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Irene Dymkar, a Chicago attorney who represented Jonathan Hadnott in his civil rights lawsuit against the city.

City Hall often fights to keep files secret in police abuse suits

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

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration routinely fights turning over information in federal civil rights lawsuits against Chicago police officers, often leaving a judge to step in and order the city to...

Breaking down the lawsuits

June 11, 2018 at 10:39 p.m.

A Tribune analysis of 445 police-related lawsuits during Mayor Rahm Emanuel's tenure found the city resisted the plaintiffs' requests for potential evidence in 109 cases. In 83 of those cases...

FBI warned Chicago cops of ambush threat over Laquan McDonald video, email shows

May 22, 2019 at 10:00 p.m.

The FBI warned the Chicago Police Department that officers' lives could be in danger with the release of the Laquan McDonald video, according to documents released late Monday night by...

Former police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, shown May 31, 2016, suggested in a Dec. 3 email that his firing two days before was unfair. His ouster was part of the fallout over release of the Laquan McDonald dashcam video.

Former top cop Garry McCarthy thought firing was unfair, emails show

May 15, 2019 at 3:42 p.m.

Former Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy suggested his firing was unfair and expressed concern about the future of the Police Department in an email just days after his dismissal, according...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel fired police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, foreground, amid the fallout over the police shooting of Laquan McDonald after backing him publicly early on.

Emails to former Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy show wide support

August 21, 2019 at 6:42 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration spent months refusing to turn over emails that, among other things, show broad community and Police Department support for former Superintendent Garry McCarthy after his firing,...

Chicago police officer Gildardo Sierra, left, and Darius Pinex.

City settles suit in fatal shooting of Darius Pinex by police

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

A wrongful death lawsuit that helped spark an ongoing review of how the city's Law Department handles cases involving allegations of serious police misconduct has been settled before a scheduled...

Mother accuses cops in lawsuit of killing mentally ill man, covering it up

May 22, 2019 at 9:49 p.m.

Chicago police officers shot and killed a mentally ill man as he hid from them in his mother's basement, the woman alleged in a federal lawsuit Tuesday, accusing the cops...

Chicago native Joe Rau celebrates as he's honored with other winners of the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City April 10, 2016.

Chicago wrestler Joe Rau fails in Olympics quest

May 22, 2019 at 7:28 a.m.

Chicago wrestler Joe Rau will miss the Rio Games, after failing to secure an Olympic berth at a last-chance tournament Friday in Istanbul. Rau, 25, dropped a 8-0 decision to...

College of DuPage President Robert Breuder and board Chairwoman Erin Birt wait for start of the board of trustees meeting Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at the college in Glen Ellyn. The board approved 7-1 a buyout agreement that will pay Breuder $762,868.

College of DuPage expected to agree it held illegal meeting

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

The College of DuPage is expected to acknowledge it violated the state open meetings law when its board of trustees voted in secret to extend the employment contract of the...

Lynn Sapyta, former College of DuPage controller, did not engage in misconduct or intentionally violate school policy, according to a court ruling.

Judge says College of DuPage controller did not engage in misconduct

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

Fired College of DuPage controller Lynn Sapyta did not engage in misconduct or intentionally violate school policy, according to a ruling that could bolster her wrongful termination claim. A state...

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