Faced with the prospect of being fired, Chicago detective opts to quietly step down two days before police board hearing. Dante Servin, a Chicago police officer whose 2012 fatal shooting of unarmed Rekia Boyd was described as “beyond reckless,” has opted to resign from the Chicago Police Department rather than …
Read More »#ByeAnita: Why The Cook County State’s Attorney Race Matters
I got registered & voted against Alvarez today because @AssataDaughters are fighting for their future. #ByeAnita pic.twitter.com/GsTx5APszY — Rachael Perrotta (@plussone) March 15, 2016 On Monday grassroots activists in Chicago bandaged the ailing city in paper banners to remind voters in Tuesday’s primary election to dump their top prosecutor, Anita …
Read More »Nearly Half Of Police Union’s Statements On Shootings Are False, Study Finds
A study analyzing police union’s statements immediately following a police-involved shooting shows that the Chicago police union has provided a false narrative in nearly half of its official statements since 2012. As first reported by the Chicago Reader, 15 of the 35 statements given by Fraternal Order of Police Lodge …
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