The modern-day surveillance was an extension of a previous plan; according to the Sun-Times, the police department has been monitoring the actions of Black liberation groups since Michael Brown -- an unarmed Black teenager -- was fatally shot by White police officer Darren Wilson.
Over the weekend alone, seven people were killed while 30 were wounded.
The paper trail proves that early on Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office was extremely concerned about the potential fallout of this shooting.
The 2012 video released Monday evening shows police using a Taser on Philip Coleman, 38, who later died. The footage comes in the wake of protests that erupted in the city after both the Laquan McDonald and Ronald Johnson videos were released in the past month.
Rev. Al Sharpton talks about the firing of Gary McCarthy, the Chicago Police Department superintendent, in light of the shooting death of Laquan McDonald. “McCarthy…
Chicago Public Schools Chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett has resigned from office amid a federal investigation into a $20.5 million no-bid contract to one of her former…