New Chicago Prosecutor Empowers Police To File More Charges Without Review

New Chicago Prosecutor Empowers Police To File More Charges Without Review – Block Club Chicago

The move is one of the clearest signs yet that State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, who took office in December, is looking to adopt a more trusting attitude toward police than her more progressive predecessor Kim Foxx.

New Chicago Prosecutor Empowers Police To File More Charges Without Review

In a predominantly Black area of Chicago, police can now directly file gun charges without a prosecutor’s approval. The new program rolls back a process that serves to check misconduct.

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Why safety on the streets starts in the courtroom

Chicago Way w/John Kass (03/17/25): A newcomer to the podcast, Chicago Police Chief of Detectives (ret.) Gene Roy joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to talk about how wearing a badge in Chicago has changed over the last forty years and look at what he sees as major flaws with the criminal justice & courts system in Cook County under the stewardship of Judge Tim Evans. Plus, Kasso wonders if Mayor Brandon “6.6% Approval Rating” Johnson will ever colle…

New Chicago prosecutor empowers police to file more charges without review – The Windy City Word

This article was produced by Bolts, a nonprofit publication that covers criminal justice and voting rights in local governments, and is reprinted with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here. In the early evening on Feb. 19, two Chicago police officers arrested a 40-year-old man in the Englewood neighborhood. According to their report, the officers cited an odor of “raw cannabis emitting from within the vehicle” to search the car. Th…