CHICAGO (AP) — Four Chicago police officers who were at the scene of the 2014 fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald have been suspended for failing to ensure the dashboard cameras in their squad cars were operating properly. Chicago’s Office of Inspector General recommended the firing of 11 police officers in connection with the shooting. And […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police have violated the constitutional rights of residents for years, permitting racial bias against blacks, using excessive force and shooting people who did not pose immediate threats, the Justice Department announced Friday after a yearlong investigation. The practices endanger civilians and officers, cause avoidable injuries and deaths and erode community trust […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Laquan McDonald‘s life seemed to be headed nowhere. A ward of the state who had been shuffled between relatives’ homes and foster care, he was 17 when, high on the hallucinogenic drug PCP, he wandered down the street slashing tires with a knife. This week marks the one-year anniversary of the release […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Philando Castile was shot by a Minnesota police officer, his girlfriend broadcast his final moments live on Facebook. But experts say the footage from a squad car camera was probably a bigger factor in prosecutors’ decision to charge the officer with manslaughter. And that footage, which has not been made public, […]
McDonald, a 17-year-old Chicago teen, was shot 16 times in 2014 by officer Jason Van Dyke. McDonald's death lit a long simmering fire within Chicago that led to protests, calls for Emanuel's resignation, the termination of former superintendent Garry McCarthy, and a Justice Department probe.
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police superintendent said Thursday that he will recommend the firing of seven officers who filed false reports in the fatal police shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald. Superintendent Eddie Johnson said in a statement that after reviewing documents, video and other evidence, he was accepting the recommendation of the city’s inspector […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the release of videos and other materials by the Chicago agency that investigates police misconduct (all times local): 11 a.m. The Chicago agency that investigates police misconduct cases has released more than 300 video clips from 101 incidents it has investigated, along with recordings of 911 calls and original […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge ordered the appointment of a special prosecutor Thursday to handle the case of a white Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager 16 times after the embattled Cook County state’s attorney asked to step aside. Officer Jason Van Dyke is charged with first-degree murder in the 2014 killing of […]
City officials and community leaders are fearing the worst, saying that the heightened gun violence will only increase over the summer
City officials and community leaders are fearing the worst, saying that the heightened gun violence will only increase over the summer
CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a white Chicago police officer who shot Laquan McDonald 16 times has spoken about it publicly for the first time since he was charged with murder. The wife, father and other relatives of Jason Van Dyke spoke to the Chicago Tribune with the officer’s approval, though Van Dyke followed his attorney’s […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The attorney for a Chicago police officer charged in the shooting death of a black teenager has asked for sheriff’s deputies to guard the officer as his client enters and exits court. The Chicago Tribune reports that Officer Jason Van Dyke’s attorney, Daniel Herbert, made the request in a court filing made […]
