BPI

BPI is a public interest law and policy center that strives to resolve compelling issues of social justice and quality of life in the Chicago region.

[BPI @BPIChicago]

WE ARE NOW: @impactforequity !!! Make sure you follow us on twitter & instagram. Visit our new website at: https://t.co/t8xlHAq0de!!

[impactforequity @impactforequity]

@bpi_chicago has changed its name to @impactforequity!!!! Making an impact for equity is how we will achieve a Chicago and the state of Illinois in which every person has the right and opportunity to live their fullest life in a thriving community and free of systemic barriers

[BPI @BPIChicago]

@cshaplaw Make sure to follow us at @impactforequity !!! Thank you for joining us in honoring Adam and celebrating all the hard work of our partners and community members!

[Carolyn Shapiro @cshaplaw at the other places too @cshaplaw]

TFW you get to watch (and celebrate!) your law school classmate (Adam Gross, not on Twitter AFAIK) receive a well-deserved award for his work promoting meaningful public safety policies and reform. @bpichicago

[Councilmember Isaiah Thomas @CMThomasPHL]

Thank you @BPIChicago for your work in collaboratively addressing systemic failures.

I was proud to speak about the successes of #DrivingEquality and moved to hear about similar work across the country.

[BPI @BPIChicago]

Requests to consent to searches are disproportionately made of Black and Latine drivers. From 2015 to 2021, 73% of consent search requests were made to Black drivers, 22% were made to Latine drivers, but less than 4% were made to white drivers.

[BPI @BPIChicago]

The burden of traffic stops is not distributed equally across Chicago. From 2015 to 2021, the average Black Chicago driver was 6x more likely to be stopped than the average white driver.

[BPI @BPIChicago]

An increasing number of searches by Chicago police rely not on a warrant, reasonable suspicion, or probable cause of criminal activity but instead on requests to drivers to consent to a search.

[BPI @BPIChicago]

Black people were subjected to 85% and Latine people to 11 % of uses of force stemming from a traffic stop from 2018 to 2021.

[BPI @BPIChicago]

Black and Latine drivers are also more likely to experience the significant harms of traffic stops. Too often, traffic stops escalate and result in the use of force, and nearly all instances of uses of force following a traffic stop were used against Black or Latine people.

[BPI @BPIChicago]

In addition, the threat of deadly force when an officer points their firearm at a person occurred more commonly during traffic stops than in any other category of encounter recorded by CPD.

[Walter Katz @w_katz1]

Reflecting the same recent findings as by @BPIChicago, @Pascal_Sabino writing for @injusticewatch and @BlockClubCHI found that Chicago PD stops 156 cars for every one gun arrest. 156 intrusions of liberty and the 1 is likely not even a crime gun. https://t.co/rCj8JtuIAe

[BPI @BPIChicago]

From 2016 to 2021, 67-72% of the arrests were of Black persons, Latine people represented 21-25% of arrests, and white individuals represented 5-7% of arrests.

[BPI @BPIChicago]

The psychological harm and the damage done to police-community relations by traffic stops are great. Among people of color, particularly Black individuals, involuntary police contact is associated with stigma, trauma, anxiety, and depressive symptoms.

[BPI @BPIChicago]

Most arrests were for non-violent crimes and traffic violations, with "operating a vehicle without insurance" and "driving on a suspended license" representing the most common charges.

[BPI @BPIChicago]

BPI - Chicago and the @Free2movechi Coalition proudly announce the release of its new report, A New Vehicle for Stop & Frisk. This report delves into the scope, impact, and inequities of traffic stops in #Chicago. To access the full report, click here: https://t.co/iPrnoq3qFP

[BPI @BPIChicago]

BPI and the @Free2movechi Coalition are hosting a two-part webinar series to raise awareness about the use of traffic stops in Chicago and how communities around the country are working to address the problems with traffic stops.

Register below here!
https://t.co/WxG4GqmJPy

[Free To Move @Free2movechi]

The Free2Move Coalition and @BPIChicago are hosting a two-part webinar series to raise awareness about the use of traffic stops in Chicago and the ways in which communities around the country are working to address the problems with traffic stops.
https://t.co/CiFBaPod1l

[Clean Slate Illinois @CleanSlateIL]

‼️ Our February Monthly Action Bulletin is here! ‼️

Honor #BlackHistoryMonth with us by taking three steps to support #CleanSlateIL. This month, we ask you to learn, sign on, and show up. The links you need to get started are below. Your time starts now! ⏰⏳⏱

[Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond]

More than 400 organizations, faith leaders, professors, and elected officials have signed onto an amicus filed in the Illinois Supreme Court in support of the Pretrial Fairness Act.

Read more: https://t.co/AvLJD1O2fl

[BPI @BPIChicago]

We are thrilled to support Shareese Pryor who will be joining Civic Leadership Academy at the University of Chicago based at the Harris School of Public Policy’s Center for Effective Government. We look forward to seeing all that the 2022 cohort accomplishes together.