Building and strengthening a positive relationship between Chicago police and community residents is a Herculean task, in a city where the “no-snitch” code is widespread.
Many Black and Brown residents simply don’t trust police, whom they have seen mistreat friends and neighbors. Among those living in the city’s low-income neighborhoods, 59% say they know “some” or “a lot” of people who have been treated unfairly by cops and 60% percent said most people in their area view local police “negatively” or “very negatively,” according to a 2019 report by Gallup and the Center for Advancing Opportunity.
