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Bizarre, Criminal law, Media, Society June 12, 2009June 12, 2009

Chicago Police Officer Sentenced to Three Years For Beating Stabbing Victim Shackled to Wheelchair

Chicago police officer William Cozzi, 52, has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for beating a stabbing…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society May 27, 2009May 27, 2009

Chicago Police Officer Involved in Hit and Run Given Four Hours Before Taking Breathalyzer

Chicago Police Officer Richard Bolling was charged in a hit and run that killed a 13-year-old Trenton Booker who was…

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Courts, Criminal law, Politics, Society, Torts March 5, 2009

Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis Held in Contempt For Refusing to Disclose Lists of Officers Repeatedly Accused of Abuse

U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman in Chicago has held Police Superintendent Jody Weis in contempt for refusing to turn over…

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Criminal law, Society January 23, 2009

Chicago Police Officer Pleads Guilty of Beating 60-Year-Old Man Handcuffed and Shackled to Wheelchair

Chicago Police officer William Cozzi has admitted that he “lost it” when he attacked 60-year-old Randle Miles, 62, who was…

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Uncategorized November 7, 2007

Chicago Police Taser 82-Year-Old Woman

In the latest story of alleged taser abuse, the Chicago police tasered an 82-year-old woman — an act that could…

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Constitutional Law, Justice September 29, 2007

Widespread Abuse Alleged Against Chicago Police Department

Amid recent videos of police abuse, Chicago is facing thousands of complaints of police beating and arresting citizens with no…

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Bizarre, Criminal law August 3, 2020

Chicago Man Arrested For Spitting In The Coffee Of A Police Officer At Dunkin’ Donuts

We recently discussed the arrest of a Starbucks employee for spitting in the coffee of a police officer. Now, Vincent…

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Academia, Constitutional Law, Free Speech, Politics, Society June 11, 2020June 11, 2020

Writers and Academics Call For Removal Of Chicago Professor For Criticizing BLM and Defunding Police

It seems that University of Chicago professors are much in the news this week.  We recently discussed the controversy of…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Politics, Society July 14, 2015July 14, 2015

Chicago Mother and Children Attacked By Mob Allegedly Yelling Racial Slurs . . . Police Charge Case As Misdemeanor Property Offense

We have been discussing the national debate over hate crime laws and the standard for investigating particular cases but not…

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Criminal law, Lawyering April 18, 2014April 18, 2014

Thin Blue Line: Video Allegedly Disproves the Sworn Testimony of Five Police Officers in Chicago-Area Drug Case

There have been a long list of studies and articles on the problem of false testimony by police officers. Most…

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Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Torts January 9, 2014

Chicago-Area Police Department Accused Of Ransacking Innocent Couples Home And Stealing Valuable Items

A couple in North Chicago, Illinois, Brandy Allen and Nicholas Timmons, have filed a lawsuit against the Lake County Metropolitan…

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Animals, Bizarre, Criminal law, Society December 5, 2012December 5, 2012

Gunning Down “The Colonel”: Chicago Puppy Shot Twice By Police . . . Family Then Ticketed Three Days Later After Speaking With Media

We have been following a growing trend of alleged unjustified shootings of pet dogs by police officers. We can now…

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Academia, Columns, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Free Speech, Media, Politics, Society, Supreme Court, Torts December 2, 2012December 2, 2012

Supreme Failure: Chicago’s Anita Alvarez and the Campaign To Criminalize Citizen Monitoring of Police

Below is my column today in the Sunday Chicago Tribune on the recent denial of review by the Supreme Court…

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Bizarre December 27, 2011

Chicago Drunk Driver Crashes Into Police Station

We previously saw how a 36-year-old drunk driver crashed into a police cruiser. A man in Chicago, however, did one…

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Bizarre, Criminal law August 19, 2011August 19, 2011

Jury Awards Chicago Family $300,000 For Abusive Police Raid Leading To Shooting Of Family Dog

The family of Thomas Russell III has been awarded $300,000 by a federal jury this week for an abusive raid…

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