EFF: Chicago Inspector General: Police Use ShotSpotter to Justify Illegal Stop-and-Frisks

EFF: Chicago Inspector General: Police Use ShotSpotter to Justify Illegal Stop-and-Frisks by Matthew Guariglia and Adam Schwartz (“[T]he OIG report finds a pattern of CPD officers detaining and frisking civilians—a dangerous and humiliating intrusion on bodily autonomy and freedom of movement—based at least in part on “aggregate results of the ShotSpotter system.” This is police harassment of Chicago’s already over-policed Black community, and the erosion of the presumption of innocence for people who live in areas where ShotSpotter sensors are active. This finding is based on the OIG’s qualitative analysis of a random sample of officer-written investigatory stop reports (ISRs). [¶] The scathing report comes just days after the AP reported that a 65-year-old Chicago man named Michael Williams was held for 11 months in pre-trial detention based on scant evidence produced by ShotSpotter.”)

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