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Column: S.C. jury shows the failure of our justice system

Column: S.C. jury shows the failure of our justice system

By James Ragland | The Dallas Morning News
December 7, 2016
Chicago police Sgt. Ernest Spradley said he was pulled over by a white officer who cussed at him before knowing he was a police officer. The incident reminds him that officers need to work at respecting the people they serve, he said. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

For African-American police officers, a foot in 2 worlds

By William Lee | Chicago Tribune
August 27, 2016
An emotional Dorothy Holmes, the mother of Ronald Johnson, speaks at a press conference on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, demanding that the dash cam video of her son being shot in the back by Chicago police last year be released to the public. (Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

92 deaths, 2,623 bullets: Tracking every Chicago police shooting over 6 years

By Jennifer Smith Richards, Angela Caputo, Todd Lighty and Jason Meisner | Chicago Tribune
August 26, 2016
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson discusses city violence at the Chicago Police Department Headquarters on Aug. 15. (Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Top Chicago cop seeks to fire 7 officers for lying about Laquan McDonald shooting

By Dan Hinkel and David Heinzmann | Chicago Tribune
August 18, 2016
(From left to right: Booking photos of Xavier McCray, Alex Karcher and Xavier Lewis. St. Louis Post-Dispatch via the Saline County Sheriffs Office.)

Three Kansas men held in murder plot may have ties to shooting of Carbondale police officer

By Kim Bell | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 12, 2016
People gather Aug. 1 for a Blue Lives Matter rally near the pavilion in downtown Carbondale after a Carbondale police officer was shot while pursuing a suspect the night before. (Isabel Miller for DailyEgyptian.com)

Carbondale cop injured in shooting to throw first pitch at baseball game tonight

By Brey Mong Delane
August 11, 2016
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