Prosecutor Kim Foxx to Expunge Marijuana Convictions in Chicago
It’s not exactly a secret that black folks are disproportionately affected by marijuana convictions. But Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx has big plans to right an...
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Drug Convictions Overturned For 10 Black Men Framed by Chicago Police Sergeant: ‘He took everything from me’
Derrick Lewis knew he wasn’t guilty of committing drug-related crimes in the mid-2000s. But he pleaded guilty to the cases in his mid-20s because he...
Chicago School Officers Reassigned After Using Stun Gun On 16-Yr-Old Student
A violent and “disturbing” confrontation between a female high school student and two Chicago police officers caught on cellphone video at a city school has...
Police Shoot Black Security Guard Who Was Trying To Stop Alleged Gunman
When police arrived after reports of a shooting over the weekend at a bar outside Chicago, witnesses say Jemel Roberson, a 26-year-old security guard who...
Video of Chicago Police Officer Shooting Unarmed Teen With Autism Finally Released
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability released footage of a Chicago police officer shooting an unarmed teen with autism 14 months after the shooting happened....
2 Chicago Officers Face Firing Over Fatal Shooting Of Paul O’ Neal In 2016
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is recommending that two officers be fired for fatally shooting a teenager in 2016. Officers Michael Coughlin Jr. and Jose...
Chicago Police Board Clears Officer In Deadly Shooting of Unarmed 15-Year-Old
A Chicago policeman will face zero disciplinary action after the Chicago Police Board voted 5-3 Thursday to clear the cop of all wrongdoing in the...
Cop Convicted Of Second-Degree Murder For Killing 17-Yr-Old Laquan McDonald
Chicago police officer, Jason Van Dyke, was convicted of second-degree murder Friday in the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald that was captured on shocking dashcam...
2 Missing Teens Found Shot to Death in Field on Far South Side of Chicago
Authorities have found the bodies of two teenage boys who were reported missing in Chicago last week. According to Chicago police, the teens were discovered...
Family Of Deceased Chicago Teen Think Police Lied About Cause of Death
The cause of death of a Black teenager is under dispute in Chicago. The family of 15-year-old Steven Rosenthal is demanding the police release the video...
Witnesses Say Police Shot Man in His Back in Saturday’s Fatal Chicago Shooting
This Saturday Chicago police scuffled with demonstrators just hours after a Chicago police officer fatally shot a man on the city’s South Side. According to...
Watch: Chicago Paramedics Wasted Precious Time Before Trying To Save Shot Teen
An unidentified 17-year-old Chicago male who was shot in the head multiple times, was mistaken for dead and covered with a sheet by the responding...
Chicago Police Insist There Is No Serial Kidnapper On Chicago’s South Side
Chicago Police say there is a connection between two of the recent death cases involving missing women on Chicago’s South side. Rumors on social media...
Missing Woman, Shantieya Smith, Found Dead In North Lawndale Garage
The body found in a Chicago garage last week has been identified as the 26-year-old woman who was last seen May 25, according to the...
