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In 2016 Chicago police rolled out a new form for documenting investigatory stops, developed to meet ACLU demands — stops dropped nearly 90 percent in the first quarter of 2016

NEW YORK POST How the ‘Ferguson effect’ is destroying Chicago by Heather Mac Donald July 9, 2016 Violence in Chicago is reaching epidemic proportions. In the first five months of 2016, someone was shot every 2¹/₂ hours and someone murdered … Continue reading

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Ferguson Effect: The New Nationwide Crime Wave

WALL STREET JOURNAL by Heather MacDonald June 1, 2015 The consequences of the ‘Ferguson effect’ are already appearing. The main victims of growing violence will be the inner-city poor. The nation’s two-decades-long crime decline may be over. Gun violence in … Continue reading

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