As somebody who’s never spent a day in jail in my life, I can’t imagine calling up one of the homies and being like…
A Chicago police officer charged with investigating the police shooting of a mentally disabled, unarmed teen has filed…
“See, what had happened was ...” is a staple phrase in black households that typically proceeds a preposterous…
Jamal Lyon is tapping out for a bit.
Following Jussie Smollett’s arrest and the subsequent press conference by the Chicago Police Department led by…
The Empire has fallen! Or, more like, the Jussie Smollett disaster that is reading like a Lee Daniels script continues…
According to TMZ, Jussie Smollett’s case will go before a grand jury early next week.
The Chicago Police department’s investigation into the alleged racist and homophobic attack on entertainer Jussie…
To say Wednesday was a whirlwind of emotions is putting it lightly.
Looks like someone by the self-given name of the Pied Piper is stepping in the name of investigation.
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…
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