Brandon Johnson

  • Burke and Snelling celebrate gun felony program, while people are forced to arm themselves for their own protection

    Burke and Snelling celebrate gun felony program, while people are forced to arm themselves for their own protection

    On November 21st, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen Burke gleefully announced the city-wide expansion of the Felony Review bypass program. Originally a pilot program launched in the predominantly Black Englewood and Calumet districts, the program allows CPD to directly file felony gun possession charges without the approval of the State’s Attorney’s office. In a statement […]

  • Rinse & Repeat

    Rinse & Repeat

    Why reforms can be unreformed in the talk shop of legislative politics On August 22nd, the Chicago Sun-Times published an article citing the reversals of six high-profile misconduct rulings enacted by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA). In all but two cases, COPA ruled that the accused officers should be fired from the department, […]