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June 3, 2022
Police do lie, and often. Those who accept what police officers say as the God’s honest truth are likely to…
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April 19, 2022
Federal authorities will not criminally charge former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke for the 2014 killing of Laquan McDonald.
February 3, 2022
Former officer Jason Van Dyke left prison on Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for…
Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke Sentenced In Shooting Death Laquan McDonald
February 2, 2022
'They should be ashamed that they have allowed this to happen,' U.S. Congressional candidate Kina Collins told theGrio.
February 1, 2022
The NAACP urged Merrick Garland to bring federal civil rights charges against the white officer who fatally shot Black teen Laquan McDonald.
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January 14, 2022
Jason Van Dyke, who received a nearly seven-year prison sentence for Laquan McDonald's death, is reportedly getting out in early…
August 22, 2021
President Joe Biden announced he will be appointing former Chicago, Illinois mayor Rahm Emanuel as the U.S. ambassador to Japan.
February 12, 2021
In the last decade, high-profile police killings have led to protests and calls for reform, including hiring more nonwhite officers.
Lori Lightfoot Chicago City So Real thegrio.com
October 29, 2020
Academy Award nominated filmmaker Steve James’ developed a five episode series chronicling Chicago communities from 2019 and beyond.
July 9, 2020
A police officer in Chicago has filed a complaint against another cop because they took a kneel in support of…
Laquan McDonald shooting thegrio.com
November 29, 2019
A witness to the execution of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, killed by Chicago Police in 2014, has settled with the city…
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July 19, 2019
The officers were found to have falsified police documents to make Laquan McDonald look like the aggressor and make the…
April 11, 2019
[griojw id=”a4kKQwti” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   The fate of four Chicago police officers who have been accused of covering up the events
Laquan McDonald thegrio.com
March 19, 2019
Jason Van Dyke was convicted last year of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery in the death of…
February 14, 2019
Just hours after arriving into custody at a federal prison to serve his sentence for killing Laquan McDonald, Jason VanDyke…
Laquan McDonald thegrio.com
February 11, 2019
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul held a press conference with Kane County State's Attorney Joseph McMahon, the special prosecutor in…
January 22, 2019
CHICAGO (AP) — Activists and others who were disappointed by the outcome of two historic cases involving the killing of…
January 18, 2019
A Cook Country judge Vincent Gaughan has just sentenced former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke to eighty one months for…
Special prosecutor Patricia Brown Holmes speaks to reporters at the courthouse Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, in Chicago. Former Detective David March, ex-Officer Joseph Walsh and Officer Thomas Gaffney, three Chicago police officers accused accused of trying to cover up the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by officer Jason Van Dyke in October 2014, were acquitted by a judge Thursday. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) thegrio.com
January 18, 2019
A judge rejected allegations that the shocking video of Laquan McDonald's death proved that Chicago police officers tried to stage…
Laquan McDonald thegrio.com
January 17, 2019
Officer Thomas Gaffney, former Officer Joseph Walsh, and former Detective David March were each charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice,…