President Donald Trump’s desire to deploy the military in Chicago raises legal questions for Illinois leaders. The post In response to military deployment, Pritzker tells Trump: ‘Do not come to Chicago’ by Ben Szalinski appeared first on Capitol News Illinois - A service of the Illinois Press Foundation| Capitol News Illinois
After Rivera was killed in June by Officer Carlos Baker, officials told the Illinois Department of Labor she’d been gunned down by a barricaded suspect. The police still haven’t corrected that. The post Chicago Police Told State Officials Officer Krystal Rivera Was Shot by an ‘Armed Suspect,’ Not Her Partner appeared first on Illinois Answers Project.| Illinois Answers Project
Officer Carlos Baker was accused of attacking a female cop at DSTRKT Bar & Grill. He told police he was harassed by two women — the off-duty cop and his girlfriend’s mother, who he said attacked him and referred to him as "a murderer." The post Chicago Cop Who Killed Partner Says He’s the Victim in Wicker Park Bar Fight appeared first on Illinois Answers Project.| Illinois Answers Project
Officer Carlos Baker, the Chicago cop who fatally shot his partner Krystal Rivera while pursuing a suspect, was stripped of his police powers on Friday but not for the shooting. […] The post Chicago cop who fatally shot partner Krystal Rivera is stripped of his police powers — but not for that appeared first on Illinois Answers Project.| Illinois Answers Project
Carlos Baker, the Chicago police officer who shot and killed his partner Krystal Rivera allegedly attacked a female officer at a bar in Wicker Park| Illinois Answers Project
Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has decided to scrap her office's do-not-call and disclosure lists, which call out problematic and dishonest cops, and we have serious concerns. Do-not-call and disclosure lists include the names of discredited officers who can't be trusted to testify truthfully. This decision increases the likelihood of constitutional violations and wrongful convictions—especially in Chicago, where the issue of dishonest police in court ("testilying") i...| Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts
Our new report, The Impact of the Pretrial Fairness Act on Electronic Monitoring in Cook County, examines the impacts of the legislative reforms on Cook County’s pretrial electronic monitoring system. The post RULING—Appellate Court in Police Arbitration Case Upholds Public Interest in Open and Transparent Police Oversight appeared first on Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts.| Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts
The handgun was stolen from a room full of cops and ended up being used in crimes including the shooting of Twanda Willingham, who's suing.| Illinois Answers Project
New law lets police remove squatters for criminal trespassing without eviction, boosting property owners’ rights.| Capitol News Illinois
Officer Carlos A. Baker has had more than a dozen complaints against him, records show. He has faced three suspensions and two reprimands.| Illinois Answers Project
As protesters prepare for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next week, a half-century old report provides lessons for preventing chaos.| The Marshall Project