A Community Solution to Cash Bail

Jonah Newman, The Chicago Reporter Truthout Wed, 01/20/2016 View the original piece When Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald in November, his bail was set at $1.5 million. Later that day, Van Dyke’s family posted the $150,000 necessary for him to wait out his […]