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In comments following last Wednesday’s City Council meeting, Mayor Rahm Emanuel defended his decision not to seek a consent decree providing judicial oversight for police reform. It was the first time Emanuel…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…