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Home » police shooting

Tag: police shooting

Posted inNews & Politics

Hands up, don’t shoot

by Adam M. Rhodes April 15, 2021August 18, 2021

Video released Thursday shows that 13-year-old Adam Toledo was unarmed and raising his hands when he was killed by police.

Posted inNews & Politics

In Kenosha, unrest surfaces history of anti-Blackness and questions about police spending

by Carlos Ballesteros and Adam Mahoney August 31, 2020October 17, 2022

Cities in Wisconsin with the highest numbers of Black residents tend to spend more on policing than others. Those police forces are also a lot whiter than the cities they serve.

Posted inNews & Politics

This is my brain on local TV news

by Maya Dukmasova August 13, 2020August 18, 2021

Thirteen and a half hours of broadcasts on looting leave a day of impressions without a trace.

Posted inBlogs

Family of another teen slain by Chicago police reflects on Van Dyke verdict

by Brita Hunegs October 5, 2018August 18, 2021

Vindication for Laquan McDonald doesn’t mean justice for majority of police shooting victims.

Posted inBlogs

Black Caucus members eject protesters from fund-raiser, call themselves ‘gangsters’

by Maya Dukmasova July 27, 2018August 18, 2021

“You ain’t seen no gangsters like this city’s aldermen.”

Posted inBlogs

Mother of teen killed by Chicago police officer Marco Proano ‘glad the verdict was guilty’

by Maya Dukmasova August 30, 2017August 18, 2021

Proano never faced criminal charges for fatally shooting 19-year-old Niko Husband, whose family is still seeking justice.

Posted inBlogs

How do you defend a killing caught on video? Lawyers talk shop on possible tactics for defending Jason Van Dyke.

by Maya Dukmasova November 1, 2016August 18, 2021

The whole world saw Van Dyke shoot Laquan McDonald. Now the lawyers of R. Kelly, Rod Blagojevich, and countless murder suspects consider what’s left to argue.

Posted inBlogs

Should cops provide first aid to people they shoot?

by Maya Dukmasova October 7, 2016August 18, 2021

A debate has emerged as more and more videos show victims bleeding to death before an ambulance arrives.

Posted inBlogs

‘I shot at the car’: Police video shows chaotic aftermath of Paul O’Neal fatal shooting

by Maya Dukmasova August 5, 2016August 18, 2021

Videos released by the Independent Police Review Authority don’t capture the shooting, but reveal a tumultuous aftermath.

Posted inNews & Politics

Family of autistic teen killed by Calumet City cops loses civil suit appeal

by Maya Dukmasova July 20, 2016August 18, 2021

Stephon Watts’s family is still searching for justice.

Posted inNews & Politics

Can a lawsuit deliver justice after a fatal police shooting?

by Steve Bogira February 24, 2016August 18, 2021

On a summer night in 2011, Chicago police officer Marco Proano fatally shot 19-year-old Niko Husband outside a dance party. The Independent Police Review Authority said the shooting was justified. Then a civil jury took up the case.

Posted inBlogs

Internal police records point to the identity of the officer who fatally shot Bettie Jones and Quintonio LeGrier

by Justin Glawe January 14, 2016August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inNews & Politics

In Chicago, mental health workers are armed and dangerous

by Darryl Holliday December 29, 2015August 18, 2021

For blacks with mental illness, the odds of coming away unscathed from an encounter with police are stacked overwhelmingly against them.

Posted inNews & Politics

Outrageless

by Michael Miner January 22, 2009August 19, 2021

Is Chicago more complacent than other big cities?

Posted inBlogs

Classic catch-up — it finally begins to flow.

by Michael Miner May 21, 2007August 19, 2021

Officer Weems recants, and it’s news to the Tribune five months later.

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