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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,...

Cook County Judge William Hooks photogroahed atsharply assailed a Chicago police officer for his allegedly false testimony before throwing out the evidence. That prompted prosecutors to dismiss the charges against two drug suspects.

Chicago police investigate 6 officers over alleged false testimony

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

Chicago police have begun an internal investigation into allegations that as many as six officers lied in their court testimony and are prepared to take at least one of the...

Judge William Hooks, shown in his courtroom at Chicago's Leighton Criminal Court Building, has complained publicly that false or misleading testimony from police officers tarnishes the criminal justice system.

Cops rarely punished when judges find testimony false, questionable

May 22, 2019 at 9:48 p.m.

Late last year, Judge William Hooks heard the kind of case that occurs at Cook County's main courthouse every day and that, in most instances, ends with a guilty verdict...

Chief Judge Timothy Evans has refused to offer details of an investigation into the county's probation department that came after allegations surfaced about rogue officers.

Chief judge mum on completed inquiry into Cook County probation agency

May 15, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans promised the public a swift and thorough investigation into the county's probation department in 2014, following allegations that rogue officers had planted drugs, stolen...

Paula Williams sings for the crowd at the election party for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown at the National Association of Letter Carriers Union Hall on March 15, 2016, in Chicago.

Brown declares victory in Circuit Court clerk job amid federal probe

May 15, 2019 at 3:30 p.m.

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown defeated two challengers Tuesday to win the Democratic nomination that could pave the way to a fifth term, despite the defection of her...

Joseph Roddy, onetime attorney for Chicago police union, dies

June 11, 2018 at 3:47 a.m.

It was the late 1980s, and all that separated eight Chicago cops from going to prison was a team of criminal defense lawyers led by Joseph Vincent Roddy. For three...

Melvin Moore is a paroled inmate being sued by the Illinois Department of Corrections to recoup the costs of incarceration.

Legislation would end lawsuits against prison inmates

May 15, 2019 at 3:24 p.m.

State lawmakers are seeking to end a little-known but controversial program that tries to recoup the costs of incarceration from current and former inmates, saying the state recovers little money...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and interim police Superintendent John Escalante speak Dec. 30, 2015, during a news conference at City Hall.

Officers in Laquan McDonald shooting taken off streets — 14 months later

May 23, 2019 at 7:57 p.m.

Two police officers involved in the Laquan McDonald case, including the lead detective whose reports are dramatically at odds with a video of the fatal police shooting, have been taken...

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