The trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, the torture of Gerald Reed at the hands of police who was freed after 31 years of being wrongfully imprisoned, the wrongful raid of Anjanette Young. We continue to hear how the police engage in deeply traumatizing behavior. The only way to stop this senseless violence and injustice is by changing the system that allows for such violence to occur.

On February 21, 2019, Chicago police burst into the apartment of an innocent black woman, Anjanette Young, based on a faulty tip, handcuffing her while she was naked, forcing her to stand in full view of male officers as they searched her home. It took 22 months for the video to surface and Ms. Young’s voice to be heard.

As we embark upon a new era with a new administration, we continue to fight for this vision, demanding that just and equitable systems be created.

Too often, police break into homes with guns pointing, shouting expletives and frightening innocent children and families.

People from my neighborhood and other Black and Brown communities in Chicago are hurting.

The Chicago Police Department’s invasion of Anjanette Young’s home and disregard of her pleas is systemic degradation.

Community Renewal Society congratulates President-elect Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Devi Harris.

When the city of Chicago rejected the vast majority of the recommendations of the Use of Force Working Group for reforming the policies of the Chicago Police Department, it once again chose to rely on the status quo rather than engage in meaningful reform.

“I feel like it's my job to carry the torch.” — Joan Jet

Alderman Roderick Sawyer and Alderman Harry Osterman released a statement on GAPA.

Members of the Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability (GAPA) released a statement in response to Mayor Lightfoot’s rejection of community role in community oversight.

Breonna Taylor was a beautiful young woman, who life was tragically taken away. This is enough to cry out for justice.

“Is it too much to ask for the breath of Black children not to be stolen?” Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, a CRS member congregation, shares his lament in his sermonic film, Letter to My Son.

View the trailer for Pastor Otis Moss’ sermonic video, Letter To My Son, which premiered on August 9, 2020.

OIG Finds That the Civilian Office of Police Accountability Is Not in Compliance with the City’s Video Release Policy for Use-of-Force Incidents.

Let us lament in the face of languishing injustices, hatred, racism and brokenness that are part of our lives and part of our world.

“We must breathe” is a prophetic proclamation affirming self-worth and a righteous charge in the face of violence against Black and Brown bodies and lives.

I joined CRS’ Police Accountability issue team because a police officer profiled and assaulted my son outside our home in Northlake, Illinois.

God, you are the light of my life and the lover of my soul. You are the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. You know all, see all, and care for all.

Rev. Damon Smith offers a poem in reaction to the shooting of Jacob Blake.