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- Blogs, Bleader Sep 25, 2018
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Psychologist and defense witness at Van Dyke trial says police officers suffer from memory distortions under acute stress
Laurence Miller will testify that Jason Van Dyke feared for his life when he shot Laquan McDonald, and that this mortal terror helps explain the discrepancies between his and other police reports and the videotape of the shooting.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 7, 2018
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A jury expert weighs in on what to expect in the Jason Van Dyke trial
"People try to get out of jury duty, but what we find is that once they are actually on a jury they take it seriously and they want to get it right."
- News & Politics, Feature Aug 2, 2018
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Caught between black and blue
Was the police shooting of Harith Augustus justified? Is Blue Lives Matter for white cops only? Three black Chicago-area officers talk about what things look like from where they stand.
- Film, Small Screen Jul 12, 2018
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365 Ways to Kill an American offers a new perspective on police brutality
The reenactments in Jordan Rome’s video series are designed so white people will empathize with the victims—and then take action.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review May 2, 2018
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Dael Orlandersmith channels the voices of Ferguson in Until the Flood
Derived from dozens of interviews, a series of eight monologues shows a wide range of perspectives.
- Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2017
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Emanuel launches new climate change section on city website using information deleted from EPA, and other Chicago news
Also, there's speculation that Forrest Claypool's days at Chicago Public Schools are numbered.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 20, 2017
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Patrick Kennedy: RFK assassination allows Chris Kennedy to understand Chicago violence ‘better than most,’ and other news
Also, pending a Cook County judge's decision, CPS is hoping that it will be in a position to decide the final day of the school year by May 1.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 20, 2017
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Deportation fears, rumors are affecting businesses in Little Village, and other Chicago news
Also, even former governor George Ryan thinks the state budget impasse is a disaster.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2017
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Chance the Rapper rules the Grammys with three major wins, and other Chicago news
Also, state rep Christian Mitchell proposes legislation to eliminate money bond in Illinois courts.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 20, 2017
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No Obama commutation for former governor Rod Blagojevich, and other Chicago news
Also, the opening site of the Chicago Women's March, now expecting around 50,000 participants, has been moved again.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2017
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Former CPD chief Garry McCarthy gets a surprise subpoena in the Sandi Jackson-Jesse Jackson Jr. divorce case, and other Chicago news
Also, a lot of Illinois elected officials are skipping the Trump inauguration.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 17, 2017
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Progressive Caucus aldermen ask DOJ to investigate city law department, and other Chicago news
Also, the head of the local Fraternal Order of Police responds to the DOJ report.
- News & Politics, Politics Dec 21, 2016
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2016 was the year Chicago finally got serious about police reform
But it was also the year many citizens became convinced that reform is impossible.
- Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Aug 9, 2016
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How protests in Ferguson inspired the occupation of ‘Freedom Square’
Before Chicago activists set up camp at Homan Square, Ferguson activists camped across from police headquarters for 47 straight days.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 8, 2016
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Killing a cop is a horrible crime—but it’s not a hate crime
Even the Dallas tragedy is a poor rationale for a “Blue Lives Matter” law in Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 8, 2016
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IPRA’s new video archive does little to cut through the fog of Chicago police shootings
The surplus of footage made available by IPRA reveals more about the limitations of video than it does about the nature of police shootings.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Apr 27, 2016
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Bullets Over Broadway, The Producers, MPAACT's Feral, and nine more new theater reviews
Two hit musical comedies and a drama examining the Chicago Police Department's "systemic racism" are among this week's best bets.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 21, 2016
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Here's what's missing from the Police Accountability Task Force report
Poverty and segregation underlie many of our policing problems, but don't expect a task force to address them.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 10, 2016
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Today's young journalists: Committed to muckraking and not afraid to starve
Chicago's City Bureau is providing this generation's version of the anguished reporters of 60s—the ones who reported because somebody had to reveal the truth.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 24, 2015
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Why everyone should be dreaming of a #BlackXmas
This holiday season, thank a protester.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 8, 2015
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Van Dyke said he feared McDonald's knife could shoot bullets
The Chicago police officer charged with murdering Laquan McDonald told a detective he had previously been warned about so-called "revolver knives."
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 3, 2015
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This is Rahm Emanuel's Katrina moment
The cover-up of Laquan McDonald’s death is proof that Emanuel and his allies don’t care about black people.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 2, 2015
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Emanuel discovers the need for police accountability reforms
Four and a half years after he assumed office—but only one week after the release of the Laquan McDonald video—the mayor determines that the city's police review authority needs to be examined.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 25, 2015
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What Mayor Emanuel needs to learn from the killing of Laquan McDonald
Chicago has a systemic problem that won't be solved with the charging of a single officer.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 24, 2015
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After months of protests, the city acts on the police-involved shooting deaths of Laquan McDonald and Rekia Boyd
Officer Jason Van Dyke has been charged with murder; officer Dante Servin will be recommended for firing.
