Q&A: Retired Chicago cop weighs in on Homan Square, alleged “black site”

An interview with Detective Michael Hammond

Aug 28 • 

Iain Carlos

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Sam Carlen

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July 2025

Chicago police drone usage, visualized

Newly-released Chicago Police data reveals the department used drones hundreds of times for a variety of law enforcement purposes, including first…

Jul 1 • 

Sam Carlen

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Iain Carlos

June 2025

CPD didn’t report drone flight data, violating Illinois law

Illinois law, namely the Freedom From Drone Surveillance Act, spells it out quite clearly: all law enforcement agencies in the state are required to…

Jun 26 • 

Iain Carlos

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April 2025

Homan Square torture and Chicago Police revenge plot allegations linked

A botched CPD investigation following the murder of officer Clifton Lewis led to Angel Perez's alleged abuse in the notorious Homan Square police…

Apr 10 • 

Iain Carlos

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February 2025

'Ideological,' 'not scientific': Iran polling firm GAMAAN flawed, not independent

GAMAAN has extensive ties to U.S. government-funded, pro-regime change orgs, and employs unreliable survey methods that produce misleading results

Feb 27 • 

Sam Carlen

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Iain Carlos

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DOJ knew about - and used - notorious Homan Square "black site"

It wasn't just Chicago Police operating the off-the-books holding facility, the site of alleged torture and days-long unlawful detention

Feb 3 • 

Iain Carlos

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Sam Carlen

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December 2024

Chicago Police want more drones, billionaire Crown family may foot the bill

Crown Family Philanthropies will provide CPD with $150,000 technology grant

Dec 19, 2024 • 

Iain Carlos

October 2024

Inside the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s Chicago and Palestine meeting

The leftist Party gathering took aim at American (and Chicagoan) support for Israel

Oct 21, 2024 • 

Iain Carlos

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September 2024

Chicago police used Dataminr, controversial surveillance tool

Formerly CIA-funded, Dataminr has been criticized for its surveillance of non-criminal protest activity, and has provided hundreds of thousands of…

Sep 2, 2024 • 

Iain Carlos

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Sam Carlen

2

August 2024

Chicago office building feared pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Feds tasked counterterrorism team to keep watch

DHS dispatched counterterrorism Fusion Center to track potential pro-Palestinian protests despite lack of specific threats

Aug 26, 2024 • 

Iain Carlos

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Sam Carlen

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June 2024

Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion profile quietly removed from Stanford extremist group list

The government-funded research project's mysterious removal of Azov’s profile was followed by a State Department decision to allow the controversial…

Jun 20, 2024 • 

Sam Carlen

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Iain Carlos

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May 2024

Before the clearing: Inside the University of Chicago encampment

Students advocate for the University to divest from Israel and weapons manufacturers, and argue for a multi-national, democratic and unified state in…

May 8, 2024 • 

Iain Carlos

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