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NAACP head asks for dialogue over NU protests

The NAACP’s Michael Nabors urges a de-escalation of rhetoric and offers the group’s assistance in mediating the dispute.

By Bill Smith on October 21, 2020 - 5:07 pm

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Schapiro condemns protest vandalism, threats

Northwestern University President Morton Schapiro has condemned the disruption and vandalism seen in recent protests that seek to eliminate the university's police department.

By Bill Smith on October 19, 2020 - 7:42 pm

Defund vandals deface downtown

In the midst of protests demanding that Northwestern University abolish its police force, vandals spray-painted defund slogans on campus and in downtown Evanston over the weekend.

By Bill Smith on October 19, 2020 - 9:08 am

Emerson to be closed for rally

Evanston police say Emerson Street will be closed to traffic starting at 3 p.m. this afternoon to accommodate a march and rally planned to be held at the Jacob Blake

By Bill Smith on October 3, 2020 - 10:32 am

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Panel named to map alternative emergency response plans

Efforts to shift some emergency response tasks away from the police department in Evanston took a step forward Tuesday evening. Aldermen approved the appointment of seven people chosen by the

By Bill Smith on September 30, 2020 - 10:31 am

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Defund advocates renew calls for 75% police budget cut

Advocates of defunding the Evanston Police Department renewed calls during public comment at Tuesday's City Council meeting for a 75% cut to the department's budget.

By Bill Smith on September 9, 2020 - 9:35 am

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Panel votes for new emergency response system

Members of Evanston's Human Services Committee voted Monday night to recommend that the full City Council allocate $200,000 in next year's budget to create a pilot program to dispatch social

By Bill Smith on September 1, 2020 - 10:35 am

Emergency response alternatives draw panel’s attention

Evanston aldermen tonight will look at alternatives to having police respond to some 911 calls as defund activists call for sharp cuts to law enforcement funding.

By Bill Smith on August 31, 2020 - 10:57 am

Hundreds gather for Blake service in Evanston

Several hundred people gathered in Evanston this afternoon for a community service for Jacob Blake, the former Evanston resident left paralyzed in a police shooting last Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

By Barbara Freeman on August 30, 2020 - 5:30 pm

Oak Park trustees reject defund police resolution

Trustees in Oak Park, a west suburban town often compared to Evanston, voted 5-2 this week to reject a resolution calling for defunding the village police department as protestors supporting

By Evanston Now on August 27, 2020 - 10:37 am

Evanstonians protest police shooting in Kenosha

About 250 people rallied this evening in Evanston to protest the shooting Sunday by Kenosha, Wisconsin, police of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old man who had grown up in Evanston. Blake,

By Bill Smith on August 25, 2020 - 7:08 pm

Man shot by Kenosha police attended ETHS

Jacob Blake, the man shot Sunday evening by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was the grandson of a prominent Evanston minister and spent much of his youth here.

By Bill Smith on August 25, 2020 - 11:27 am

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Chief: ‘Defunding could be catastrophic’

Evanston Police Chief Demitrous Cook says defunding the city's police department could be catastrophic for providing public safety services in the community. In an interview with Evanston Now, the chief

By Bill Smith on August 19, 2020 - 3:56 pm

Potential police reform model emerges

Evanston's Human Services Committee Monday explored a police reform model but may not be able to agree on it.

By Bill Smith on August 18, 2020 - 3:18 pm

Panel to continue police reform discussion

Evanston's Human Services Committee, chaired by Alderman Eleanor Revelle, 7th Ward, is scheduled to continue discussions today about restructuring city services that were sparked by defund police protests. At its

By Bill Smith on August 17, 2020 - 3:31 pm

Panel looks to reinvent emergency response

Evanston's Human Services Committee Monday night began to look at ways some emergency response tasks might be shifted away from the city's police department.

By Bill Smith on August 4, 2020 - 2:25 pm

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