Police Misconduct Costs Taxpayers in Chicago Millions of Dollars
The discussion around police misconduct and abuse tends to zero in on the cost to human life and dignity. But...
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Chicago Cops Shot Man Dead After he Called 911 for Help 3 Times
Audio calls released Monday revealed that just minutes before Chicago police fatally shot neighbors Quintonio LeGrier and Bettie Jones, LeGrier...
Chicago Protesters Blocked Access to Police Credit Union
About 200 protesters gathered outside the Chicago Patrolmen’s Federal Credit Union on Saturday, their breath visible in the cold air as...
Chicago Mayor Breakfast Intrerrupted by Police Protesters, Boycotted by Others
Protesters blocked the entrance to the mayor’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast Friday morning as they encouraged people to...
Chicago Paid Millions to Victims of Police Brutality
In this June 8, 2010 file photo, former Chicago Police Lt. Jon Burge arrives at the federal building in Chicago....
Chicago Grandmother Killed by Cops Was Trying to Help Them
Two days after Bettie Jones was shot dead by Chicago police, it remains unclear why the 55-year-old grandmother of five...
Police Shootings Hit Decade High
Protesters demand police accountability during a march on Chicago Police headquarters on Sept. 16, 1999. (In March 1999, The Chicago...
Chicago Police Torture ‘Black Site’ Exposed at Hearing
This man circled around a reporter and photographer for the Guardian twice while waiting for a local politician to show...
Real Police Reform is Unlikely in Chicago
On Nov. 24, I pried loose the video of Laquan McDonald being killed by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke. Seemingly...
Anti-Police Brutality Protests in Chicago Continue to Demand Resignation of Rahm Emanuel
Thousands of protesters in Chicago are demanding the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel over the police killing of Laquan McDonald...
After Years of Covering For Cops, Chicago Mayor Promises Reform
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, known for keeping vise-like control over Chicago and his own political image, finds himself in the weakest...
Chicago’s Police Union Wants to Erase Records of Officer Misconduct
Chicago’s new task force on police accountability, announced by Mayor Rahm Emanuel on December 1, will look at creating an...
Chicago Police Union Stands by Cop Charged With Murdering Teen
The main Chicago police union is standing behind the white officer who was charged this week with first-degree murder for...
New Website Exposes Chicago’s Police Corruption
Earlier this week, a team of investigative journalists and legal experts unfurled an incredible new website aggregating the responses of...
Chicago PD Investigator Fired For Not Covering Up 3 Killings
Lorenzo Davis, a former Supervising Investigator who was fired from his position at the Independent Police Review Authority poses for...
Burger King Manager: Chicago Cops Erased Surveillance Video to Hide Shooting Evidence
There was surveillance footage of the fatal encounter between Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and a teenage suspect in...
Chicago Preparing For Unrest as Police Shooting Video Being Released Tomorrow
Amid concerns about possible unrest, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel invited ministers and community activists to City Hall on Monday to...
Chicago Finally Sued Over Secret Prison, ‘Disappeared’ People
This man circled around a reporter and photographer for the Guardian twice while waiting for a local politician to show...
Chicago Mayor Blames Recording Police For His City’s High Murder Rate
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says that cell phone video recordings of police officers are interfering with the officers’ ability to do their...
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Claims That Cops Are Too Soft
Last week, Rahm Emanuel joined other big city mayors and police chiefs in Washington, D.C., to discuss the violence plaguing...
