Craig Futterman on What's At Stake in Illinois Supreme Court Decision on Police Misconduct Records
Illinois Supreme Court Rules CPD Misconduct Records Cannot Be Destroyed
“We need to stop this,” said University of Chicago law professor and civil rights attorney Craig Futterman.
People fighting for police reform, such as Futterman, said officer backgrounds and misconduct records are key to tracking and firing problem cops – especially in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis and subsequent protests.
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Futterman argued officers’ misconduct records would also help the Police Department comply with the federal consent decree that was imposed on it. Losing the records, he said, would be a blow to the community, the department, and the city.
“These records belong to all the people of Chicago,” Futterman said. “We need them.”
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