Police

Chicago Teen's Death Shines Light on Police 'Code of Silence'

Clinical Prof. Craig Futterman says officers won’t stop lying unless police reports are compared against hard evidence


Chicago police misconduct has frayed relations with blacks

Clinical Prof. Craig Futterman says leaders don’t have the ‘political courage to address underlying issues’ that allow abuse by police


Associated Press

Chicago's Police Union Wants to Erase Records of Officer Misconduct

Clinical Prof. Craig Futterman discusses city’s new police accountability task force


Most black millennials say they know or have been victims of police abuse, report says

Prof. Cathy Cohen says Black Youth Project report on attitudes toward policing and gun violence belie the ‘myth that millennials are a coherent, cohesive group’


Half of black millennials know victim of police violence

Prof. Cathy Cohen says new Black Youth Project report reveals ‘complexity’ of attitudes toward policing and gun violence


Associated Press

Blacks are four times as likely as whites to say police violence is a major problem

Article discusses poll conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago on racial groups' attitudes toward law enforcement


Bridging the Divide Between Youth and Police

Youth/Police Project co-founded by Mandel Legal Aid Clinic at Law School aims to explore, improve relationship between police and minority youth


Video Of Chicago Police Shooting Of Teen Won't Be Released: Police

Prof. Craig Futterman says refusing to release video of shootings ‘is the kind of thing that destroys trust’ between police and community


Associated Press

City Won’t Fight To Keep Citizen Complaints Against Cops Secret

Article cites Prof. Craig Futterman, who praises city's decision to make complaints against police officers open to the public


CBS 2 Chicago

Police and Fire Scholarships

Watch a slideshow of the 2013 reception honoring scholarship recipients at the University of Chicago.