Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune Monday, April 30, 2018 Breaking news at chicagotribune.com Massive CPD gang database inaccurate, unfair, critics say Racial bias, lack of that now totals a staggering ship is shared with other law ter community groups and advo- 128,000 names — and that enforcement agencies and can cates raised concerns. transparency, recourse doesn’t even include juveniles. hurt you if you pick up a charge — Chicago Inspector General Jo- KOREA SUMMIT PRESS POOL among issues cited But now critics in Chicago are with potentially heftier bail seph Ferguson has held three Kim Jong Un, right, reportedly joining a nationwide chorus amounts or sentences. public hearings in the past dangled major concessions in By Annie Sweeney questioning the value and fair- The overuse of the often month, the most recent Thurs- talks with Moon Jae-in, left. Chicago Tribune ness of these massive lists of gang inaccurate label by police as well day night, as part of an audit his members, saying they are often as news organizations over the office is conducting into how It has grown steadily over inaccurate, outdated and racially years has served only to stigma- Chicago police gather the data on many decades with little public skewed. tize those caught up in Chicago’s gang members. No ‘starry’ attention. Through countless ar- Advocates complain there’s no violence, critics contend. In addition, the state Senate rests and street stops, Chicago way to know if you are in the The database is increasingly Public Health Committee heard police officers have compiled a database or how to get off the list, drawing the attention of law eyes set on database of street gang members yet your alleged gang member- enforcement and lawmakers af- Turn to Gang, Page 4 N. Korea, U.S. insists Bolton says Kim will be pushed on his pledges By Laura King Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Top aides to President Donald Trump signaled skepticism Sunday about North Korea’s reported pledge to give up its nuclear weapons in exchange for conditions including an American promise not to attack it militarily. But as preparations moved ahead for a face-to-face encounter between Trump and North Kore- an leader Kim Jong Un, the officials insisted that Trump’s unconventional diplomacy had al- ready yielded greater achieve- ments than his predecessors could claim in reining in the North’s nuclear and ballistics program. Trump’s national security ad- viser, John Bolton, said Kim’s seemingly conciliatory rhetoric was not being accepted at face value and indicated that no easing of sanctions against North Korea would take place until North Korea committed to full denucle- arization. Bolton said the Trump admin- DAVID MCNEW/GETTY Turn to North Korea, Page 11 SCALING THE BORDER DIVIDE T-Mobile, Migrants climb a border fence Sunday at a rally in Mexico embracing a caravan of Central Americans seeking U.S. asylum. They did not enter the United States. Immigration officials said San Diego’s San Ysidro crossing was full and would not immediately be able to handle the asylum seekers. President Trump has called the caravan, which had started with over 1,500 people, a threat to the U.S. Nation & World, Page 8 Sprint reach $26.5B deal to hook up Pilsen, Little Village still await trail By Stan Choe Land acquisition and and Tali Arbel EPA cleanup delay Associated Press conversion of old rails NEW YORK — T-Mobile and Sprint reached a $26.5 billion merger agreement Sunday that would reduce the U.S. wireless industry to three major players — that is, if the Trump adminis- tration’s antitrust regulators let the deal go through. The nation’s third- and fourth- Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO TRIBUNE largest wireless companies have Getting Around been considering a combination ???? for years, one that would bulk Rails-to-trails projects are them up to a similar size as Lyric’s ‘Jesus like children — they can take a industry giants Verizon and AT&T. long time to mature. But a 2014 attempt fell apart Christ Superstar’ This has been the case with ABEL URIBE/CHICAGO TRIBUNE amid resistance from the Obama Chris Jones’ review, A+E the El Paseo project, a proposed Volunteers Catherine Krol, left, and Griselda Avila recently helped administration. street-level, multipurpose path clean along the planned El Paseo trail near Sangamon Street. The combined company, to be about 4 miles long that would called T-Mobile, would have connect the Pilsen and Little along unused BNSF Railway have expected from The 606 about 127 million customers. Con- Village neighborhoods on the tracks in the Pilsen and Little project, which took decades sumers worry a less crowded Cubs’ Chatwood South Side. Village areas has been discussed from conception to completion. telecom field could result in The El Paseo could eventually for at least a dozen years. Two The city is still working with higher prices, while unions are wins with arm, bat be a South Side version of The years ago, Mayor Rahm Emanu- BNSF Railway to acquire the concerned about potential job 606, the highly popular 2.7-mile el and other city officials an- property, either through dona- losses. The Cubs completed a four- elevated park and trail system nounced the project at a news tion or sale, and the U.S. Envi- In a conference call with Wall game sweep of the Brewers that opened in 2015, connecting conference, saying that part of ronmental Protection Agency Street analysts, Sprint CEO on Sunday with a 2-0 victory the North and Northwest Side the bike and pedestrian trail has needed time to clean up the Marcelo Claure acknowledged at Wrigley Field. Tyler Chat- neighborhoods of Wicker Park, could be ready to use as early as land in what had been a heavily that getting regulatory approval is wood pitched seven scoreless Bucktown, Humboldt Park and summer of 2016. industrial area, officials said. “the elephant in the room,” and innings and singled home the Logan Square. But the process is taking first run. 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NBC 9 a.m. May 18, Chicago Tribune Freedom Center, 777 Phylicia Rashad played lawyer Clair Huxtable and Bill Cosby was Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable on “The Cosby Show” (1984-92). W. Chicago Ave., Chicago. $25 tickets. Free parking, lot opens 20 minutes before start of tour. For tickets, go to chicagotribune.com/freedomcenter African-Americans bid an CHICAGO TRIBUNE E-BOOKS “The Chicago Tribune Guide to Midwest Travel .” A compilation featuring travel pieces from the Tribune’s rich archive, “Midwest Travel” is the ultimate guide to unfond farewell to Cosby road trips, All Chicago Tribune e-books are available inside the Printers Row app. Download the app in the iTunes or GooglePlay stores. There was truth in some of what Years before we knew Cosby preached. African-Americans indeed had not lived up to our end of about Bill Cosby’s the deal signed with the blood of civil ACCURACY AND ETHICS rights martyrs. At times, we have criminal activities, his Margaret Holt, standards editor turned our backs on our neighbor- hoods, given up on our public schools verbal attacks on black Dahleen Glanton The Tribune’s editorial code of principles governs and walked away from our children. people led many of us professional behavior and journalism standards. Every- But it wasn’t just poor African- one in our newsroom must agree to live up to this code of The problem with Cliff Huxtable is Americans who were responsible for to distance ourselves. conduct. Read it at chicagotribune.com/accuracy. that he wasn’t real. every problem facing urban neighbor- African-Americans wanted him to hoods, as Cosby had claimed. America Corrections and clarifications: Publishing information be. In fact, we needed him to be. as a whole shares the blame. quickly and accurately is a central part of the Chicago Cliff represented the men we knew Plenty of white people loved Cos- middle-class lifestyle, and it was a Tribune’s news responsibility.