Immediately upon the November 2015 release of the Laquan McDonald video that was kept hidden from the public for over a year, in what some are still alleging a cover-up, cries for reforming the Chicago Police Department (CPD) reached a deafening crescendo. CPD, up to the very moment that the video was released, maintained that […]
Amid the continuing climate of police shootings of unarmed Black men across the country, Ald. Ed Burke (14th Ward), is sponsoring an ordinance recently introduced in the Committee on Public Safety that could charge activists who choose to protest police brutality with a possible hate crime, if passed. Such is the case in Louisiana, where […]
On Aug. 8, the Chicago Sun-Times published a story titled “CPD alerts cops that 3 West Side gangs plotting to shoot officers.” Written by Sam Charles,…
On Aug. 8, the Chicago Sun-Times published a story titled “CPD alerts cops that 3 West Side gangs plotting to shoot officers.” Written by Sam Charles,…
Posted by McKenzie Marshall, Briahnna Brown It was a bright and sunny afternoon during the opening day game of the North Lawndale Police Youth Baseball…
As we celebrated the Fourth of July traditions, it was yet again a bloody summer holiday. The media outlets waited as the shooting statistics gradually…
18,041, 14,994, 4,636 The numbers cited 18,041, 14,994, 4,636 could easily be the population totals of some of Chicago’s surrounding suburbs, but they’re not. These are…
…Like It Is By Ken Hare Chicago Defender Staff Writer The Justice Department as part of its pattern or practice investigation into Chicago Police Department’s…
