Just a few weeks ago, Lori Lightfoot seemed ready to waste more taxpayer money on Jussie Smollett. Just a couple of weeks ago, newly elected Lori Lightfoot, the first Black woman and openly LGBT mayor of Chicago, appeared to be following Rahm Emanuel’s with a Jussie Smollett obsession. Now after lawsuits from the city of Chicago, attacks on […]
Attorney General Loretta Lynch is expected to announce the findings of the 13-month investigation Friday. AU.S. Department of Justice probe into the Chicago Police Department revealed that officers undergo very poor training and that the Independent Police Review Authority spearheaded biased investigations, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. From the Chicago Sun-Times: A review by the feds […]
On Sunday night, the team hit a milestone of 72 wins - tying the Chicago Bulls’ 1995-96 all-time record of NBA regular season wins.
The city of Chicago has begun a $5.5 million payout of reparations to nearly 60 individuals who were tortured by the police in the 1970s and 1980s.
Officials in Chicago have released the dash-cam video footage of Laquan McDonald's shooting death at the hands of city police Officer Jason Van Dyke from October 2014. The video was released a day ahead of the court-ordered deadline and on the same day Van Dyke turned himself in to authorities.
Just how racist is the Chicago Police Department? This photo paints a pretty bleak picture http://t.co/m86FOaOFbUpic.twitter.com/9NHrZ4lHeh — Slate (@Slate) May 27, 2015 A decade-old photograph…