Accuracy in Media

ABC News focused on the rise in gun violence in Chicago, which has strict gun control laws and thereby restricts law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves. However, buried in the article is a telling statement from the Chicago police superintendent: And an increase in the reluctance by law enforcement to engage in proactive, violence prevention policies. […]

The ‘Ferguson effect’ is when police officers are fearful of viral videos and criticism from all corners of the general public and refrain from rushing into danger, generally speaking. Is this to blame for Chicago police’s decline in activity while violence rages almost out-of-control? The Chicago PD is under investigation by the Justice Department. And […]

Hat tip to Legal Insurrection with the find, where the video was released and showed how a female Chicago police officer was beaten and suffered a concussion, not drawing her sidearm to defend herself due to potential public media backlash:

From Fox News: Mayor Rahm Emanuel has rejected three finalists recommended by the Chicago police board for the city’s top police post and selected the force’s current chief of patrol as the new interim police superintendent, city council officials said Sunday. Emanuel is trying to replace Superintendent Garry McCarthy whose firing was part of a […]