The whole country was following the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. On August 25, 2020, the then-17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, was dropped in neighboring Kenosha by his mother with the idea of helping maintain law and order amidst a night...
The Chicago Police Department is no stranger to controversy. The latest incident involves Sergeant Marc Vanek, who turned whistleblower over the alleged misuse of police resources. The sergeant sent a memo to Police Superintendent David Brown and then filed a lawsuit...
It began with a relatively minor allegation. The state of Illinois accused a man, Larry Earvin, who suffered from mental illness and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, of stealing less than $300 worth of watches from a hospital gift shop. The...
Relentless bullying and the Chicago Public Schools system's failure to do anything about it has led to the death of a Chicago child, a lawsuit alleges. In February 2019, Jamari Dent, then age 11, wrapped a bedsheet around his neck and hung it from a coat hook in a...
It seems that not a day goes by without law enforcement forcibly arresting someone during a "routine" traffic stop. These stops are more frequently escalating into armed confrontations that end up with a citizen being seriously injured or killed. Critics argue that...
