The relationship between Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Police Department is in the spotlight this week. Lightfoot made derogatory comments about the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Vice President Patrick Murray during a City Council... Continue reading →
Three Chicago police officers appeared in court to answer charges that they helped conceal the circumstances of a fatal police shooting involving Officer Jason Van Dyke and 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. As a result of the indictments, if Detective... Continue reading →
A crowd of spectators at a pretrial hearing saw Judge Vincent Gaughan approve the murder charges against a Chicago police officer; the lead defense attorney also tipped his hand as to his trial strategy. In October of 2014, Officer Van Dyke was... Continue reading →
