Lots of stuff happened in Chicago even before Mayor Rahm released the Laquan McDonald video.
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Emanuel blows off another FOIA request for video of a fatal police shooting
The mayor inaugurates a new age of transparency in police investigations by suppressing video of the fatal police shooting of Cedrick Chatman.
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Van Dyke said he feared McDonald’s knife could shoot bullets
The Chicago police officer charged with murdering Laquan McDonald told a detective he had previously been warned about so-called “revolver knives.”
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Rauner cries for you, Laquan. Or does he?
Who’s telling the truth: Mayor Rahm when he says he didn’t watch the McDonald video, or Governor Rauner when he says it made him cry?
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Black Youth Project 100 suspends a Chicago leader after sexual assault allegation
The activist group is addressing sexual assault in black social movements in a new way.
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Ty Money’s burning response to Laquan McDonald’s killing
Ty Money’s “United Center” packs the kind of emotional punch that people need to feel to keep fighting for change beyond next week, next month, or next year.
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Chicago activists explain why black space matters
By shunning interviews and barring nonblack people from public demonstrations, Black Lives Matter activists hope to shut down the spectacle of black death.
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Why do cops in trouble get the benefit of the doubt?
Civilian authorities treat police like something they’re afraid of.
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Rahm could’ve been the hero in the McDonald shooting
By doing the immoral and politically stupid thing instead, Emanuel is a bum.
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Essential stories of Chicago Police Department misconduct
Pieces from the Chicago Reader archive detail a history of CPD impropriety.
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What Mayor Emanuel needs to learn from the killing of Laquan McDonald
Chicago has a systemic problem that won’t be solved with the charging of a single officer.
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Here is the video of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shooting Laquan McDonald 16 times
The footage shows a police officer fatally shooting a teen on Chicago’s south side.
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After months of protests, the city acts on the police-involved shooting deaths of Laquan McDonald and Rekia Boyd
Officer Jason Van Dyke has been charged with murder; officer Dante Servin will be recommended for firing.