A judge has ruled that the federal lawsuit of a Black driver who was wrongly arrested by Chicago police can proceed, acknowledging a possible widespread pattern of discrimination against people who were wrongly charged for gun violations.
CBS News Chicago Investigators first exposed a pattern of these types of arrests in October 2025, speaking to three Black gun owners who had valid concealed carry licenses (CCLs) when they were stopped while driving, but were arrested and charged with felonies anyway.
One of them was Lucy Washington, a single mother of two and real estate agent who was arrested in December 2023 during a traffic stop. She was pulled over by CPD for failing to use her turn signal; within minutes, she told officers she was a gun owner with a CCL and that she had her legal weapon in her car…