Apparently we at The Root—and specifically, staff writer Michael Harriot—are not the only ones adept at delivering a…
As Donald Trump and his abused Keebler elf in the Justice Department, Jeff Sessions, work double time to pander to…
On Friday afternoon, after a day of deliberation, a Cook County jury found Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke guilty…
As a 12-person jury continues deliberations in the trial of Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago cop who shot and killed…
On March 23, 2005, police officers arrested 32-year-old Ben Baker for dealing heroin in Chicago’s Ida B. Wells housing…
Within the next year, any Chicago police officer who points a gun at an individual during an arrest or a street stop…
It is no longer news that the violence that plagued Chicago during the Aug. 3 weekend was one of the deadliest weekends…
More than 100 people gathered in Chicago on Sunday evening to protest the death of Steven Rosenthal, a 15-year-old boy…
In an attempt to calm the ongoing outrage surrounding the shooting of Harith Augustus, on Sunday the Chicago Police…
A South Side Chicago neighborhood was the site of violent clashes between police and residents of a community where an…
One of Chicago’s finest is under investigation after he was caught on camera harassing two black men and quipping, “I…
Another cop has evaded repercussions after being involved in the fatal shooting of a black person.
How officers with the Chicago Police Department interact with black and brown people as well as those with…
Sorry if I am not head over heels happy that Nevest Coleman has his old job back after spending more than two decades…
In Chicago, it’s not enough to kill a black teen. After a Chicago police officer took the life of Quintonio LeGrier,…
The family of 23-year-old Tyler Lumar is still searching for some sort of closure, one year after the young father…
It must be snowing, because a federal court sentenced a white Chicago police officer to 60 months in prison for…
Cook County, Ill., prosecutors headed by State’s Attorney Kim Foxx dropped all charges against 15 men they say were…
On Jan. 12, 2010, Michael LaPorta was left permanently disabled after suffering a gunshot wound to the head.
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