Chicago's Gang Database Casts an Invisible Net Around Black and Brown Communities

'Policy researcher Janae Bonsu explains how Chicago's secret, massive Gang Database criminalizes entire communities of color - by identifying and cataloging suspected gang members through flawed criteria, and distributing that data upwards, across a larger framework of state and federal surveillance networks operating in secret, and targeting Black and Brown neighborhoods. Bonsu is the lead author of the report Tracked & Targeted: Early Findings on Chicago’s Gang Database.' -- This Is Hell! Radio