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>>> BRANDIS, BLACK CHICAGOANS ARE NINE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE STOPPED BY POLICE.

AT THE SAME TIME, OFFICERS WERE 29% ARE LIKELY TO FIND DRUGS OR WEAPONS IF THEY SEARCHED SOMEONE WHO WAS WHITE .

THIS DATA COMES FROM A NEW REPORT ON THE TEAM OVERSEEING COURT ORDERED REFORMS OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS HEATHER CHERONE.

THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 3000 SEARCHES A YEAR BEFORE COVID.

WHAT DID IT FIND?

>> NOT ONLY ARE BLACK PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO BE STOPPED BY POLICE, LATINO CHICAGOANS WERE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN WHITE CHICAGOANS AND IN ALL CASES THESE SEARCHES WERE NOT EFFECTIVE IN FINDING WEAPONS .

ONLY 4% OF THOSE CASES WERE GUNS RECOVERED AND THAT MEANT CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS WERE COMING IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE UNDER TENSE CIRCUMSTANCES SOMETIMES ALLOWING FOR THERE TO BE TENSION AND SOMETIMES USE OF FORCE.

>> STOP AND FRISK IS WHAT IT IS CALLED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

DO WE KNOW WHY THEY ARE STOPPED MORE FREQUENTLY THAN WHITE CHICAGOANS?

>> WE ASKED THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO EXPLAIN THE DISPARITY AND THEY DID NOT.

THEY OFFERED NO REASON FOR THIS DISPARITY.

I ASKED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR A RESPONSE AND INSTEAD THEY OFFERED A STATEMENT WELCOMING ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT IN THE USE OF STOPS AND SEARCHES.

>> THE OVERALL AMOUNT OF STOPPED HIM SEARCHES HAVE GONE DOWN IN RECENT YEARS.

AT THE SAME TIME, TRAFFIC STOPS HAVE INCREASED.

IS THERE A CONNECTION?

>> IN 2015 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AGREED IT WOULD CHANGE THE WAY IT STOPPED AND SEARCHED PEOPLE.

AT THE SAME TIME, TRAFFIC STOPS SURGED AND THE ACLU AN INDEPENDENT MONITORING TEAM SINGS THERE IS A LINK BETWEEN THOSE AND THEY WANT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO EXPLAIN WHY.

>> HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THE OVERALL CONSENT DECREE PROCESS?

THIS HAS BEEN A PUSH AND PULL TO GET CPD UNDER COMPLIANCE.

>> THIS IS NOW UNDER A FEDERAL JUDGE MEANING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE EVEN FURTHER BEHIND BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE TASKS ON THEIR TO DO LIST.