by admin | Jan 27, 2018 | Press
[9/18/17] Documents released to Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez’s family reveal the circumstances that led four Chicago Police Officers to identify the immigrant father of three as a gang member leading Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents (ICE) to raid his home and...
by admin | Jan 27, 2018 | Press
[9/20/17] Today OCAD is releasing the records of misconduct and abuse of six law enforcement agentsresponsible for for wrongfully identifying Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez, an immigrant father of 3 from the Back of the Yards neighborhood, as a potential gang member, leading...
by admin | Jan 26, 2018 | Press
By ALYXANDRA GOODWIN, originally posted on Black Youth Project on 5/7/2017 In a “broken windows” fashion, the Chicago Police Department sustains a gang database of its residents. They say this is in efforts to stay ahead on crime. They also seek to punish those on...
by admin | Jan 25, 2018 | Press
[5/4/17] As part of the campaign to make Chicago a real sanctuary city, immigrant and Black-led groups file request for information from the City of Chicago, as start of campaign to expose the role of the gang database in criminalizing and deporting community members....
