointed by Presiding Criminal Court Judge Paul Biebel, authored a letter to the Criminal Justice Committee of the Cook County Board. Edward Egan and Robert Boyle, the lawyers appointed by Judge Biebel to investigate the 20 years of allegations of torture at the hands of Chicago Police more...... |
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Losing CPS Students to Violence On December 15, 2006 there was a fight at Tap Grille located at 323 N. Jefferson St. in Chicago. This bar fight resulted in some significant injuries to one group that was involved in the fight. One of the wounded individuals, according to published reports, needed to have facial reconstructive surgery. No significant injuries were recorded by the other group involved in the bar fight. more..... |
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Area 2 Gun Team and Culture of Willful blindness On December 15, 2006 there was a fight at Tap Grille located at 323 N. Jefferson St. in Chicago. This bar fight resulted in some significant injuries to one group that was involved in the fight. One of the wounded individuals, according to published reports, needed to have facial reconstructive surgery. No significant injuries were recorded more....... |
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| Daley has once again outsmarted his critics by removing the Office of Professional Standards (OPS), the office that investigates civilian complaints against Chicago Police officers, from being part of the Chicago Police Department. Daley authored an ordinance that was introduced at the Chicago City Council .more..... |
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What is the real story behind Cline's resignation? With all the reporting many very important clues to how the accountability systems work in the criminal justice system in Chicago have been overshadowed by a video of a single officer beating a white women I will try to more...... |
Devine's scare tactics/ The mounting costs of corruption in the ranks Today's blog covers the scare tactics of Cook County State's Attorney Dick Devine and the mounting legal bills for the continued representation of convicted felon ex-Chicago Police Officer Joseph Miedzianowski. more...... |
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