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AOC applauds Democratic Sen. Merkley as 'courageous' for rejecting Rahm Emanuel as Biden's Japan ambassador nominee
Merkley cited Black Lives Matter in explaining why he opposes the nomination. Emanuel's record as C…
John Haltiwanger
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'Shameful': Progressives are angry Biden is considering a Cabinet post for Rahm Emanuel despite his handling of the police shooting of an unarmed Black teenager
Rahm Emanuel has faced criticism for his handling of the 2014 Laquan McDonald case. It exposed deep…
John L. Dorman
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Chicago cop convicted of murdering Laquan McDonald in 2014 released from prison early after serving half of his 7-year sentence
Jason Van Dyke was convicted in 2018 of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery in…
Natalie Musumeci
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Chicago police want to fire the officers involved in the Laquan McDonald shooting
Last year the Department of Justice stepped in to investigate the "patterns and practices" of the C…
Chris Sanchez
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Jury convicts white Chicago police officer of 2nd-degree murder in 2014 shooting death of unarmed black teenager Laquan McDonald
Van Dyke was charged with first degree-murder in the October 2014 killing, a charge that requires a…
Associated Press,Michelle Mark
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AOC torches Rahm Emanuel's ambassador nomination as 'shameful' and 'a betrayal'
Citing the Chicago police killing of Laquan McDonald, AOC said Emanuel should not be ambassador to …
Jake Lahut
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Anthony Alvarez and Adam Toledo were killed being chased by Chicago police - 4 years after the DOJ found that the department's foot chases were leading to too many deaths
The Chicago Police Department had been instituting a foot-pursuit policy when Toledo and Alvarez di…
Ashley Collman
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Other ex-officers charged in George Floyd's killing are 'almost 100 percent' going to plead guilty after Derek Chauvin's conviction, experts say
The former officers will want to avoid a jury trial in the wake of Chauvin's conviction, criminal j…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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One of the US's biggest police departments has a deal that helps it get away with filing false police reports
The day after the shooting, the Chicago Police Department put out a statement saying McDonald, who …
Mark Abadi
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We checked in on 70 cops who were involved in notorious police killings. Some are doing just great.
This is what happened to 72 police officers after killings that gained national attention and spark…
Jack Newsham,Katherine Long,N…
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Murder charges filed against Chicago policeman who prosecutors say fired 16 shots at black teen reportedly walking away from him
This undated autopsy diagram provided by the Cook County Medical Examiner's office shows the locati…
Reuters,Christina Sterbenz
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The top cop of Illinois wants the federal government to investigate the Chicago Police Department
In a letter to Attorney General Lynch Tuesday that was obtained by NBC News Chicago, Mandigan cited…
Bryan Logan
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The Chicago police shooting video is so different from the official story of a year ago that it looks like a cover up
Secondly, McDonald wasn't shot once, but a total of 16 times. While it is not conclusive in the vid…
Harrison Jacobs
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Officer charged with 1st-degree murder 'abused his authority' in firing 16 shots at a teenager
The Chicago police union has said McDonald was "behaving erratically and refusing officers' command…
Bryan Logan
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A new video has been released showing Chicago police shooting a suspect in the back
"Johnson could have easily turned around and quickly fired at the officers pursuing him or even fir…
Mark Abadi
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Meet the artists behind Time magazine and the New Yorker's powerful cover images about police brutality and racism
Time magazine and the New Yorker commissioned Black artists to create cover images of police brutal…
Natalie Colarossi
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The Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager was involved in an alleged cover-up 10 years ago
Officer Jason Van Dyke - the same officer who fatally shot Laquan McDonald in 2014 - arrived at the…
Mark Abadi
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For one Black-owned business in Chicago, looters hit harder than the pandemic
Shatira Wilks says her Edible Arrangements franchise in Chicago's South Side was "just destroyed." …
Aisha Jefferson
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Police release disturbing body-cam footage of Milwaukee Bucks rookie Sterling Brown being arrested and tased
My experience in January with the Milwaukee Police Department was wrong and shouldn't happen to any…
Tyler Lauletta
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The Justice Department released a scathing report about the Chicago Police Department
The report recommends that the Chicago police mandate the use of body cameras on all officers by th…