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.
Asian-American activists in Chicago are expressing outrage over the lack of punishment being recommended by the city agency that investigates police misconduct.