The video of Ronald Johnson's shooting was released by Alvarez's office during a press conference explaining key details of the video on Monday. The shooting happened eight days before Laquan McDonald was also fatally shot by officer Jason Van Dyke in October 2014.
CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is expected to launch a wide-ranging investigation this week into the patterns and practices of the Chicago Police Department after recent protests following the release of a video showing a white Chicago police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times, a person familiar with the matter told The […]
Veteran filmmaker Spike Lee‘s latest joint, Chiraq pays an unfortunate homage to the gang and gun violence in the city of Chicago, when the girlfriend (Teyonah Parris) of a Chicago gang leader (Nick Cannon) persuades other frustrated women to withhold sex until their men agree to end the senseless cycle of violence. “That premise comes from […]
Images surfaced of Chicago police officers viewing Burger King footage, which reportedly shows the moments before Laquan McDonald's death.
Rev. Al Sharpton talks about the firing of Gary McCarthy, the Chicago Police Department superintendent, in light of the shooting death of Laquan McDonald. “McCarthy is the beginning of where we need to go with this. There needs to be a federal investigation. Who covered up what? Who knew what? Why would you authorize a […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Kind words were in short supply for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel at the premiere of Spike Lee‘s “Chi-Raq” on Tuesday night. Emmanuel fired the city’s police superintendent Tuesday after tensions flared over the release of a graphic video that showed a black teenager, Laquan McDonald, being shot 16 times by a […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Rahm Emanuel sought for months to keep the public from seeing a video that shows a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times. Now, a week after the video’s release, the Chicago mayor has fired the police superintendent, created a task force for police accountability and expanded the use of […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The latest on the aftermath of the shooting of a black teenager by a white Chicago police officer and an online threat that prompted the University of Chicago to cancel classes for a day (all times local): 8 a.m. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office says he will create a Task Force on […]
An arrest has been made in Chicago in the shooting death of nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee.
Lee suffered numerous gunshots to the body, as he was shot in the head at close range and also took a bullet to his right hand.
CHICAGO (AP) — The white officer who shot a black Chicago teen 16 times has been charged with murder and jailed. The graphic video of the slaying has been made public. And in the hours after the footage was released, protesters seemed to honor pleas for restraint. The question now is whether those efforts will […]
Roland Martin talks to former prosecutor Scott Bolden, about the release of the video of Laquan McDonald, the 17-year-old who was shot to death 16 times by a white officer in October 2014. “This was a coordinated release of information, which was the right thing to do, but 400 days later,” Bolden said. On the […]
