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Two Chicago police shootings into vehicles ruled unjustified by oversight agency

May 22, 2019 at 10:13 p.m.

Chicago's police oversight agency on Thursday ruled two shootings unjustified amid the ongoing controversy over how officers use force against residents and how those incidents are investigated. In both cases,...

Sharon Fairley, chief administrator of the Independent Police Review Authority, takes questions during a news conference in Chicago on June 3, 2016.

Chicago police should tighten rules on deadly force: IPRA

May 22, 2019 at 10:11 p.m.

As battles over policing reform in Chicago continue, the agency that investigates shootings by police is recommending that the Police Department tighten its rules on deadly force to further limit...

Jimmie Lewis says an off-duty Chicago police officer pulled a gun on him after a confrontation in 2013. IPRA records say the officer's "overall account of the incident is conflicting, non-credible and inconsistent."

Broken police oversight system rarely punishes cops

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

With his pledge to overhaul the city's police oversight system, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has vowed to create something unprecedented in Chicago history: an agency that aggressively investigates abuse allegations and...

Steven Halami speaks about a complaint filed against a Chicago police officer who chased him and chemical-sprayed him.

In oversight of Chicago police, IPRA gives victims false sense of justice

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

The day after he said he was roughed up by two Chicago police officers, John Fonder went straight to the city's police oversight agency to lodge a complaint. His right...

Former Chicago police Officer Gildardo Sierra exits the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on May 23, 2016.

Chicago cop faulted for fatal shooting — 10 months after he resigned

May 22, 2019 at 9:59 p.m.

Chicago police oversight authorities have ruled that an officer was unjustified in fatally shooting an unarmed man in 2011, but the ruling comes some 10 months after he resigned. Nearly...

Video releases include police fatal shooting, off-duty Chicago cop’s punches at Portillo’s

May 22, 2019 at 9:56 p.m.

Among videos released Friday by the city was an April 2012 police shooting that left one man dead and two wounded after officers responded to a burglary call at a...

The crime scene where a 44-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest near 51st Street and Calumet Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood late on May 30, 2016.

Mother of girl slain on Lake Shore Drive: We planned to move out of Chicago

May 22, 2019 at 9:55 p.m.

Less than 12 hours after her daughter was shot to death on Lake Shore Drive, Diana Mercado wept bitterly outside her family's apartment as she said she'd planned to get...

Mother of girl slain on Lake Shore Drive: ‘We planned to move out of Chicago’

May 22, 2019 at 9:55 p.m.

Less than 12 hours after her daughter was shot to death on Lake Shore Drive, Diana Mercado wept bitterly outside her family's apartment as she said she'd planned to get...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and then-acting IPRA chief Sharon Fairley address police accountability at City Hall in Chicago on Dec. 7, 2015.

Emanuel plans to scrap beleaguered police oversight agency IPRA

May 22, 2019 at 9:50 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, under fire for months over how the city investigates excessive force allegations against Chicago police, plans to propose abolishing the city's beleaguered Independent Police Review Authority. The...

Man convicted, then cleared of murder in Lake County sues police

May 22, 2019 at 9:46 p.m.

A man who served more than 15 years in prison for murder before winning his freedom has filed a federal lawsuit against the law enforcement officials in Lake County who...

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