the chicago police department (cpd) exposes black and brown immigrants to deportation because of systemic errors in their gang database. the cpd says changes to the database would be "unworkable."
the cpd gang database includes 65,000 individuals - 95% are black and brown. luis pedrote-salinas is suing the cpd. pedrote-salinas feels being wrongly designated as a gang member prevents him for protection under the deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) program. he says he's not in a gang, but there's no official process to remove him from the database.
in another case, the cpd admitted they lacked evidence for labeling an undocumented man as a gang member. as such, he was eventually disqualified from applying for a visa, due to being unduly stigmatized.
michel martin, a member of the midwest gang investors association, says gang databases should regularly be cleared of wrong information to protect the civil rights of people. martin notes police departments who fail to do this could eventually be forced to clear their databases.
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