News Chicago Police Sergeant Fired For Role In Unjust Raid Of Anjanette YoungLauren NutallJune 20, 2023June 20, 2023 by Lauren NutallJune 20, 2023June 20, 2023677 Anjanette Young sued the city for civil rights violations, receiving a settlement of $2.9 million.... Read more
News White Off-Duty Cop Kneels on 14-Year-Old’s Back After Accusing Him of Stealing A BikeJeroslyn JoVonnJuly 6, 2022July 6, 2022 by Jeroslyn JoVonnJuly 6, 2022July 6, 202231913 Chicago police have reportedly launched an investigation into a white off-duty cop who restrained a 14-year-old boy he accused of stealing his son's bike.... Read more
Black Lives Matter News Black Teen With Hands Up Shot By Chicago Police Caught On VideoYolanda BaruchJune 26, 2022June 26, 2022 by Yolanda BaruchJune 26, 2022June 26, 20225612 Surveillance footage captures a Chicago Police officer shooting a 13-year-old Black teenage boy while raising his hands in the air.... Read more
News Police Officer Resigns After Assaulting Black Woman Walking Her Dog In ChicagoNiko MannJune 12, 2022June 12, 2022 by Niko MannJune 12, 2022June 12, 20223343 A white Chicago police officer resigned after a video of him grabbing a Black woman walking her dog was released.... Read more
Lifestyle News Former Chicago Police Chief Says Jussie Smollett Could Have Avoided Criminal Charges With An ApologyTai Saint-LouisDecember 12, 2021December 13, 2021 by Tai Saint-LouisDecember 12, 2021December 13, 20217162 "During all this scuffle, they poured bleach on him, when he got up and went into his apartment building, he still had that Subway sandwich... Read more
News Termination Recommended For Chicago Cop Involved In Botched Raid Of Black Social Worker’s HomeCedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonNovember 17, 2021 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonNovember 17, 20213248 A Chicago police superintendent has recommended a police officer who handcuffed a Black woman in the nude be terminated for his actions... Read more
News Lawsuit Alleges Chicago Cops Pulled Guns on Young Sisters in Warrantless Raid on Wrong HomeCedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonAugust 5, 2021August 6, 2021 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonAugust 5, 2021August 6, 20211207 A Black family has filed a federal lawsuit in Chicago alleging that police officers pointed guns at their two young children in a botched raid... Read more
Diversity, Equality, Inclusion News Politics Women Annette Nance-Holt Makes History As The First Black Woman To Lead The Chicago Fire DepartmentDerek MajorJune 24, 2021June 24, 2021 by Derek MajorJune 24, 2021June 24, 20211455 The Chicago City Council confirmed Annette Nance-Holt Wednesday as the first Black female commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department... Read more
News Black Man Stopped By Police Over 60 Times for Mistaken Identity Sues City of ChicagoJeroslyn JoVonnMarch 29, 2021March 29, 2021 by Jeroslyn JoVonnMarch 29, 2021March 29, 20215657 A Chicago has been stopped over 60 times in 15 years by the Chicago Police Department in a case of mistaken identity. He has filed... Read more
Education Laquan McDonald and What My Dying Father Told Me About the Chicago PoliceBlackEnterprise.comDecember 11, 2015September 28, 2017 by BlackEnterprise.comDecember 11, 2015September 28, 2017666 My daddy was born and raised near Money, Mississippi, and was a teenager himself in that tiny town the night 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped... Read more