The Arab American Action Network and other Chicago community organizations are calling for law enforcement to stop using a type of report they say leads to racial profiling against Muslims, and people of Arab or of Middle Eastern descent.
The groups published a analysis in May that examined 235 so-called “suspicious activity reports,” that were filed between 2016 to 2020 through the Illinois State Police’s Statewide Terrorism Intelligence Center or the Chicago Police Department’s Crime Prevention Information Center.
