Cook County board votes to permanently dismantle gang database

[SoldierOfTheKing]

Cook County board votes to permanently dismantle gang database

Just what Chicago needed...

 

[Tinker Grey]

If it wasn't helpful, it wasn't helpful.

 

[rambot]

If it wasn't helpful, it wasn't helpful.

But don't you understand? Everyone on cf accessed it all the time so I'm sure everyone's opinions on this site regarding this move will be informed and rational..

 

[SoldierOfTheKing]

It was dismantled precisely because it was helpful. That's why directives were made to make sure it could no longer be used.

 

[iluvatar5150]

It was dismantled precisely because it was helpful. That's why directives were made to make sure it could no longer be used.

That isn’t true but whatever.

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1.......0....1.........0i71j35i304i39.G1jMKgW-7h8

 

[EpiscipalMe]

If this is true:
“These are serious problems, because Chicago police and other law enforcement officials regularly cite the database during criminal investigations, immigration enforcement and court proceedings. Information from the database could also surface in background checks for jobs. And getting your name removed is all but impossible.”
Chicago’s Gang Database Is Full of Errors — And Records We Have Prove It — ProPublica

Then they had no choice but to get rid of the database.