Maia McDonald, Nicole Jeanine Johnson, Khadija Ahmed for the Investigative Project on Race and Equity, and Amilia Estrada for the Saluki Local Reporting Lab

Michael Burton was stopped by Southern Illinois University-Carbondale campus police so many times that he dreads driving anywhere near the college. “Anytime I got behind the wheel, I was getting pulled over,” said the 21-year-old junior from the Austin neighborhood in Chicago. He reached his breaking point in December 2023 while driving with friends — […]