A $12.5 million verdict against the city has been reversed because the jury was told the city admitted responsibility in the police shooting of Michael Pleasance.
Tag: Alvin Weems
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So where is the outrage, anyway?
Is Chicago more apathetic than its metropolitan peers? A couple theories.
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Classic catch-up — it finally begins to flow.
Officer Weems recants, and it’s news to the Tribune five months later.
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Don’t mind me, I’m just an angry blogger
The Sun-Times spots the Alvin Weems shooting video “on the Internet.”
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Sometimes you have to toot your own horn
The Weems shooting on ABC7; the Trib “discovers” Lane Tech hurdlers practicing in the hallways.
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Killed on Camera
John Conroy, author of this week’s cover story about the videotaped killing of Michael Pleasance by police officer Alvin Weems, narrates the footage on our site and appears on WGN news to discuss it tonight.
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Killed On Camera
Officer Alvin Weems shot an unarmed man point-blank in view of CTA security cameras. Investigators recommended that he be fired. Phil Cline promoted him.