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Invisible Institute

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Invisible Institute

@invinst

A journalism production organization on the South Side of Chicago. Home of @cpdpbot & @jamiekalven

Chicago, IL

Joined July 2015

Invisible Institute
@invinst
Oct 21, 2020
Six years ago today, Laquan McDonald was murdered by a Chicago police officer. He lost his life due to systemic failures by our city & egregious abuse of police power. The injustice in the aftermath was met with organizing that changed our city. We still seek justice for Laquan.
Invisible Institute
@invinst
May 31, 2020
Officers in Illinois are required by law to show their last name and badge number. You can use that info to look up their police misconduct records on cpdp.co. You can tweet a CPD officer's name at @CPDPbot and it will respond with the officer's record, too.
Invisible Institute
@invinst
Feb 3, 2021
Announcing the Chicago Police Torture Archive: the first human rights archive documenting the violence and terror levied against more than 100 Black people under notorious Commander Jon Burge and his “Midnight Crew” from the 1970s-1990s. chicagopolicetorturearchive.com
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Invisible Institute
@invinst
Jun 14, 2017
Today, Black Lives Matter and community groups in Chicago filed a historic class action suit seeking a court-appointed monitor of the CPD.
Invisible Institute
@invinst
Apr 15, 2021
According to our most recent data, Chicago Police Officer Eric Stillman who killed #AdamToledo has 3 complaints + 4 use of force reports btwn 2017 & mid-2020. Here is an update: bit.ly/ericstillman We are working to update CPDP.co to reflect new data.
Invisible Institute
@invinst
Jun 6, 2020
CITIZENS POLICE DATA PROJECT lets you look up the career history of Chicago Police officers, read complaints filed against officers, and notice patterns in our city’s police department. you can use it on the ground on your phone at CPDP.co
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Invisible Institute
@invinst
Nov 27, 2017
"The source said that the Laquan McDonald shooting was nothing like what had been reported, and that there was dashboard camera video to prove it... In January 2015, @jamiekalven obtained the autopsy report — a painstaking record of 16 bullets."
Journalist Who Told Laquan McDonald’s Story Faces Fight Over Sources (Published 2017)
From nytimes.com
Invisible Institute
@invinst
Jun 4, 2020
CHICAGO: we are working on an investigative account of how police use force as protestors exercise their right to free speech & assembly. DM us or email (email preferred) our lead reporter [email protected]. send other videos of Chicago protest to @SouthSideWeekly.
Invisible Institute
@invinst
Mar 21, 2022
Today, we remember Rekia Boyd, who was killed 10 years ago by off-duty Chicago Police officer Dante Servin. This evening in 2012, she was a 22-year-old Black woman headed to a party with friends in North Lawndale.
Invisible Institute
@invinst
Feb 10, 2022
🧵OUT NOW: Beneath the Surface, our project that investigates gender-based violence at the hands of the police, has released its first set of findings from our data investigation into 27,000 Chicago Police complaint documents: btsurface.com
Invisible Institute
@invinst
Nov 14, 2018
After a 2 year investigation, @anfan & @samstecklow release their findings on Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson. Johnson investigated & commanded the officers responsible for 5 fatal shootings of young black Chicagoans, including #RekiaBoyd.
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson's Long Record of Justifying Police Misconduct and...
From theintercept.com
Invisible Institute
@invinst
Sep 19, 2019
NEW: Chicago Police covered up dash-cam footage in #HarithAugustus case. Newly released video, withheld by CPD for over a year, and our investigation w @ForensicArchi shows that the fatal encounter was caused by aggressive policing rather than any criminal conduct by Augustus.
Invisible Institute
@invinst
Jun 11, 2021
Wow. We're so proud of our reporters @anfan & @brozost. Congratulations to the entire team behind "Mauled," our co-reporting with @MarshallProj @aldotcom and @indystar for winning a 2021 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting!
Invisible Institute
@invinst
Nov 12, 2019
🗣We're excited to announce our 2019-2020 journalism fellow...[drumroll please]🎉 @erisa_apantaku!! 🎉 Since 2017, Erisa has been the exec producer of @SouthSideWeekly Radio. Erisa’s personal audio pieces have played on the BBC program Short Cuts + @ThirdCoastFest Re:sound.🎙