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Chicago police have access to a network of roughly 30,000 public and private surveillance cameras across the city, making it one of the most “extensive and integrated” systems in the country, according to the ACLU of Illinois.
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A bill that would stop law enforcement from using biometric surveillance failed to gain enough support for a committee vote in March and its backers aren’t going to revive it by the end of May.
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Members of Delta Sigma Theta sorority and other marchers gather in Selma, Ala., in 2025 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march that propelled the passing of the Voting Rights Act.
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