police trotted out the standard "YoU nEeD uS!" narrative and pointed to all the violent criminals they arrested. Except the arrests were publicly accessible via a database, and reporters found out the police lied. So CPD shut it down. Link to article: https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-police-department-arrest-api-shutdown-is-its-own-kind-of-cover-up/

7️⃣4️⃣5️⃣ Chicago, IL: police trotted out the standard "YoU nEeD uS!" narrative and pointed to all the violent criminals they arrested

Except the arrests were publicly accessible via a database, and reporters found out the police lied

So CPD shut it downhttps://t.co/zz0YVw2CN7

— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) July 10, 2020