Yesterday, all criminal charges against Lee Dewey were dropped and their case was resolved as a non-criminal violation of a municipal ordinance!!!! This is a fantastic result, and it is also [...]
Last summer, Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans issued General Order 18.8A. The Order went into effect on September 18, 2017, and it states that no person is to be incarcerated in Cook County [...]
This morning, we proudly stood outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s house in solidarity with The People’s Lobby & SOUL – Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (our partners [...]
Join us at noon today at the Daley Center as we stand in solidarity with sex workers, survivors of violence, and criminalized workers everywhere! We stand opposed to SESTA & FOSTA, which make [...]
A year ago yesterday, Pierre Loury was shot and killed by Chicago Police. Pierre, a 16 year-old resident of the West Side, was trying to climb the back fence to his home in North Lawndale when [...]
CCBF is excited to announce that on March 9th, Matthew was found not guilty of his criminal charge after a bench trial! Matthew was arrested on January 20, 2017, when tens of thousands of people [...]
We are co-sponsoring this great event along with Chicago Action Medical, National Lawyers Guild of Chicago, and Tilted Scales Legal Collective. Join us all on Sunday at 3:30pm for a great [...]
We are sharing the heartbreaking news that Isaiah Montes, a 19 year old Black Lives Matter activist that we posted bond for, passed away yesterday in a car accident. CCBF worked with Chicago [...]
Yesterday, CCBF posted $1,600 to free the only person held on bond following Friday’s inauguration protests. Just 24 hours after having bond set on his misdemeanor battery charge, the [...]