A group of community-based organizations that fought for the Chicago Police Department’s consent decree announced it will boycott a department community engagement plan on home raids, according to a statement from the ACLU of Illinois released Thursday.
In recent weeks, the Chicago Police Department’s reform efforts took a one-two punch with the departures of two top officials responsible for implementing changes mandated by a 2019 consent decree
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday downplayed concerns that Chicago police Superintendent David Brown’s decision to fire the department’s director of reform will hurt the city’s efforts on police reform.