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- News & Politics, News Aug 31, 2020
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In Kenosha, unrest surfaces history of anti-Blackness and questions about police spending
Cities in Wisconsin with the highest numbers of Black residents tend to spend more on policing than others. Those police forces are also a lot whiter than the cities they serve.
- News & Politics, Feature Aug 13, 2020
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This is my brain on local TV news
Thirteen and a half hours of broadcasts on looting leave a day of impressions without a trace.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 5, 2018
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Family of another teen slain by Chicago police reflects on Van Dyke verdict
Vindication for Laquan McDonald doesn’t mean justice for majority of police shooting victims.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 27, 2018
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Black Caucus members eject protesters from fund-raiser, call themselves ‘gangsters’
"You ain't seen no gangsters like this city's aldermen."
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 30, 2017
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Mother of teen killed by Chicago police officer Marco Proano ‘glad the verdict was guilty’
Proano never faced criminal charges for fatally shooting 19-year-old Niko Husband, whose family is still seeking justice.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 1, 2016
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How do you defend a killing caught on video? Lawyers talk shop on possible tactics for defending Jason Van Dyke.
The whole world saw Van Dyke shoot Laquan McDonald. Now the lawyers of R. Kelly, Rod Blagojevich, and countless murder suspects consider what’s left to argue.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 7, 2016
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Should cops provide first aid to people they shoot?
A debate has emerged as more and more videos show victims bleeding to death before an ambulance arrives.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2016
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‘I shot at the car’: Police video shows chaotic aftermath of Paul O’Neal fatal shooting
Videos released by the Independent Police Review Authority don't capture the shooting, but reveal a tumultuous aftermath.
- News & Politics, Feature Jul 20, 2016
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Family of autistic teen killed by Calumet City cops loses civil suit appeal
Stephon Watts’s family is still searching for justice.
- News & Politics, Feature Feb 24, 2016
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Can a lawsuit deliver justice after a fatal police shooting?
On a summer night in 2011, Chicago police officer Marco Proano shot 19-year-old Niko Husband outside a south-side dance party. The Independent Police Review Authority said the deadly shooting was justified. Then a civil jury took up the case.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 14, 2016
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Internal police records point to the identity of the officer who fatally shot Bettie Jones and Quintonio LeGrier
The mother of five and the distraught teenager were shot and killed by police officer Robert Rialmo, according to a Reader analysis of internal police records and publicly available scanner audio.
- News & Politics, Essay Dec 29, 2015
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In Chicago, mental health workers are armed and dangerous
For blacks with mental illness, the odds of coming away from an encounter with police unscathed are stacked overwhelmingly against them.
- News & Politics, Media Jan 22, 2009
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Outrageless
Is Chicago more complacent than other big cities?
- Blogs, Bleader May 21, 2007
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Classic catch-up -- it finally begins to flow.
Officer Weems recants, and it's news to the Tribune five months later.