May 28, 2026
$190,000 Settlement Reached in Brickyard Mall Police Misconduct Case Three Chicago residents — Lazendra Collins, Willie Teague, and Lawrence Teague — have resolved their lawsuit against the City of Chicago...
Nov 21, 2024
The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction, ruling that the case against him should never have been brought in the first place — a decision that closed...
Dec 16, 2023
According to the federal lawsuit, Wright’s attorneys list several claims against the city and police, including alleged use of excessive force, and claims officers engaged in a cover-up by arresting...
Dec 16, 2023
Lazendra Collins and Willie Teague said they saw police officers using batons to smash the windows of a car in the Brickyard Mall parking lot on May 31, and drag...
Dec 16, 2023
CHICAGO — Lawyers for a group of volunteers who worked on J.B. Pritzker’s gubernatorial campaign and now are pressing a racial discrimination lawsuit are continuing efforts to get the governor...
Dec 16, 2023
A Cook County jury has awarded $1.18 million to family members of a man shot and killed by a Chicago police officer in 2015, according to attorneys for the family....
Dec 10, 2023
Shay Allen is the attorney representing the parents of the Simeon Alumni Association in its lawsuit against Nazareth Academy. He joins John Williams to break down what happened at the...
Nov 29, 2021
A lawyer representing the campaign organization of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has asked a federal judge to block lawyers for a group of former African-American and Latino Pritzker campaign workers...
Apr 01, 2020
Cook County Jail Detainees Sought Release Amid COVID-19 Outbreak At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of Cook County Jail detainees petitioned for release while awaiting trial, as the...