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Prosecutor’s Chicago gang investigation ended in disaster. Then she became evidence gatekeeper
Former federal prosecutor Erika Csicsila spearheaded Operation Snake Doctor. In the wake of the investigation's overturned convictions and civil rights…
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CPD didn’t report drone flight data, violating Illinois law
Illinois law, namely the Freedom From Drone Surveillance Act, spells it out quite clearly: all law enforcement agencies in the state are required to…
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Homan Square torture and Chicago Police revenge plot allegations linked
A botched CPD investigation following the murder of officer Clifton Lewis led to Angel Perez's alleged abuse in the notorious Homan Square police…
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'Ideological,' 'not scientific': Iran polling firm GAMAAN flawed, not independent
GAMAAN has extensive ties to U.S. government-funded, pro-regime change orgs, and employs unreliable survey methods that produce misleading results
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DOJ knew about - and used - notorious Homan Square "black site"
It wasn't just Chicago Police operating the off-the-books holding facility, the site of alleged torture and days-long unlawful detention
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Inside the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s Chicago and Palestine meeting
The leftist Party gathering took aim at American (and Chicagoan) support for Israel
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Chicago police used Dataminr, controversial surveillance tool
Formerly CIA-funded, Dataminr has been criticized for its surveillance of non-criminal protest activity, and has provided hundreds of thousands of…
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Irrational Actor
Irrational Actor
Wrestling with ideas in economics, politics, and philosophy.

Irrational Actor

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