21 Chicago cops stripped of police powers for not complying with vaccine reporting mandate

Twenty-one Chicago cops were stripped of their police powers Monday over their refusal to disclose their vaccination status to the city. Most of those officers were assigned to CPD headquarters in Bronzeville, according to John Catanzara, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, the union that represents rank-and-file officers. At a press conference at CPD headquarters

‘Why are you shooting me?’: Video shows Chicago police fatally shooting Anthony Alvarez

Alvarez, 22, was shot and killed by a now-suspended officer with the Chicago Police Department on March 31. The Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Wednesday released the body camera video of the fatal police shooting of 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez in March. In two extremely graphic videos, each more than 12 minutes long, a

Prosecutor who said Adam Toledo had gun in his hand ‘not fully informed’

A key detail raised in court about the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo may have been wrong. During a bond hearing for 21-year-old Ruben Roman, who was with Adam the night of the shooting, Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy described the altercation in a proffer: “The officer tells [Toledo] to drop