Rob Wildeboer
The former Chicago Police officer was sentenced to nearly seven years Friday for the 2014 shooting death of a black teenager.
A joint investigation by ProPublica Illinois and the Chicago Tribune found that the property tax system unfairly benefits owners of high-value properties and the lawyers who represent them. Jason Grotto is one of the reporters on the story and joins All Things Considered host Melba Lara to discuss how the tax break affects everyone.
Chicago police officers received nearly 135,000 complaints over a 34-year period between 1967 and 2000 and less than one percent of those officers faced serious discipline, according to an analysis of thousands of recently-released records by the Chicago Sun-Times. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration released the records Wednesday under a court order. Frank Main was one of three reporters who worked on the report. WBEZ’s Melba Lara spoke with Main on Thursday via phone from the Sun-Times newsroom.
Former Illinois U.S. Congressman Mel Reynolds says he intends to plead guilty in his most recent criminal case but a judge might not let him. WBEZ’s Robert Wildeboer reports.
Among other things, the cache reveals communication between the mayor’s office and the agency tasked with investigating police misconduct.
A massive database of complaints against Chicago police is being published online today. It provides an unprecedented and historic look into how the City of Chicago patrols its communities and its officers.
At a time when policing is of major public concern nationally, Chicago aldermen had just a smattering of questions for the head of the Chicago Police Board Friday.
Ald. Ameya Pawar of the 47th ward says questioning the police is not being anti-police. In fact Pawar says it’s important to question public institutions in a healthy democracy.
Video of a police raid on a tanning salon in 2013 shows Chicago police officers engaging in potentially criminal activity. Some of that activity was reviewed by the Independent Police Review Authority but not all.
Members of Chicago’s Asian-American community say their meeting with Scott Ando shows his agency, the Independent Police Review Authority, has a problem holding cops accountable.
Members of Chicago’s Asian-American community are scheduled to meet Monday with the head of the Independent Police Review Authority to discuss a cop caught on tape making racist comments and death threats during an arrest in a salon.
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy held a press conference Thursday on details surrounding the toddler whose dismembered remains were found in the city’s Garfield Park lagoon.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is refusing to discuss a 25-day suspension being recommended for a cop caught on video yelling racist comments.
Asian-American activists in Chicago are expressing outrage over the lack of punishment being recommended by the city agency that investigates police misconduct.
An official who was fired from the agency that investigates shootings by police in Chicago is suing the city for wrongful termination.