A disturbing new report from Chicago's top government oversight agency offers a painfully familiar conclusion: Blacks are much more likely to be stopped by police and subjected to use of force than any other racial or ethnic group, but evidence for pinning the blame specifically on racial bias remains unclear.
Similar findings led the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois to sue the city and the Chicago Police Department for alleged racial bias in the department’s “stop-and-frisk” policies.That case was awarded class-action status last year.
And similar findings regarding use of force in 2017 led the U.S. Department of Justice to sue and later sign a consent decree with the city that went into effect in 2019 requiring CPD to reform its training and practices in the use of force and other areas.
