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Jim Daley’s Biography

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I’m an investigative journalist from Chicago. Currently, I'm the investigations editor at South Side Weekly. Previously, I’ve been the news editor at The TRiiBE and at the Chicago Reader.

My work has also appeared in Block Club Chicago, In These Times, Slate, Scientific American, Smithsonian Magazine, The Trace, WIRED and elsewhere.

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911 Audio Shows South Shore Residents' Panic During ICE Raid

911 Audio Shows South Shore Residents' Panic During ICE Raid

CPD dispatch audio reveals Border Patrol also arrested two U.S. citizens that night in Steelworkers Park.

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The Aftermath of ICE

The Aftermath of ICE

An empty apartment. A solitary protester. A budding community: What remains after ICE abductions?

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Jobs. Block Clubs. Investment: How Chicagoans Are Interrupting Violence at its Roots

Jobs. Block Clubs. Investment: How Chicagoans Are Interrupting Violence at its Roots

The causes and solutions to gun violence are difficult to quantify-or control. One thing is clear: gun violen…

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ShotSpotter Routinely Missed Reported Shootings, City Data Shows

ShotSpotter Routinely Missed Reported Shootings, City Data Shows

In a recent 20-month period, more than 20% of shootings and reckless discharges in Chicago's coverage area ha…

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14th Police District Council Grapples with Fierce Divisions

14th Police District Council Grapples with Fierce Divisions

An independent "public safety committee" has fueled rancorous debate around the council's role.

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'Get down, boy!' Paul Vallas's son is one of 3 police officers who fatally shot a man in Texas in...

'Get down, boy!' Paul Vallas's son is one of 3 police officers who fatally shot a man in Texas in...

Gus Vallas was one of three officers who shot a 28-year-old Black man who was fleeing.

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Articles

Chicago Residents Demand Investigation of Police Collaboration With ICE

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By Jim Daley Verified, Zack Kligler Verified
| Truthout Verified
Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. This story was originally published by Southside Weekly.
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Residents Demand Oversight Commission Investigate CPD Cooperation with ICE

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By Jim Daley Verified
| South Side Weekly Verified
About 500 people packed Thalia Hall in Pilsen on Thursday night amid a torrential downpour to voice their frustration with the Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA) for not holding a hearing to probe allegations of cooperation by Chicago police with federal immigration agents sooner.
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Oficiales Federales Usaron Agentes Químicos Decenas De Veces En Chicago Pese A La Orden De Un Juez

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By Kelly Bauer Verified, José Abonce, Jim Daley Verified
| Block Club Chicago Verified
CHICAGO — El pasado 4 de octubre, José* se encontraba en su casa del vecindario de Brighton Park con su esposa María* y sus mascotas cuando el olor a gas lacrimógeno lo abrumó. “El gas se filtró y empezamos a asfixiarnos, así que dije: ‘¡Traigan al pájaro y al gato!’”, dijo María. (José y María son seudónimos que utilizamos por temor a represalias).
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Awards

CJA Sarah Brown Boyden Award

2024 - Technology

For "Missed Shots," our investigative series on ShotSpotter, the controversial gunshot-detection company.

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Peter Lisagor Award

2021 - Best in-depth reporting in a community newspaper

For "Surveilling Dissent," my investigation of how the CPD used the city's gun-violence prevention center to secretly monitor protests in 2020.

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