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Over the past five years, Chicago taxpayers have forked over nearly $400 million to resolve lawsuits stemming from officer misconduct, according to a new analysis of city data. While around 1,300 ...
But many complaints dismissed by investigators later resulted in settlements after the accusers pursued lawsuits, according to a Chicago Tribune investigation. Between 2004 and 2014, the city paid out over $520 million in settlements, legal fees and other costs related to police misconduct, according to the Better Government Association.
The current police misconduct authority is the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which was created in 2018. The IOPC investigate only the most serious matters, with the majority of complaints and misconduct cases handled internally by the respective force. [71]
The median year of the 36 year University of Michigan exoneration study is 2006, where the prison population was 534,000 black prisoners with 53 exonerated and 478,000 white prisoners with 32 exonerated.. That year black prisoner exoneration rate was .009% and white prisoner exoneration rate was .006%.
The National Police Misconduct Reporting Project was started in 2009 by David Packman to collect daily reports of police misconduct and was taken over by the Cato Institute. [33] The institute ceased collecting data in July 2017 and re-purposed the project to focus on qualified immunity, renaming the project "Unlawful Shield". [34]
To track misconduct by state, county and local judges from all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, Reuters examined thousands of investigative files and reports for a dozen years – from ...
The U.S. Justice Department has opened 12 investigations into possible civil rights abuses by police departments since Democratic President Joe Biden took office, but has not secured even one ...
Illinois State Police (Illinois) While responding to a crash near O'Fallon, Mitchell's vehicle crossed the median and struck another car, killing 18-year-old Jessica Uhl and her 13-year-old sister Kelli Uhl. Mitchell was writing an email on his computer and making a phone call before the crash. [125] 11 August 2007: Javier Pagán Cruz 2008