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Jussie Smollett, theGrio.com
August 25, 2025
OPINION: Jussie Smollett’s story makes it easy to get lost in debate. Did he lie? Did he embellish? But let’s
November 6, 2022
Anti-Black hate crimes in Chicago have risen 50% in 2022, and possibly more due to underreporting, according to recent reports…
October 6, 2022
The CPD was persuaded to modify its terminology to refer to community members as "persons," not "subjects," "suspects" and "offenders."
Chicago PD
June 14, 2022
A former Chicago police officer who physically assaulted a Black woman walking her dog at has been indicted on felony…
Chicago Graduates New Class Of Police Officers
June 11, 2022
A white Chicago Police officer who physically assaulted a Black woman walking her dog in August 2021 has resigned from…
May 22, 2022
A Chicago police officer has demoted after wounding a 13-year-old boy who ran away after being pulled over while driving a stolen…
March 25, 2022
A Black woman who was violently yanked from her car by Chicago Police has received a massive settlement from the…
March 21, 2022
Chicago Police Supt. David Brown argued unsuccessfully for leniency for the officer before the Civilian Office of Police Accountability
Closing Arguments Delivered In Actor Jussie Smollett's Trial
March 16, 2022
No matter what you think of the Jussie Smollett case, it’s clear that he shouldn’t be in prison right now.
Chicago Graduates New Class Of Police Officers
January 6, 2022
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot reportedly warned police leaders that they will lose their lose jobs if they fail to increase…
Anjanette Young
December 14, 2021
The City Council's Finance Committee unanimously approved a settlement for Young over a wrongful police raid that left her naked…
December 10, 2021
A Chicago jury deliberated for more than nine hours before returning the Smollett verdict: guilty of five of the six…
Anjanette Young www.theGrio.com
December 2, 2021
Anjanette Young described how she had come in from work, poured a glass of wine and was about to settle…
Lori Lightfoot thegrio.com
November 12, 2021
In the Feb. 2019 raid, led by Sgt. Alex Wolinski, police officers burst into the wrong home and improperly executed…
November 3, 2021
The Marshall Report says 800 children and teen victims of police violence in six cities were Black girls, and 120…
Kierra Coles. thegrio.com
October 6, 2021
Karen Phillips, mother of Kierra Coles, told ABC News that she has not gotten new information from the Chicago Police…
Chicago police officer thegrio.com
August 30, 2021
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she is 'deeply concerned' over a video that shows an altercation between a Black woman and…
Chicago theGRIO.com
August 13, 2021
The mother of the two brothers accused of killing a cop was arrested at a hospital as she attempted to…
Mayor Lori Lightfoot thegrio.com
August 10, 2021
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was given the cold shoulder as officers turned their back on her as she arrived at…
August 8, 2021
The death of the officer Saturday night was the first fatal shooting of a Chicago officer in the line of…