The MacArthur Justice Center’s study on ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system in Chicago, shows that 89% of alerts turn up no gun-related crime and 86% no report of any crime at all.
In 21 months, that totals over 40,000 dead-end police deployments.
The complete findings of the study can be found at EndPoliceSurveillance.com.
EndPoliceSurveillance.comKey Cases
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Williams v. City of Chicago
Police Abuse
The Chicago Police Department's continued use of untrustworthy data from ShotSpotter, a surveillance technology placed in predominantly Black and Hispanic communities in Chicago, led to multiple instances of wrongful detainment and unfounded charges. MJC's class action lawsuit takes the City of Chicago to task for its continued usage of a technology that garners discriminatory policing practices.
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#LetUsBreathe Collective, et al. v. City of Chicago
Holding Police and Prosecutors Accountable
A class action lawsuit resulting in a consent decree that requires the Police Department to end incommunicado detention by providing every arrestee or person in custody with access to communicate with an attorney, installing telephones and signage in every interrogation room and creating private and confidential rooms for arrestees to consult with an attorney.
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Taylor v. City of Chicago et al.
Wrongful Convictions
Daniel Taylor was convicted of a brutal homicide that he did not commit. Arrested at age 17, Mr. Taylor spent more than 20 years in prison before he was ultimately exonerated. Mr. Taylor was in police custody on a disorderly conduct charge at the time of the murder and did not bond out until well...
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Hampton v. Illinois Department of Corrections
Health and Safety
Strawberry Hampton is a 28-year-old transgender woman who is incarcerated within the Illinois Department of Corrections. Ms. Hampton has survived numerous sexual assaults and received constant harassment and threats in men's prisons, where she spent the majority of her sentence. IDOC officials have consistently refused to acknowledge Ms. Hampton’s gender and have repeatedly and deliberately placed her in environments detrimental to her physical, mental and emotional health.
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