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Statement on Brandon Johnson’s Proposed Budgets 2023.11.03

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• statement

Call for Applications: Lucy Parsons Labs Advisory Board 2023.08.25

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• applications
• advisory-board

Lucy Parsons Labs 2023: Program Areas 2023.08.25

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• foia
• chicago
• police
• surveillance
• mutual-aid
• transparency
• investigation
• education
• litigation
• program-areas

Lucy Parsons Labs 2022: A Year in Review 2022.12.05

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• foia
• chicago
• police
• surveillance
• mutual aid
• IDOC
• shotspotter
• mutual-aid
• transparency
• year-in-review

Lucy Parsons Labs 2021 Year in Review 2022.05.08

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• foia
• chicago
• police
• surveillance
• BLM
• mutual aid
• IDOC
• airbnb
• shotspotter
• mutual-aid
• CPDP
• transparency

Chicago: Cancel the ShotSpotter contract now 2021.09.04

On Tuesday, August 24th, the Chicago Office of Inspector General...

• ShotSpotter
• surveillance
• CPD

Lucy Parsons Labs 2020 Year in Review 2021.01.31

Friends,

• foia
• chicago
• police
• surveillance
• BLM
• mutual aid

Documents Reveal ‘Counter-Terrorism’ Funds Flowed to Clearview AI 2020.11.02

Documents obtained exclusively by Lucy Parsons Labs reveal Chicago-area police...

• BIPA
• privacy
• biometrics

Documents Confirm DHS is Investigating Journalists as ‘Criminal Hackers’ 2020.08.12

Documents obtained by Lucy Parsons Labs under the Illinois Freedom...

• First Amendment

Black Lives Matter: Supporting Chicago’s Activists 2020.06.14

Across the country we are witnessing widespread demonstrations and an...

• Chicago
• Black Lives Matter
• Activism

Data Release: Mapping Search Warrants in Chicago 2019.07.23

The Chicago Police Department executed an average of six search...

• Chicago
• data
• FOIA

FOIA Lawsuit Filed Against the FBI for Records on Jon Burge 2019.06.26

Through his career, notorious Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge and...

• FOIA
• Chicago
• FBI

Victory at the Illinois Supreme Court Means Biometric Data Privacy is Protected 2019.02.02

Chicago, IL - Last week, the Illinois Supreme Court refused...

• BIPA
• chicago
• projects

Lucy Parsons Labs’ Year In Review 2018.12.10

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Emails reveal Berkeley Police doxxed antifascists and celebrated retweets 2018.09.18

Berkeley Police’s bizzare and highly controversial practice of publishing the...

• foia
• police
• projects

In defense of Sam Lavigne, and why publishing LinkedIn data on ICE employees is in the public interest 2018.06.21

Motivated by the Trump administration’s policy of detaining and separating...

• ice
• accountability
• data
• public interest

Data Release: Stop and Frisk 2018.06.01

During Garry McCarthy’s time as Police Superintendent, Chicago had the...

• data
• FOIA

LPL and the Chicago Data Collaborative 2018.02.17

Lucy Parsons Labs is proud to be a founding member...

• chicago
• illinois

Lucy Parsons Labs Sues Mayor’s Office for their Secret Bid for Amazon’s Second Headquarters 2018.02.01

In light of reports of massive corporate tax breaks being...

• illinois
• chicago
• foia

Statement of support for #NoCopAcademy 2017.11.27

• solidarity
• activism

Solidarity with Dane Powell and the J20 Protestors 2017.07.08

• solidarity
• activism

Illinois Legislature Passes Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform 2017.06.27

Two weeks ago, Reason published an article titled “Poor Neighborhoods...

• journalism
• investigation

Civil Asset Forfeiture: Poor Hit the Hardest 2017.06.12

This week, Reason published an article titled “Poor Neighborhoods Hit...

• journalism
• investigation

Solidarity with accused NSA leaker #RealityWinner 2017.06.11

• security
• whistleblowing

CPD Use of Deadly Force Training 2017.02.14

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• illinois
• foia

Supporting SB689, the Seizure & Forfeiture Reporting Act 2017.02.07

The Lucy Parsons Labs supports IL SB689, the Seizure and...

• illinois
• aclu
• surveillance
• technology

Lucy Parsons Labs now a registered 501c3 non-profit 2017.02.06

CVE in Chicago 2017.01.30

Over the past few years, the Department of Homeland Security...

• surveillance

Lucy Parsons Labs Launches OpenOversight 2016.10.18

In support of demands for greater police accountability in Chicago...

• accountability
• chicago

Lucy Parsons Labs obtains records of Stingray Deployments in Chicago 2016.10.13

• technology
• surveillance

LPL Investigates Use of Civil Asset Forfeiture by Chicago Police 2016.09.29

Lucy Parsons Labs, in collaboration with local journalist Joel Handley...

• technology
• surveillance
• journalism
• investigation

The State of IMSI Catching Catching 2016.05.29

• technology
• surveillance

We Uphold These Principles… 2016.05.27

• eff
• digital rights
• surveillance
• technology

Lucy Parson Labs Supports ACLU-IL Stingray Warrant Requirements Bill 2016.05.03

Official Release from Lucy Parsons Labs, 03 May 2016

• illinois
• aclu
• surveillance
• technology

Primer on Police Surveillance Tech in Chicago 2016.01.19

• surveillance
• Chicago
• FOIA

LPL Forces Release of Stingray Documents 2016.01.12

Chicago, IL - In a victory for the Lucy Parsons...

• stingray
• Chicago
• FOIA

Lucy Parson Labs Hold Letter Writing Party 2015.12.03

Chicago, IL - The Lucy Parsons Lab recently sat down...

Lucy Parson Labs Members File a Pair of Lawsuits 2015.11.17

Chicago, IL - Last week a pair of lawsuits were...

• foia
• chicago
• projects

A joint project with MuckRock 2015.10.05

Over the last year and a half we have worked...

• foia
• chicago
• police
• surveillance