Aldermen To Hold Public Hearing On Laquan McDonald Case
Aldermen plan to take their own look at the problems swirling around the Chicago Police Department at a public hearing scheduled for next week.
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Aldermen plan to take their own look at the problems swirling around the Chicago Police Department at a public hearing scheduled for next week.
Vowing a full day of protests across Chicago, activists were keeping up the pressure for major changes in Chicago after the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon's office is expected to assist the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division as it embarks on an investigation that could outlast the Obama administration.
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was "abominable," and the way the Emanuel administration handled it was "a failure," but he didn't go as far as calling for the mayor to resign.
Protesters packed a Wednesday night meeting of the Chicago Police Board at CPD Headquarters calling for the board to resign and for officers involved in the shootings of Laquan McDonald and Rekia Boyd to be fired.
A federal judge has given the city more time before he decides whether to release videos of a third fatal police shooting, this one involving the death of a black teenager in 2013.
Protesters who have been calling for Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign ever since video of the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was made public were not moved by the mayor's apology Wednesday in a speech to the City Council.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel apologized Wednesday for the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald, which has become the focus of a police misconduct scandal that has proved to be the most serious crisis of his tenure, and has prompted a federal probe of the Chicago Police Department.
In a rare speech before the City Council on Wednesday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel was expected to go into more detail about his plans to rebuild public trust in a Police Department under intense scrutiny for its use of force and other alleged misconduct.
What is it like to be the loved one of a Chicago Police Officer following the release of the Laquan McDonald tape? CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot spoke to an officer's wife and has this report.
African-American state lawmakers have asked the Justice Department to expand its civil rights investigation of the Chicago Police Department to include the Independent Police Review Authority and Cook County State's Attorney's office.
An expert on federal investigations of police department misconduct said the Justice Department's probe of Chicago police use of force likely will be a worthwhile process, but also a costly one.
Four Chicago police officers helped save the lives of three men in the Back of the Yards neighborhood late Monday night, when the officers pulled the victims out of a burning car.
Police claimed Philip Coleman was acting combative behind bars before they used a TASER. CBS 2's Dave Savini reports.
Here is a timeline of events surrounding the fatal shootings of Laquan McDonald and Ronald Johnson by Chicago Police Officers.
The Chicago Police Department's chief of detectives resigned Monday, the latest resignation following the release of the Laquan McDonald shooting video.
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has announced a Justice Department civil rights investigation of the Chicago Police Department, in the wake of the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
The U.S. Justice Department is expected to launch a wide-ranging investigation this week into the patterns and practices of the Chicago Police Department after recent protests over a video showing a white Chicago police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times, according to a person familiar with the matter.
One report states that the black teen was "swinging the knife in an aggressive, exaggerated manner," in contradiction to dash-cam video released last week.
Hillary Clinton, Sanders' rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, has called for a federal investigation into Laquan McDonald's death but has stopped short of asking Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign.
The continued tension over the Laquan McDonald case was a hot topic Friday morning at an annual prayer breakfast attended by some of the state's leading politicians, business leaders, and clergy.
Hours after the city of Chicago released audio-free dashcam video of a white officer shooting a black teen 16 times, a 35-second excerpt with sound appeared online. But experts, city police and an Associated Press analysis concluded the video is bogus.
A powerful alderman has defended the Chicago Police Department and ousted Supt. Garry McCarthy, as controversy over fatal police shootings continues to swirl around City Hall.
A second video from a squad car dashboard camera, showing another fatal shooting by a Chicago police officer will be released next week, Mayor Emanuel said Thursday.
