Laquan McDonald Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/laquan-mcdonald/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:45:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png Laquan McDonald Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/laquan-mcdonald/ 32 32 163009088 Latrell Allen police shooting exposes gaps in body camera and foot pursuit policies https://www.chicagoreporter.com/latrell-allen-police-shooting-exposes-gaps-in-body-camera-and-foot-pursuit-policies/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/latrell-allen-police-shooting-exposes-gaps-in-body-camera-and-foot-pursuit-policies/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2020 10:00:13 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=6344005 Despite a consent decree and the Justice Department’s flagging of Chicago’s lacking foot pursuit and body camera policies back in 2017, reforms have been slow to come.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/latrell-allen-police-shooting-exposes-gaps-in-body-camera-and-foot-pursuit-policies/feed/ 0 6344005 ‘It’s really a revolution’: Ja’Mal Green on protests taking over Chicago and the nation and what’s next for the movement https://www.chicagoreporter.com/its-really-a-revolution-jamal-green-on-protests-taking-over-chicago-and-the-nation-and-whats-next-for-the-movement/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/its-really-a-revolution-jamal-green-on-protests-taking-over-chicago-and-the-nation-and-whats-next-for-the-movement/#respond Fri, 05 Jun 2020 12:45:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=6052440 In an interview with The Chicago Reporter, the local organizer explains why ongoing mass demonstrations in response to the police killing of George Floyd are different from those about Laquan McDonald five years ago.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/its-really-a-revolution-jamal-green-on-protests-taking-over-chicago-and-the-nation-and-whats-next-for-the-movement/feed/ 0 6052440 Chicago needs top cop to confront the code of silence, not downplay it https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-needs-top-cop-to-confront-the-code-of-silence-not-downplay-it/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-needs-top-cop-to-confront-the-code-of-silence-not-downplay-it/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5357680 Interim chief Charlie Beck’s recent comments ignore the police department’s history of high-level coverups, a reality the new superintendent will have to reckon with.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-needs-top-cop-to-confront-the-code-of-silence-not-downplay-it/feed/ 0 5357680 Chicago’s new interim top cop Charlie Beck comes with a Black Lives Matter warning https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicagos-new-interim-top-cop-charlie-beck-comes-with-a-black-lives-matter-warning/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicagos-new-interim-top-cop-charlie-beck-comes-with-a-black-lives-matter-warning/#respond Fri, 08 Nov 2019 20:18:54 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=4809617 After three ‘tumultuous’ years, Superintendent Eddie Johnson’s resignation raises questions about police reform as a former LAPD chief steps in.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicagos-new-interim-top-cop-charlie-beck-comes-with-a-black-lives-matter-warning/feed/ 0 4809617 Laquan McDonald activists want federal civil rights charges filed against Jason Van Dyke and other officers https://www.chicagoreporter.com/laquan-mcdonald-activists-want-federal-civil-rights-charges-filed-against-jason-van-dyke-and-other-officers/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/laquan-mcdonald-activists-want-federal-civil-rights-charges-filed-against-jason-van-dyke-and-other-officers/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2019 16:23:57 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=4717578 William Calloway said organizers will consider a mass protest on Black Friday if they don’t get a response from U.S. Attorney John Lausch.

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