Chicago Police Department tolerates officers with extremist ties
A new civilian oversight panel is working with Chicago police on a policy that would bar officers from joining hate and extremist groups.
A new civilian oversight panel is working with Chicago police on a policy that would bar officers from joining hate and extremist groups.
When Chicago cops joined the KKK 55 years ago, the department moved quickly to fire them.
Reporters with WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times filed more than 200 open records requests with the Chicago Police Department and other law enforcement agencies across Illinois.
An investigation by WBEZ, Chicago Sun-Times and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project found allegations of excessive force, improper searches and racist comments on the job.
The people who spoke with WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times say the department should rid itself of cops connected to extremist groups.
The anti-government group is best known for plotting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, but its notoriety extends years earlier.
The daughter of disgraced Ald. Danny Solis got “verbal counseling” for failing to report a sexual harassment allegation, records show.
Documents obtained by WBEZ show Park District officials have quietly settled sexual misconduct cases at the city’s beaches and pools.
Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Maple & Ash say they have proof of financial misdeeds.
Evanston’s city attorney, Nicholas Cummings, withdrew from consideration after news of a federal lawsuit against him surfaced.