Volume II (2016 - 2019)
In 2015, the Invisible Institute incorporated into a 501(c)3 following the court decision in Kalven v. Chicago (2014), which established that police misconduct records are public in Illinois. The organization grew from a loose network of collaborators into an organization with staff, in order to create a police misconduct data tool that makes Chicago Police data accessible to the public.
In the aftermath of the murder of Laquan McDonald, the U.S. Department of Justice investigated the Chicago Police Department, sparking a series of reform efforts across Chicago.
The View from the Ground rebooted, as a means to keep the network of Invisible Institute collaborators informed about the police reform processes engulfing the City of Chicago.
The weekly newsletter by Curtis Black and edited by Darryl Holliday served as “Chicago’s Criminal Justice Playbook,” featuring a roundup of reporting on police reform developments central to the work of the Invisible Institute.
You can read all the posts from Volume II below.
2018-2019
At Issue: "Cover charges" Used to Justify Excessive Force
At Issue: Draft Consent Decree “Falls Far Short”
At Issue: Northwestern, Protess Settles Lawsuit
At Issue: Juveniles in Solitary Confinement Rising
At Issue: Public Safety Inspector General Audits Gang Database
At Issue: On Police Oversight Commission, Two More Proposals
At Issue: Community Groups Join CPD Consent Decree
At Issue: “Racially Charged” Comments Investigated
At Issue: Officers suspended in federal corruption probe
At Issue: New Charges That City Withheld Evidence
At Issue: COPA recommends firings in two shootings
At Issue: LeGrier, Jones Shooting Found Unjustified
2017
At Issue: Illinois Attorney General Sues for Court Oversight of Chicago Police
At Issue: More on Chicago's Strategic Subject List
The Issue: Emanuel Defends Retreat On Consent Decree
At Issue: Juvenile Sentencing and Forensic Science
At Issue: “It’s Not an Office that Stands for Justice”
At Issue: The Report Card on Reform— Incomplete
At Issue: Shifting Police Use of Force Guidelines Fall Short
At Issue: Navigating the Police Union Contract Negotiations in Chicago
2016
At Issue: CPD’s Proposed New Use-of-Force Policy
