BY CURTIS BLACK Six African American individuals and seven community organizations including Black Lives Matter have sued the City of Chicago, demanding court oversight for police reform ­– which Mayor Rahm Emanuel has sought to avoid. “The City of Chicago has proven time and time again that it is incapable…

BY CURTIS BLACK “Woefully inadequate” — that’s how the former Justice Department official who oversaw the investigation of the Chicago Police Department described Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to seek a memorandum of understanding with the federal government. Emanuel “backed off” the commitment he made before Donald Trump became president to…

BY CURTIS BLACK A new use-of-force policy announced by Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson last week — after months of public comment on two previous drafts ­– removed a requirement that officers use the least amount of force necessary that was in the original version. Officers are now mandated to…

BY CURTIS BLACK Racism is not an issue in the Chicago Police Department, according to newly-elected FOP president Kevin Graham, and he doesn’t “know of any code of silence.” In a wide-ranging podcast interview with The Daily Line, Graham rejected the charge of a coverup by rank-and-file officers in the…

BY CURTIS BLACK Adam Gray was released from prison May 3, more than two decades after he received a mandatory sentence of life without parole for arson and murder. Gray, now 38, was 14 when he was arrested and charged. He quickly recanted a confession he gave after seven…

BY CURTIS BLACK Much of the reaction to Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s statement last week that she was considering designating a state agency to review police shootingsfocused on the agency in question — the Office of State Appellate Prosecutor. …

BY CURTIS BLACK Much of the reaction to Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s statement last week that she was considering designating a state agency to review police shootings focused on the agency in question — the Office of State Appellate Prosecutor. …

BY CURTIS BLACK Two lawsuits were filed last Monday by men whose convictions were overturned based on evidence that they had been framed by Chicago police. Armando Serrano was released last July after serving 23 years in prison for a murder conviction based on an investigation by now-retired Det. Reynaldo…

BY CURTIS BLACK Early intervention, community policing, diversity, training, supervision, and changes to union contracts are areas where reform recommendations have not been implemented, Police Board president Lori Lightfoot told the Chicago Sun-Times last week. It’s one year since the Police Accountability Task Force appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and…