Many are outraged that an officer under investigation for fatal shootings was returned to street duty. Officials claim it was a mistake.
Roland Martin talks to Pastor Corey Brooks of Chicago about the boycott of Mayor Rahm Emmanuel‘s prayer breakfast in light of the suspected corruption around…
The city of Chicago has begun a $5.5 million payout of reparations to nearly 60 individuals who were tortured by the police in the 1970s and 1980s.
The paper trail proves that early on Mayor Rahm Emmanuel’s office was extremely concerned about the potential fallout of this shooting.
Five people were arrested on various charges, including trespassing, disorderly conduct and an unrelated outstanding arrest warrant, said Denis Otterness, deputy chief of the Bloomington, Minn., Police Department, according to CNN.
Black Lives Matter protestors have planned to interrupt Christmas shopping at the Mall Of America in Minneapolis in honor of Jamar Clark.
Former Officer Jason Van Dyke has been indicted on 6 counts of murder and one count of official misconduct in the death of Laquan McDonald.
Carolyn Walker-Diallo is the new civil judge for the 7th Municipal District at the Brooklyn Borough Hall in New York.
The news comes a year after reports of fatalities and injuries at the hands of police--most recently Laquan McDonald in Chicago--amid widening frustration over the lack of official recordings of the incidents.
The video of Ronald Johnson's shooting was released by Alvarez's office during a press conference explaining key details of the video on Monday. The shooting happened eight days before Laquan McDonald was also fatally shot by officer Jason Van Dyke in October 2014.
