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Chicago’s Reform-Minded New Mayor Has A Big Task: Picking A New Police Chief
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 12 months agoChicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson participates in a public safety forum on March 14. Chicago...
Trial opens for 2 ex-assistant state’s attorneys charged in fallout over infamous Jackie Wilson case
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNearly one year ago, a Cook County grand jury returned indictments accusing two former assistant...
Charges dropped against Chicago police officers accused of beating teen
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCook County prosecutors on Wednesday dropped charges against two Chicago police officers who were...
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx says she will not run for reelection
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter more than six years marked by historic criminal justice reforms, controversy over her prosecutorial policies and the Jussie Smollett scandal, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s pick for top cop sails through first confirmation hearing
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoMayor Brandon Johnson’s choice to be Chicago’s next police superintendent sailed through a City...
Ben Crump announces largest police brutality settlement in U.S. history in Randy Cox case
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe case represents the largest settlement involving police misconduct in U.S. history, which comes...
The Tyre Nichols Videos Demand Solemnity, Not Sensationalism
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhether you watch the videos of Tyre Nichols' beating or not, you should contend with the fact that...
Years after a police SUV rolled over a 15-year-old girl during George Floyd protests, Chicago Police...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 months agoAs protests over the murder of George Floyd roiled the city on May 31, 2020, Astarte Washington, then 15, and her brother were trying to get from their grandmother’s house to their Roseland ...