AvatarThe Rootflipped into Latest.AvatarAvatar2 days agoViral Video Shows Chicago Police Killing Another Black Driver. You Won't Believe The Officers' Background.The Root - Nigel RobertsDexter Reed apparently fired first, but cops with a long history of complaints responded with 96 bullets, including while he was down. The Chicago …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days agoHow American Policing Became So Violentcounterpunch.org - Jeffrey AdlerThe horrific recent murders of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Laquan McDonald, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and many other African …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMar 5Opinion: Mayor Johnson's transparency problem should anger us allchicagobusiness.com - Crain's Chicago BusinessMayor Brandon Johnson has a transparency problem. A big one. And with the enormous challenges the city faces — violent crime all around us, a history …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoFeb 15Chicago City Council votes down changes to police disciplinary processcourthousenews.com - Caitlyn RosenThe vote tees the city up for a legal battle with Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police, the union representing the city's police officers. CHICAGO (CN) …
AvatarChalkbeatflipped into All Chalkbeat storiesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPlay about school-to-prison pipeline resonates with Chicago students who ‘live it in their neighborhoods’chalkbeat.org - Yesenia RoblesSign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. The small theater is achingly silent after Niya Kenny’s …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoFeb 24West Side leaders backing Harris for State’s Attorneychicagocrusader.com - Erick JohnsonClayton Harris III A group of West Side faith leaders has endorsed Attorney Clayton Harris III for Cook County State’s Attorney. With a month to go …
AvatarChicago Sun-Timesflipped into Chicago Sun-TimesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo$3.25M settlement proposed for family of bipolar woman run over by Chicago police vehiclesuntimes.com - Fran SpielmanMartina Standley’s family says she was suffering a “mental health crisis” on Nov. 13, 2019 when she walked up to a police department SUV with Chicago …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarMar 10Gregory Royal Pratt: ‘They won’t burn my city down.’ How Mayor Lightfoot handled the rioting in 2020.Chicago Tribune - Gregory Royal PrattThe following lightly edited excerpt is from Tribune reporter Gregory Royal Pratt’s new book, “The City is Up for Grabs: How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis,” which the Chicago Review Press will publish on April 2. In the book, Pratt recounts and assesses the complex …