Sunday, March 22, 2026

Search results for keyword: civil rights found in 54 News.

police-reform
  • by david hall
Police must 'not lose focus' on reform as Democratic Convention nears, former federal prosecutor warns

The police department’s troubled response to the protests and unrest in the summer of 2020 looms over preparations for the convention in August.

police-reform
  • by david hall
Kim Foxx wouldn’t prosecute gun cases tied to some minor traffic stops under new plan

The draft policy aims to undercut a dramatic rise in stops that disproportionately target people of color and rarely lead to arrests. “It felt like it was time to do something about it,” said Foxx, who is stepping down as Cook County state's attorney this year.

Politics
  • by david hall
University Professors Are Losing Their Jobs Over “New McCarthyism” on Gaza

As brutal police repression sweeps campus encampments, schools have been cutting ties with pro-Palestine faculty members without tenure.

extremism-in-the-ranks
  • by david hall
Civil rights group says Chicago mayor, top cop should take tougher action against officers linked to extremist Oath Keepers

The Southern Poverty Law Center urged Mayor Brandon Johnson and Police Supt. Larry Snelling to reconsider the decision not to take disciplinary action against eight officers connected to the Oath Keepers, six of whom admitted to joining the group.