The hits keep on coming for the beleaguered Chicago Police Department, already one of the largest forces to ever come under the direct scrutiny of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to announce sweeping changes for the city’s police department at a Wednesday press conference that will require all officers to undergo retraining and carry a Taser.
The family of a 55-year-old mother of five admittedly shot and killed by Chicago police in a deadly accident at her home is demanding answers from the already beleaguered department.
Disgraced Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke has been indicted on six accounts of first-degree murder stemming from the October 2014 shooting death of teenager Laquan McDonald.
A growing stream of protestors took to the streets of downtown Chicago early Wednesday, blocking a main intersection near City Hall, and feverishly calling for the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
The Chicago police officer who fatally shot unarmed black teen Laquan McDonald 16 times last year in a deadly incident that was captured on video has been with first-degree murder.
