Welcome to Chicago: You Don't Need No Stinkin' Civil Liberties or Rights

Jones' story illustrates a sobering fact about the nation's third-largest city: In the past three years, less than half of 1% of people arrested in Chicago saw an attorney while in police custody -- a possible violation of their constitutional legal rights -- according to statistics provided by the Chicago Police Department after CNN filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Last month a task force assigned by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued a scathing report about the practices of the police force on this issue. The Police Accountability Task Force (PATF) found that "CPD generally provides phone access (to arrestees) only at the end of processing, after interrogation and charging" and "when individuals in custody attempt to invoke their legal rights to counsel, they report facing hostility from police."

Meanwhile, the city is on edge over escalating gun violence. While overall crime in Chicago has dropped in the past three years; murders in the city have skyrocketed. Police department data show that 216 people were killed in the city through May 15 this year, up from 133 during the same period in 2015. Shootings incidents were also up 60%.

xsanguine wrote:Sounds like gun control works wonders.

http://www.citylab.com/amp/article/485561/
The city of Chicago has released hundreds of videos, audio files, and documents involving police officers who’ve fired their weapons at citizens or have been accused of other misconduct.

Turtleneck wrote:

http://www.citylab.com/amp/article/485561/
The city of Chicago has released hundreds of videos, audio files, and documents involving police officers who’ve fired their weapons at citizens or have been accused of other misconduct.

CHICAGO — The Chicago police have systematically violated the civil rights of residents by routinely using excessive force, a practice that particularly affects African-Americans and Latinos, the Justice Department said in a scathing report released on Friday, unveiling the findings of a 13-month investigation into the city’s police department.
The report, coming in the wake of the city’s highest murder rate in 20 years, laid out in chilling detail incidents in which police officers used unnecessary force against residents, including children.

Turtleneck wrote:

CHICAGO — The Chicago police have systematically violated the civil rights of residents by routinely using excessive force, a practice that particularly affects African-Americans and Latinos, the Justice Department said in a scathing report released on Friday, unveiling the findings of a 13-month investigation into the city’s police department.
The report, coming in the wake of the city’s highest murder rate in 20 years, laid out in chilling detail incidents in which police officers used unnecessary force against residents, including children.

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CheesySpartan wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/us/chicago-police-justice-department-report.html?_r=0&referer=

More murders then NYC and LA combined but the problem is the cops.  LMFAO

CHICAGO — The Chicago police have systematically violated the civil rights of residents by routinely using excessive force, a practice that particularly affects African-Americans and Latinos, the Justice Department said in a scathing report released on Friday, unveiling the findings of a 13-month investigation into the city’s police department.

Turtleneck wrote:

CheesySpartan wrote:

More murders then NYC and LA combined but the problem is the cops.  LMFAO

I do not believe that was stated in the article or the DOJ report. Remember the time The Dude started that "95% of all jobs under Obama" thread, and you started pasting the link all over tSwill without actually reading the study? I think you are kind of doing something like that again.

In 2016, there were 762 criminal homicides in Chicago, more than New York City and Los Angeles combined

LooseGoose wrote:

CHICAGO — The Chicago police have systematically violated the civil rights of residents by routinely using excessive force, a practice that particularly affects African-Americans and Latinos, the Justice Department said in a scathing report released on Friday, unveiling the findings of a 13-month investigation into the city’s police department.

Just a reminder:

CheesySpartan wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:

I do not believe that was stated in the article or the DOJ report. Remember the time The Dude started that "95% of all jobs under Obama" thread, and you started pasting the link all over tSwill without actually reading the study? I think you are kind of doing something like that again.

From the article:

In 2016, there were 762 criminal homicides in Chicago, more than New York City and Los Angeles combined