
Chicago Blocks Release of Inspector General Report Prompted by “Somebody” Podcast
A mother’s quest for answers after her son’s murder inspired an official inquiry, but the city is exercising information control.
A mother’s quest for answers after her son’s murder inspired an official inquiry, but the city is exercising information control.
Protests for Black Lives
After Chicago police killed Harith Augustus, the question was not: What happened? It was: How do we justify what happened?
A Chicago police officer fatally shot 22-year-old Alvarez on March 31. Video footage of the incident will soon be released.
Protests for Black Lives
After the police killing of Adam Toledo in Chicago, the ShotSpotter gunfire detection system deserves serious scrutiny.
Somebody Podcast
Somebody, Episode 1: Shapearl Wells wants to know who killed her son Courtney. But her grief turns into suspicion when police start asking her questions.
Chicago’s police accountability agency mishandled and lost key videos of the police killing of Harith Augustus.
A video investigation of the police killing of Harith Augustus by Forensic Architecture and the Invisible Institute challenges the official narrative.
The Chicago Police Files
Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability has badly bungled the police shooting of Ricardo Hayes.
The Chicago Police Files
Chicago's police accountability office released a video of the August 2017 shooting of Ricky Hayes, a mentally disabled African-American teenager.
The Chicago Police Files
The long effort by the Invisible Institute to gain access to internal police files is an important chapter in the struggle for civil rights in Chicago.