Jonathan Torres

1 month ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Kade Heather |Tom Schuba |Sophie Sherry |Jonathan Torres

El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. | The place for coverage of Latino news and culture in Chicago. Los policías de Chicago detuvieron a menos conductores el año pasado, ya que el tiroteo mortal de Dexter Reed conmocionó a la ciudad y generó promesas de reforma. Sin embargo, una investigación del Chicago Sun-Times y el Proyecto de Investigación sobre Raza y Equidad reveló que muchas más de las paradas de tráfico terminaron en violencia.

1 month ago | wbez.org | Kade Heather |Tom Schuba |Sophie Sherry |Jonathan Torres |Wendy Wei

Chicago cops pulled over fewer drivers last year as the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed sent shockwaves through the city and led to promises of reform. But far more of the traffic stops ended in violence, an investigation by the Chicago Sun-Times and the Investigative Project on Race and Equity has found. Officers reported using force 787 times during traffic stops — the most since 2018, which was the first full year cops were subjected to tougher reporting requirements.

1 month ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Kade Heather |Jonathan Torres |Sophie Sherry |Wendy Wei

Chicago cops pulled over fewer drivers last year as the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed sent shockwaves through the city and led to promises of reform. But far more of the traffic stops ended in violence, an investigation by the Chicago Sun-Times and the Investigative Project on Race and Equity has found. Officers reported using force 787 times during traffic stops — the most since 2018, which was the first full year cops were subjected to tougher reporting requirements.

1 month ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Sophie Sherry |Wendy Wei |Kade Heather |Jonathan Torres

Byron Lamb still has nightmares about the day he was hospitalized after being pulled over by the Chicago police. It was September 2018, and he was taking his two young children to his mother’s house when officers pulled him over in West Pullman for allegedly running a stop sign. They ordered Lamb out. He refused. One of them then got inside his Buick sedan and shocked him with a Taser. “I was in my work uniform, I had a blue-collar shirt on,” Lamb says. “Just coming from work.