Laquan McDonald’s grandmother, Tracie Hunter, is calling out Reverend Marvin Hunter, demanding that he stop representing the family of the teenager who was shot 16 times by former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke. Hunter and McDonald’s relatives have been at odds with Reverend Hunter, the teen’s great-uncle, who believes
Reverend Marvin Hunter, the great uncle of murdered teenager Laquan McDonald, is under fire for sending a letter to Congress that supports former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s nomination for Ambassador to Japan. The criticism came a day before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington began its hearings on Emanuel’s
CBS News Pete Buttigieg is cutting ties and returning contributions from Steve Patton, the former Chicago city attorney who tried to block the release of video showing the shooting of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager whose death at the hands of police stirred months of protest and resulted in an officer’s
Crusader Staff Report Four Chicago police officers who were fired in July after the Chicago Police Board ruled the lied to cover up the Laquan McDonald murder have filed a wrongful termination lawsuit, seeking to get their jobs back. The officers, Janet Mondragon, Daphne Sebastian, Ricardo Viramontes and Sgt. Stephen
By Erick Johnson Four Chicago police officers were fired Thursday, July 18 after they were accused of trying to cover up the Laquan McDonald shooting in 2014. At its monthly meeting, the Chicago Police Board voted 9-0 to fire Sgt. Stephen Franko, Officers Janet Mondragon, Daphne Sebastian and Ricardo Viramontes.
By Larry Yellen, Fox 32 Community activists are demanding that Toni Preckwinkle pull her new campaign commercial about the Laquan McDonald shooting, or withdraw from the mayor’s race. The county board chairman reacted by strongly defending her role in the McDonald case. “I want justice for my people. And she’s
By Evelyn Holmes A Cook County judge denied Tuesday a request from defense attorneys to throw out the case against three Chicago police officers accused of covering up what happened the night Jason Van Dyke fatally shot Laquan McDonald. Also on Tuesday, the fourth day of the bench trial, the
By Diane Pathieu and Leah Hope Three current and former Chicago police officers accused of covering up details of the Laquan McDonald shooting appeared Tuesday, October 30 in Cook County court for a pre-trial hearing. David March, Joseph Walsh, and Thomas Gaffney are accused of coordinating their stories and making false police reports
We stand here today with Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa and the other brave members of the Chicago City Council who have taken a stand for justice. They have taken a stand for moving to the Council floor and passing the ordinance establishing an all-elected, all-Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC). These brave Council
Crusader Staff Report After more than two years of pre-trial hearings, testimonies, delays, endless motions and countless protests, the wait is over for the family of Laquan McDonald. The real fight begins for the Chicago police officer who killed him with 16 shots, and the alleged cover up that has
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO National Urban League “This is the thing people seem to have intentionally forgotten:...
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