Chicago rights activist: Local reporters didn’t cover police “black site” because they agreed with them

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Raw Story

Chicago reporters failed to cover a police “black site” where suspects were held without access to legal representation because they sided with the authorities, a local activist and criminologist told The Atlantic on Tuesday.

“I think that many crime reporters in Chicago have political views that are right in line with the police,” Tracy Siska said. “They tend to agree about the tactics needed by the police. They tend to have by one extent or the other the same racist views of the police — a lot of urban police (not all of them by any stretch, but a lot of them) embody racism.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/02/chicago-rights-activist-local-reporters-didnt-cover-police-black-site-because-they-agreed-with-them/

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