The Greenwell's have filed a complaint? Don't they understand the complaint process is merely a method the police use to stonewall the public? What they ought to do is sue the department in federal court for a civil rights violation. That will get the city's attention real fast.

Perhaps the Alderman should wait until after and investigation to issue an Apology. Guess they blame Police also

My 16 year old was cuffed, brought into the station. And detained for over an hour while EPD decided what to charge him with. (he was skateboarding). Once they determined that annoying an officer was NOT in fact a crime, he was finally released. The "arresting" officer was horrifically rude to me because I would not give him my husbands middle name or SSN without an explanation as to why he needed it. He stated he sees where my kid gets his manners and that's why he was there. Meanwhile, 4 people smoking pot under my kids open windows and no one shows up. We are white. EPD age profiles in our experience.

Dale Greenwell’s wife, Ava Thompson Greenwell, was at home when it happened and witnessed the incident. She told the committee that officers did not identify themselves or ask Diwani how old he was. They also ignored her repeated questions as she watched police clamp a pair of handcuffs on her son, Greenwell said.
IF THEY DIDN'T IDENTFY THEMSELVES WHY DIDN'T SHE CALL POLICE AND WHY DID SHE ALLOW A GROUP OF STRANGE MEN PUT HANDCUFFS ON HER SON.

After reading thru the 911 call, the similarities are there. Shrug it off and move on. During an emergency, the 911 dispatcher gets as much info as they can. The police
do not have 20 min to discuss the exact color of someones skin and would you want them to? I am white but do we all look alike? There is a test administered by the City of Evanston, for police dispatchers when they apply for the job. I have taken it. No way could I follow the sequences that these people have to follow. The City of Evanston should let anyone take it and then you will see what they are up against. Better yet, take the Citizens Police Academy class, and get a first hand look at what the police do. You might get a different perspective and thats the point.

I am curious Did Mrs Greenwell read or listen to the tape?:
Caller: He seemed like a young boy, he was African-American. Um, he had, like, a phone charger and like an iPad charger in his hand.

Operator: That were, that are yours?

Caller: Yes, that he …

Operator: Did he take them with him?

Caller: No, he, he didn’t, he dropped them. I don’t know if he had anything else in his pockets.

Operator: Do you have a description of like his, what he was wearing?

Caller: I think he was wearing some kind of cargo, khaki kind of shorts and a dark brown t-shirt or a dark shirt.

Caller said they thought they were "khaki"

Did the Alderman listen to the tape?

what are the police to do? Crime is rampant, and when they do their job some will be inconvenienced. I would rather see the police enforcing the law than have young thugs controlling the neighborhoods. Many young boys today have no respect for authority, much less other citizens. We all want safe streets, and for that, we need vigilant police effort.

It is difficult being a decent, respectable Black person in America. We are stereotyped because of the many crimes that our race are too often committing. I can only empathize with what happened to this 13 year old, especially if he is being reared by caring parents in a loving, respectable and crime free environment. What happened is unfortunate, but, as Black people, we will always be treated as criminals and degenerates. It's the color of our skin that everyone sees first.

Tea- "We are stereotyped because of the many crimes that our race are too often committing." Are you one of those people who stereotypes your own people. Black people don't often commit crimes. Most Black people are hardworking, law abiding citizens. The sad truth is that we are racially profiled much too often. For all of the other comments regarding the police doing their job....Police do not have a right to stop everyone they see that remotely fits the description of a suspect. The victim got a good look at the suspect and described him to the dispatcher, the police picked up the first Black person they saw who did not fit the description given to them by the dispatcher. Read the transcript!!

Kohl"s in this mornings paper had an ad for "Life KHAKI" CASUAL PANTS. Ad had them coming in FOUR different colors.

Forgive me Melanie, but do you watch the news? Are you not aware of the shootings and crime that is constantly broadcast each and every weekend on the news? I am sick and tired of hearing about another young Black child and young Black adult who is shot and/or killed in the City of Chicago!!! It's embarrassing!!!! Everytime the news air, I pray that it's not another Black on Black crime being committed. I am not blind to what's happening in our Black community and it needs to stop! My mother lives on the South side of Chicago and I am literally scared to visit her. What's going on around us is real. I am sick and tired of the violence and as long as we as Black people are shown to be animals, society, including the police, are going to always pick us out of the crowd. I'm sure that you and I, along with, so many other Black families, are decent, law abiding citizens who talk to our children, have raised decent, respectable children, but as usual, one bad apple spoils the entire bunch. I'M SICK OF THE VIOLENCE! I'M SICK OF MY PEOPLE BEING PORTRAYED AS, AND, TREATED AS ANIMALS!!!

P.S. I still feel that overall, the Evanston P.D. does a damn good job. Unfortunately, mistakes are made by all of us, including the police!

The problem in Chicago is the gangs. The gangs are moving in. It doesn't matter what color you are to them. Their thing is to kill someone to prove what a "man" they are. Sick isn't it? I have told my daughter who has friends living in Rogers Park to stay in Evanston. She finally agreed when one of her male friends told her, they are killing people everywhere "just because they can" for their initiations. You can't go there. I would like to work in the city, but who wants to be standing at the Howard St El at 7pm when its dark out? Not me. We have to get the guns off the streets. It sounds paranoid, but I know 2 parents who have lost kids to shootings. One young man was an NU (black) student dropping off a friend in Rosland, and the other (white) had just moved into an apt in Rogers Park, and he was shot & killed just one month ago. I don't know what the answers are as to how it can be stopped, and it seems like the Chicago police are losing the battle. I am sure the same gangs are trying to move to Evanston, (if not all ready) and we can't let that happen. It is terrible that people cannot sit on their porches, little kids playing in their yard, and they are getting killed? And anyone who thinks it can't happen here, is blind.
The police handcuff people they are dealing with only because, criminals kick, spit, & punch police officers if they can. When they pick someone up, they don't know who they have until things are sorted out.

Thank you, Annie. Again, what's going on around us is real and it's heartbreaking! I squirm thinking of Evanstonians having to deal with the violence that Chicago is dealing with. The police have a difficult job to do and it's unfortunate that an innocent 13 year old had to endure such an experience.

This did not just start to happen people! Black males of all ages have often been targeted and jailed by police since forever because they fit the description. Sorry but often times when crimes are committed the description black male is what you often hear. I am not saying it is right, I'm just sayin........................

So tired of the"black people fitting the description" complaint. Anyone that's ever done a ride along knows police officers have just moments to make a decision based on the descriptions given. Do a ride along and experience having to multi task within seconds before judging. Also, if callers are giving descriptions of black males, how does that make police racist? LISTEN TO THE TAPES! The kid matched the description. If my son was stopped and was wearing the same things I'd understand instead of teaching him to play the race card. Racism exists. Let's choose wisely when we see it. It wasn't on display in this case

Annie, you're right that the people committing many of these crimes are in gangs but the gangs have been in Chicago for decades so there has to me more to the story than that. The main gangs in Chicago have been operating for a long time and things weren't always as bad as they are now in regards to violence. The Latin Kings started in the 1940's, the Black P. Stones and Vice Lords started in the late 1950's and the Disciples started in the late 1960's. As violent as it is right now, the two years with the most murders in Chicago were 1974 and 1992. Both years had 400 more murders than last year. It's more about drugs than gangs... The gangs just control the corners that the drugs are sold on. But how did the drugs get into the country?

unfortunately most of the mug shots in Evanston and in Chicago are of young black men. Because of that and the dangers of police work, some decent young black men and their families are going to suffer indignities. When black leaders speak up about the need for responsible behavior in the black community and the need for intact families, they are often castigated for being disloyal.

What mug shots are those Jim? Maybe we have more issues here at the local level than the rest of the country. The FBI's 10 most wanted list features 5 Caucasians and 5 Latinos.

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten

frank, how about i'll give you 10$ for every white mug shot and you give me 10$ for every black. deal or no deal???