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Chicago Releases Footage From Police Killing of 18-Year-Old Paul O'Neal
Hannah Gold · 08/06/16 02:40PMOn Friday, the Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates Chicago Police Department misconduct, released nine video clips, taken from police body and dashboard cameras, that show the aftermath and events leading up to the fatal shooting an unarmed 18-year-old black man named Paul O’Neal by an officer, according to the New York Times.
Hamilton Nolan · 06/23/16 03:29PM
Chicago Police Oversight Agency Recommends Firing of Officer Who Made an "Offensive Racial Remark" About President Obama
Brendan O'Connor · 06/17/16 09:35AMA police oversight agency in Chicago has recommended firing an officer who made “an offensive racial remark” about Barack Obama during preparations for his visit to the city last year. While the oversight agency has not publicly disclosed what the remark was, the Washington Post, citing an official familiar with the investigation, reports that the officer referred to the president as a “nigger.”
Rahm Emanuel Announces 'Immediate' Reforms to Chicago Police After Scathing Report
Hudson Hongo · 04/21/16 08:30PMReport: Chicago Police Department Racist as Hell
Brendan O'Connor · 04/13/16 10:46PMChicago Cops Brought People to Black Site for Selling Bootleg CDs and Movies
Andy Cush · 04/13/16 09:20AMDocuments obtained by the Guardian reveal new information about Homan Square, the “black site” where Chicago police officers detained and interrogated arrestees without booking them or giving them access to a lawyer. Among the revelations: People were taken to Homan for infractions as minor as selling a bootleg Jay Z album.
Rahm Emanuel Secretly Spent Night After Chicago Teachers' Strike Enjoying "Hamilton" on Broadway
Jordan Sargent · 04/05/16 02:40PMChicago mayor Rahm Emanuel has a long list of enemies. Near the top is the Chicago Teachers Union, with which he’s feuded for his entire tenure as mayor. This past Friday, the union staged a one-day strike, closing schools across the city in order to draw attention to their latest round of negotiations with the city, which wants the teachers to accept cuts to pay, staffing, and budgets.
Hamilton Nolan · 03/31/16 04:15PM
Anonymous Chicago Cop on His Black Colleagues: "Typical Fucking Niggers"
Andy Cush · 03/15/16 08:00AMThe federal investigators who are tasked with determining whether Chicago Police Department cops are enforcing the law in a racially biased manner might start by listening to a police radio recording which surfaced online recently, in which a (presumably white) cop can be heard referring to his (presumably black) colleagues as “typical fucking niggers.”
Trump Rally Canceled Before Descending Into Chaos
Ashley Feinberg · 03/11/16 08:22PMDonald Trump’s rally in Chicago was canceled amid safety concerns this evening after an entire section of attendees turned out to be protestors, sending the arena and surrounding area into chaos.
A Megabus Just Burst Into Flames With a New York Times Travel Journalist Aboard, Live-Tweeting
Melissa Cronin · 02/21/16 05:20PMFootage Shows 21-Year-Old Bad Boy Bernie Sanders Being Arrested at a Protest
Melissa Cronin · 02/20/16 10:56AMReport: Laquan McDonald's Killing Almost Wasn't Even Captured On Video At All
Jordan Sargent · 01/27/16 06:50PMIf Laquan McDonald’s death at the hands of Chicago policeman Jason Van Dyke hadn’t been recorded on dashcam video, Van Dyke, like countless officers before him, might never have been arrested or charged with murder. A new DNAinfo report on the state of dashcams in Chicago squad cars illuminates just how close that was to happening.
Chicago Releases Three Videos of Black Teenager's Police Shooting Death
Brendan O'Connor · 01/14/16 07:03PMOn Thursday, videos of the fatal police shooting of Cedrick Chatman, a black teenager, by a white Chicago police officer in January 2013 were released. Police had said that Chatman pointed a dark object at police as he ran away, the Chicago Tribune reports. The object, it turned out, was a black iPhone box.
Lawyers Say Chicago Cops Threatened Witnesses and Forced Them to Lie About the Laquan McDonald Shooting
Gabrielle Bluestone · 01/08/16 12:28PMFamily of Grandmother Killed by Police in a 'Hail of Bullets' Sues City of Chicago
Melissa Cronin · 01/04/16 11:50PMSenior Chicago Lawyer Resigns After Federal Judge Rules That He Hid Evidence in Fatal Police Shooting
Brendan O'Connor · 01/04/16 11:35PMRahm Emanuel Aide Got Roughed Up at Vigil in Chicago
Brendan O'Connor · 12/29/15 11:11PMFamilies of 2 Killed By Chicago Police on Saturday Demand Explanation
Brendan O'Connor · 12/27/15 07:20PMFurther details emerged Sunday in the fatal police shooting that left two people, a teenager and his 56-year-old neighbor, dead this weekend, as the victim’s families demanded answers from the police department and mayor’s office. The Chicago Police Department is already under a separate federal civil rights investigation.