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Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks with Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson during a news conference for the release of the draft consent decree at the James R. Thompson Center, on Friday, July 27, 2018 in Chicago.

The difference with this round of Chicago police reform? A federal judge.

May 15, 2019 at 5:01 p.m.

After various crises over the course of decades, Chicago politicians have stood up and declared plans to reform the Chicago Police Department. In the 1960s, there was the Summerdale scandal...

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson speaks with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan during a news conference for the release of the draft consent decree at the James R. Thompson Center, on July 27, 2018.

‘This agreement will stand the test of time’: Mayor Emanuel, AG Madigan unveil draft plan for Chicago Police Department reform

May 23, 2019 at 1:05 a.m.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a proposed court agreement Friday that sets the stage for a federal judge to oversee reforms in the Chicago Police...

Attorneys say video shows man did not have a gun when a Chicago cop fatally shot him last month

May 23, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

Video released Wednesday shows a Chicago police tactical officer fatally shooting a 24-year-old man as he tried to scale a fence last month in the Bronzeville neighborhood. Attorneys for the...

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, from right, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson at the Thompson Center in Chicago on Aug. 29, 2017.

Consent decree deal close; lone sticking point is if Chicago cops must document after they point a gun

May 23, 2019 at 1:05 a.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan are close to unveiling a proposed court agreement intended to govern reforms in the Chicago Police Department, attorneys said Friday...

Chicago police Officer Robert Rialmo leaves court in Chicago after receiving a not-guilty verdict in his trial on misdemeanor battery charges on July 10, 2018.

Days after being cleared in bar beating, Chicago cop Robert Rialmo involved in another fight; lawyer says he was targeted

May 23, 2019 at 1:03 a.m.

Three days after he was acquitted of beating two men in a tavern in December, Officer Robert Rialmo was involved in another physical altercation after he was asked to leave...

Oficial que mató a dos, es absuelto en caso de golpiza

July 11, 2018 at 12:29 p.m.

Un juez del Condado de Cook absolvió al oficial de policía Robert Rialmo, acusado de golpear a dos hombres en una taberna en diciembre, cuando se encontraba cumpliendo trabajo administrativo...

Chicago cop involved in controversial fatal shooting cleared of bar fight charge by judge

May 23, 2019 at 1:02 a.m.

A Cook County judge has acquitted Chicago police Officer Robert Rialmo of beating two men in a tavern in December while he was on desk duty for the controversial fatal...

Chicago police Officer Robert Rialmo, center, leaves during a lunch break for his trial on July 9, 2018, at Circuit Court of Cook County in Chicago on misdemeanor charges stemming from a December bar fight caught on video.

Chicago cop in controversial fatal shooting goes on trial for misdemeanor charges in bar fight

May 23, 2019 at 1:01 a.m.

Another trial centering on the actions of Chicago police Officer Robert Rialmo kicked off Monday as his lawyer argued that the cop was defending himself from “very intoxicated” aggressors when...

From 2018: Potential Trump Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett, Catholic Chicago judge and Notre Dame professor who stirs abortion debate

September 19, 2020 at 9:40 a.m.

On President Donald Trump's short list of potential Supreme Court nominees, the candidate sparking the fiercest debate is a self-possessed Chicago U.S. Court of Appeals judge who's been on the...

Jury foreman Dave Fitzsimmons answers reporters' questions on June 27, 2018, following the verdict in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Quintonio LeGrier, who was fatally shot by Chicago police Officer Robert Rialmo.

Foreman in Rialmo trial feels ‘hoodwinked’ by question that negated jury’s verdict against cop in shooting lawsuit

May 23, 2019 at 1:00 a.m.

The 23rd floor of the Daley Center courthouse was pitched into confusion Wednesday night by a jury’s response to a legal mechanism little-known to the public — a “special interrogatory,”...

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