Chicago police monitored black protest leaders after Ferguson
Last fall, as a grand jury investigated the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the Chicago Police Department began monitoring African-American groups and activists in Chicago, records obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times show.
The police tracked protesters' posts on social media and kept a log of demonstrations around Chicago, some with no connection to Ferguson.
That log included a meeting of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a protest calling for raising the minimum wage and a "Fur Free" march on Michigan Avenue.
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