CPD officer Frederick Collins has more than 40 misconduct complaints. Now, he’s running for mayor.
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Rapper Vic Mensa: Chicago’s newest Black Panther?
At this past weekend’s “anti-bait-truck” shoe giveaway, the 25-year-old rapper declared himself a revolutionary.
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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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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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Police violence haunts Chicago’s west side in Ike Holter’s The Wolf at the End of the Block
Razor-sharp dramatics and an air-tight production from Teatro Vista bring a complicated, slippery world to life.
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Forty shocking things we weren’t surprised to learn from the DOJ report on CPD
Beating children, torture by Taser, and use of the N-word: We read every word of it so you don’t have to.
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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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Activists disrupt Black Friday shopping on Chicago’s Mag Mile
Demonstrators called for resisting Donald Trump, Rahm Emanuel’s resignation, and an elected Civilian Police Accountability Council.
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Charged with murder, but they didn’t kill anyone—police did
A Reader investigation found ten cases since 2011 where police killed a civilian in Chicago and charged an accomplice with the murder.
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‘I shot at the car’: Police video shows chaotic aftermath of Paul O’Neal fatal shooting
Videos released by the Independent Police Review Authority don’t capture the shooting, but reveal a tumultuous aftermath.
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Public grows impatient for IPRA overhaul
Aldermen solicited input in a town hall meeting, but many in attendance seemed tired of waiting for reform.
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Chicago police union plans last ditch effort to hide police misconduct records
But options for blocking biggest cop data dump in history are dwindling.
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New school construction could further city’s segregation and other Chicago news
Also, City Council considers new measures on police reform.