Even though Chicago is supposed to be a “sanctuary city,” our police department shares its gang database with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. His name was in the database, but the police department admitted Mr. Catalan-Ramirez wasn’t in a gang. An impossible choice because the police oppose bail for anyone in the gang database. They just want someone to pay, and the Chicago Police Department has a ready-made database of potential candidates. Desperate for safety and peace, we allow terrible practices like the gang database to continue.

Source: New York Times December 26, 2017 00:00 UTC