Misconduct settlements have cost the city $800 million since 2004, a new report found. Should taxpayers be on the hook?
Tag: Bettie Jones
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Cook County sues pharmaceutical companies over opioid crisis, and other Chicago news
Also, the mother of police shooting victim Quintonio LeGrier is waiting for answers.
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Lots of questions about police accountability, few satisfying answers from IPRA director
Sharon Fairley spoke with the Invisible Institute’s Jamie Kalven—and a room of Chicagoans sick of waiting for police reform.
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Chance the Rapper rules the Grammys with three major wins, and other Chicago news
Also, state rep Christian Mitchell proposes legislation to eliminate money bond in Illinois courts.
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2016 was the year Chicago finally got serious about police reform
But it was also the year many citizens became convinced that reform is impossible.
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Rahm: The Cubs’ victory celebration Friday will ‘stand the test of time,’ and other Chicago news
Also, a new documentary tells the stories of two women killed by Chicago police.
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Officials haven’t warned us about lead in our drinking water, Beyonce hits town over Memorial Day weekend, and other Chicago news
Also, Garry McCarthy rumored to be under consideration for police chief job in London, and cop who shot unarmed teen and bystander in December sues teen’s estate.
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Teen shot by police called 911 for help multiple times, peak flu season approaches, and other Chicago news
Also, a group of witches hope to end Logan Square gentrification, and a local architect is tapped to design Washington D.C.’s World War I memorial.
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Internal police records point to the identity of the officer who fatally shot Bettie Jones and Quintonio LeGrier
The mother of five and the distraught teenager were shot and killed by police officer Robert Rialmo, according to a Reader analysis of internal police records and publicly available scanner audio.
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Let’s talk about Michelle Obama’s empty chair at the State of the Union address
It was a symbolic seat for victims of gun violence. So why did the president all but ignore that issue in his speech?
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Hey, Mayor Rahm, reopen the mental health clinics!
Looking to blame someone or something for the failures of his reign, Mayor Rahm discovers “mental health crises” four years after he closed mental health clinics in low-income, high-crime neighborhoods.
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In Chicago, mental health workers are armed and dangerous
For blacks with mental illness, the odds of coming away unscathed from an encounter with police are stacked overwhelmingly against them.