‘About life and death’: Community members slam Chicago Police Department’s reform efforts

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In what is now a familiar refrain in Chicago, residents told alarming stories Tuesday to a federal judge about what they described as racist and traumatic encounters with Chicago police officers.

A mother recounted hearing a loud boom before officers rushed into her home and ordered her to the floor. She said they barged into a room with guns out in front of her 4-year-old granddaughter. A man said police officers earlier this year pulled up while he waited for a Lyft, grabbed his bag and rifled through it before they left without saying anything.

Though she acknowledged that CPD’s written policies are now “significantly better,” she said the process “should not have been as hard as it was.” The judges also heard comments from city officials. Jennifer Bagby, a lawyer for the city, said progress has been made in rewriting policies and implementing officer training. CIty Hall “has been and continues to be committed” to the process, she said.

Community members also commented about frustrations over working with the department on critical policies, such as use of force, only to have their input ignored. Winters then told Pallmeyer that the community rarely hears the same expressions of empathy or sympathy from police about the harms they have caused.they want everybody to hurt along with them,” said Winters. “I am not an abolitionist. I believe there should be a system of law and order, but I just don’t know what is happening right now. I don’t know how they are still failing at the consent decree but they are they are doing so well.

 

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