The draft policy prohibits officers from conducting investigatory stops or protective pat-downs “based solely on a person’s race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, immigration status, homeless status, marital status, parental status, military discharge status, financial status, or lawful source of income, without any other specific and articulable facts that the person is, has, or is about to be engaged in criminal activity.”
Interestingly enough, they intentionally left ‘political affiliation’ out of the litany of protected classes. That red hat looks too much like a MAGA hat, you’re going to 26th and Cal buddy…
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Interestingly enough, they intentionally left ‘political affiliation’ out of the litany of protected classes. That red hat looks too much like a MAGA hat, you’re going to 26th and Cal buddy…