Legitimately the funniest thing we’ve read today.

[ HAPPENING NOW ] Gerardo’s ghost bike was crashed into *AGAIN*. Based on the vehicles involved, speeding was likely a factor. The light pole just past this one was knocked down.

Wait, they raised the previous and now the current and OMG NYC what is WRONG with you-all?

“The most radical, reckless, and dangerous policy in the history of the City”? The City of Chicago’s decision to allow the use of lead pipes for YEARS longer than almost every other US City would like a word. chicagoreader.com/news-politics/…

Just assuming this is a rare moment of self-awareness from Lopez.

If you’ve always wanted to see an education-related candidate forum moderated by a guy who lied about the details of his own history as a teacher, has supported private schools with public $$ & struggles to string sentences together, it’s your lucky week.

Entirely predictable outcome

This is a year old story and outdated. space.com/james-webb-spa…

Israel is now deploying the same war propaganda campaign it did in Gaza to justify their crimes, starting with “Lebanon doesn’t exist,” every Lebanese is Hizbollah, to schools and hospitals portrayed as military bases.

A quick ShotSpotter history dlvr.it/TDZmbX

And yet cops—and a former COPA employee who used to work for CPD—want us to believe COPA is biased *against* police. Ok.

Suspicious package sent to Illinois State Board of Elections is under FBI investigation dlvr.it/TDZwgB

I’m going to need y’all to find a way to say that you disagree with a policy without making these ahistorical statements erasing institutional harms that Black people have faced.

If smoke detectors had a 90% fail rate there'd be a recall

Here’s a real thing that’s happening which is why we turned to Dall-E 2 to visualize this very common thing that’s actually happening

BREAKING: Loyola Chicago Center for Criminal Justice reports on #Illinois’ Pretrial Fairness Act, which eliminated cash bail a year ago. Among findings, the percent of defendants detained at initial court hearings plummeted (see below), jail populations shrunk and crime didn't surge. pfa-1yr.loyolaccj.org

As of 9/22, Chicago has ended its use of ShotSpotter. Thank you to all the coalition partners, community members, Mayor Brandon Johnson, and every person who fought for this. Let's continue this momentum by investing in alts like the PeaceBook and other grassroots solutions to violence!

Ex-Chicago cop — once a national TV pundit on policing — now an accused police impersonator chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/…