December 20, 2008 – 1:56 pm
A federal jury awarded $720,000 in damages Friday to a 32-year-old black Marquette Park man who was shot twice by a white member of the scandal-plagued and now-disbanded Chicago police Special Operations Section in 2002. Crispus Booker, who has since moved from Chicago, was sitting on his porch in the 6800 block of South Talman [...]
December 19, 2008 – 9:32 am
Plans to train, put U.S. troops on the streets worry rights advocates
By Ashahed M. Muhammad | FinalCall.com
Plans announced by the U.S. Department of Defense to have 20,000 additional uniformed troops dispatched in America by 2011 have been met with criticism from former veterans, law enforcement officials and rights activists concerned that it represents the latest [...]
December 16, 2008 – 10:49 am
KOPBUSTERS: Kops Busted In Illegal Raid. Drugs Planted. Examine The Evidence. Altered Police Reports. FREE YOLANDA
It’s called an informant plant. The Odessa narcotics unit illegally compelled an informant to plant drugs on Yolanda Madden. The informant testified in federal court he planted the drugs on her and he [...]
December 11, 2008 – 2:00 pm
By Dan P. Blake
A 19-year-old man was charged this morning after Chicago police said he pointed a gun at an officer. The officer then fired, wounding the man in the leg.
The incident occurred last week on the South Side.
December 5, 2008 – 12:18 pm
Lawyer bill for federal case could reach $1 million
By David Heinzmann and Steve Mills | Tribune reporters
December 5, 2008
The union representing Chicago’s police officers has decided to pay for the criminal defense of indicted former detective Cmdr. Jon Burge, who is facing federal prosecution, accused of lying about torturing suspects, Fraternal Order of [...]
November 22, 2008 – 5:11 am
Now that everyone realizes Richard Doroniuk is a corrupt cop, will it mean that he will pay for the murder of Dantwan Betts? Chicago Cop Watch hopes so. [Read the article "Missed Signals" from the Archives]
CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (UPI) — A former Chicago police officer has alleged in federal court that he once gave a [...]
November 19, 2008 – 2:15 pm
Last night the at the Revolutionary Autonomous Communities fundraiser for the Anarchist Book fair at the food not bombs warehouse on 6th and Santa Fe was raided by the LAPD. They kicked open the door and unlawfully entered in to the private space. Joaquin Cienfuegos a member of RAC and Copwatch LA Guerrilla [...]
November 19, 2008 – 12:28 pm
By Charles Thomas CHICAGO (WLS)
One year ago today, Freddie Wilson was killed in a police involved shooting in the city’s Austin neighborhood. The Independent Police Review Authority has been investigating the incident, but many questions about the shooting remain unanswered.
Officers had stopped Wilson for an apparent traffic violation. Thursday, Wilson’s family wants to know why [...]
November 8, 2008 – 1:45 pm
A hate crime lawsuit was filed this week against several Chicago police officers, accusing them of pepper-spraying a family group, including children, who were celebrating Barack Obama’s win.
Christine Ballard and Cornelius Voss said they were driving with their children and other relatives on Election Night when an unmarked squad car passed them. The officers allegedly [...]
