Coercive control: It’s a legal term but should it be criminalized?
By Nora Mabie On her show, Mariah’s World, Mariah Carey said that while they were married, she had to ask
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Criminal Justice
Video: The right to vote might be too expensive for former felons in Florida under new bill
On April 24, the Florida House passed a bill that would require former felons to pay all restitution debt as well as court fees and fines before they can register to vote.
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Is Chicago helping Wall Street profit from police violence?
Chicago has a problem with police violence, and it’s costing the city and taxpayers a lot of money. But some people are also making money off police brutality. While much discourse about police reform focuses on the emotional and physical effects of such abuse, the financial incentives that enable it are less often explored.
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A “monster,” not a “boy scout”: How defense attorneys characterized Laquan McDonald during the Jason Van Dyke murder trial
“Think about a monster movie,” said defense attorney Daniel Herbert, before referring to Laquan McDonald, the Black teenager who was shot 16 times by Officer Jason Van Dyke on October 20, 2014, as a “monster.”
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From Emmett Till to Laquan McDonald, this is America, and this is Chicago
Dr. Ponni Arunkumar, Cook County’s chief medical examiner, testified on September 19 in the murder trial of Jason Van Dyke, the white Chicago police officer who killed Laquan McDonald, a Black teenager, on October 20, 2014. This case is the most recent high-profile entry in Chicago’s — and America’s — history of white people perpetuating violence against Black people, a history that this case cannot escape.
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As Van Dyke trial approaches, Pulaski Road remembers Laquan McDonald
On October 20, 2014, 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was fatally shot 16 times by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke while walking down the 4100 block of South Pulaski Road in the Archer Heights neighborhood. But four years after the shooting on Pulaski Road, many shoppers, like Margie Ramotowski, do not recognize the name Laquan McDonald. If they did know about the case, most were unaware that it happened on the same block they were standing.
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Pastor to Black journalists: “Laquan might need your voice.” Inside phase one of Jason Van Dyke’s murder trial
As the murder trial of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke begins inside the courthouse at 26th and California, protestors gather outside to remember Laquan McDonald, the 17-year-old he shot and killed in 2014.
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