Overpoliced and under-protected: A history of policing in Chicago

University of Iowa assistant professor and University of Wisconsin alum Simon Balto explained the history of policing in Chicago and its current implications in a webinar Thursday. Balto delivered this commentary based his 2019 book, “Occupied Territory: Policing Black Chicago from Red Summer to Black Power.” Balto said police brutality has been around since the … Continue reading Overpoliced and under-protected: A history of policing in Chicago