CPD officer Frederick Collins has more than 40 misconduct complaints. Now, he’s running for mayor.
Tag: Civilian Office of Police Accountability
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New body-cam images show CPD attack on Miracle Boyd
Officer Nicholas Jovanovich knocked out the activist’s tooth and seized her cell phone.
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Chicago police pistol-whipped suspect in brutal 2017 arrest
Last year, COPA recommended three of the officers involved be fired. They still haven’t been.
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Queer folks of color want to cancel today’s Buttigieg-Lightfoot book event
Activists say the pair’s public conversation about “trust and distrust” shows the problems with assuming marginalized people have progressive values.
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Sixteen months after cops killed Joshua Beal, still no ruling on whether the shooting was justified
Neither of the off-duty officers involved in the shooting or the dispute that preceded it were in full uniform, as police have claimed.
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TK Joshua Beal
Formal family photo at Tiffaney Boxley’s mom’s 59th birthday circa 2011 with Joshua alone; a group photo of Tiffaney, Malik, Michael, Joshua, and Tiffaney’s nephew AkirCredit: Courtesy Joshua Beal’s Family Tiffaney Boxley, Josh, Josh’s sister in pink Aaliyah Boxley and Tiffaney Boxley’s grandmother Deborah Wilson in wheel chairCredit: Courtesy Joshua Beal’s Family Woman in pink […]
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Ex-Chicago police oversight head: ‘I don’t know Rahm well’
Attorney general hopeful Sharon Fairley says there’s more to her candidacy than her work for IPRA.
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Department of Justice threatens to subpoena sanctuary cities including Chicago, and other news
Also, the Chicago Teachers Union is not happy that CPS might relax its ethics code.
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Appeals court rules in Chicago’s favor and against Jeff Sessions in sanctuary city lawsuit, and other news
Also, Auschwitz survivor “Ben the Barber” dies at 98.
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Cubs, Blackhawks, large concert venues are not fans of Emanuel’s concert ticket tax increase, and other Chicago news
Also, the City Council approved a $95 million police training academy despite a plea from Chance the Rapper.
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Emanuel stands by police decision to reprimand two cops pictured kneeling in protest, and other Chicago news
Also, Whitney Young High School suddenly cancels the rest of its football season.
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Rauner slams NFL players who protest the national anthem and flag before games, and other Chicago news
Also, a Rascal Flatts restaurant is (seriously) opening in the Fulton Market District.
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Police officers elect new union president, and other Chicago news
Also, the passenger dragged from a United Airlines plane at O’Hare reportedly suffered a concussion, lost two front teeth, and had his nose broken.
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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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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.