(Sun Times Wire) A federal appeals court Monday upheld the conviction of a Chicago police officer serving a five-year prison sentence for shooting into a car full of teenagers in December 2013, wounding two. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded in a 23-page opinion that the “brazenness” of Marco Proano’s actions that night…
(ABC) Chicago police shot and wounded a suspect after police said he drove his car at officers in the Lawndale neighborhood Wednesday night. The shooting occurred at about 11:30 p.m. in the 3900-block of West Roosevelt Road when Chicago police officers spotted a white SUV that was wanted for firing several gunshots in the area.…
(ABC) Family members and colleagues gathered Monday for the funeral for fallen Chicago police Officer Samuel Jimenez, who was fatally shot a week ago as a gunman opened fire at Mercy Hospital. “He didn’t live for himself. He lived for the people of this city, protecting them and putting others’ lives before his own as…
(Tribune) The trial kicking off Tuesday over an alleged cover-up by Chicago police in the controversial killing of Laquan McDonald isn’t just rare — it’s unprecedented. Former Detective David March, ex-Officer Joseph Walsh and Officer Thomas Gaffney are believed to be the first Chicago cops ever to face criminal “code of silence” charges stemming from…
(Sun Times Wire) A 16-year-old boy was killed and another teenage boy was in custody after attempting to rob an off-duty Chicago police officer at gunpoint Thursday morning in the Arcadia Terrace neighborhood on the Northwest Side. At 2:23 a.m., the two teens approached a CPD officer who was inside his personal vehicle parked in…
(ABC) The Chicago Police Board has ignored the recommendation of oversight officials and cleared an officer of wrongdoing in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy six years ago. In a rare finding last year, the Independent Police Review Authority found Officer Brandon Ternand at fault for shooting Dakota Bright in the back of the…
(Fox) The handgun used to kill a Chicago police commander had once been bought and sold by an unlicensed gun dealer who federal authorities say described peddling guns “like an addiction.” The Chicago Tribune investigated the various sales of the gun that was used to kill Cmdr. Paul Bauer in February. The accused shooter, Shomari…
(Fox) From the moment Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder in the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald, the case has centered around the video. As attorneys prepare to make their final arguments on Thursday, the question is what jurors will think after watching the video repeatedly over the course of…
(Sun Times Wire) After the prosecution called one rebuttal witness to the stand, it rested its case in rebuttal, and the defense called no more witnesses. Jurors will hear closing arguments on Thursday. This morning, lawyers from both sides will discuss the critical instructions that will be read to the jury before they begin to…
(Tribune) Officer Jason Van Dyke’s legal team continued presenting its case for a second day in his murder trial Tuesday, including a much-anticipated computer animation re-creating the shooting of Laquan McDonald from the embattled police officer’s perspective. Here are five takeaways from the sixth overall day of testimony. Jurors on Tuesday watched the much-anticipated defense…
(Sun Times Wire) Former Chicago Police Officer Joseph Walsh stood about two feet from the jury box Tuesday, playing the role of Laquan McDonald as Walsh re-enacted the final seconds of the 17-year-old’s life before he was shot. Walsh volunteered to step off the witness stand during cross-examination by lawyers for his former partner, Jason…
(Tribune) Chicago police officers trailed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald for more than half a mile, keeping their distance and buying time. Even after McDonald punctured the tire of a squad car with a small folding knife, no one threatened to shoot him. Walking slowly down Pulaski Road, McDonald was pinned in by a construction fence to…
(Sun Times Wire) A person was taken into custody Friday evening after an exchange of gunfire with police in the South Shore neighborhood. Police were conducting a traffic stop about 5:45 p.m. in the 7600 block of South Kingston Avenue when the person exited their vehicle and fled on foot, according to Chicago police. Officers…
On May 7th 2018, A 24 year old man was shot by a Chicago cop in the at 47th Street in the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood, 24-year-old Maurice Granton Jr., had been on CPD’s radar. He was spotted on a police POD camera, a cop approached Granton on a narcotics investigation, he got up and ran as he hopped the first fence the officer chasing him injured his foot and fell to the ground moments later one gunshot can be heard – then three gunshots in a row. It’s not clear who fired the shots.
The cop that shot Granton appears to be shooting him as he was trying to scale a fence, no confrontation can be seen when he was shot, but we do not know what transpired before he was shot, CPD claims the cop fired 3 shots, and Granton fired the other shot.
Police also shared a picture of the gun that was recovered from the scene CPD Claims this was the gun Granton was carrying that night.
CPD did release the video but did not release the results from ballistics tests and lab reports on the gun Granton allegedly fired. This is a great example why the public gets pissed, release it all, because if CPD Doesn’t, the public starts to think a cover up is in the making.
People say just because they run doesn’t give cops the right to shot them, I agree, unless, they are running and or pointing or firing a gun in the process, but the other side of the argument is they can’t shoot these guys if they Don’t Run, so why run and take the chance of being shot by a cop.
Take the 18-month hit instead 18 months in the cube on a gun or drug charge is better than being put in a box underground for eternity. What decision would you make? My Dad always told me don’t fight cops or run from them in the streets, if you do you will lose, he said you want to beat the cops, then beat them in a court of Law, you can’t lose your life that way.
What bothers me most about this video is no aid was given to this man after he was shot laying on the ground for at least 4 minutes, one officer walks over and looks down and does nothing to help him. Why???
There is more to this shooting than meets the eye, I guess we have no choice but to wait for the bureaucracy to release the remaining facts, one day.
V Maggio
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability released video of a Chicago police shooting Wednesday night.
This shooting took place in the Austin Neighborhood in the 15th District cops were alerted to shots fired detected by ShotSpotter technology in the 5200-block of West Ohio Street shortly before 3 a.m. on May 26 2018.
Most of these police involved shootings start the exact same way, suspects refuse to comply with the first police command of STOP and as usual the command falls on deaf ears and the suspect flees and then what follows next is the suspect ends up being shot while running from police with a gun as in this case. Should police allow the suspect to get away to possibly harm someone or should they stop the suspect by shooting him?
V Maggio
I will wait for all the facts before wading in on this incident. (Sun Times Wire) The Fraternal Order of Police is accusing an “activist, one-sided” Chicago media of “ramping up every angle they could muster to paint” the police shooting of Harith Augustus as “unjustified,” even though the shooting was “text book legitimate.” “This…
(Fox) Chicago Police released body cam video Sunday from a fatal shooting in the South Shore neighborhood.
On Saturday around 5:30 p.m., police said they saw Harith Augustus, 37, “exhibiting characteristics of an armed person” on East 71st Street that there was a “confrontation” when they tried to question him.
Augustus lived in the South Shore neighborhood, less than a mile from where he was killed.
The video shows several officers surrounding Augustus and asking him questions. His shirt is lifted, revealing at least one gun. He tries to take off.
“We find no documentation supporting him being [a] concealed carry [permit holder],” Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said.
No officers were hurt, and a weapon was recovered at the scene along with several magazines of ammunition, according to the police.
“The decision to use lethal force is made in a split second,” Johnson said. “I offer my condolences to the family. I promise CPD will be as open and transparent as possible.”
For hours after the shooting, people remained on the street and yelled at police. Some shouted “murderers” and chanted “no justice, no peace.” Some officers were hurt by rocks and bottles.
Four protesters were taken into custody, but only one was going to be charged, police said.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability is investigating the incident.
“I understand and empathize with the community’s concerns and want to assure the public that we are committed to conducting a fair, thorough, impartial and objective investigation. We need those with relevant information to contact our office to reach a conclusion based upon all the facts of case,” said COPA Chief Administrator Sydney Roberts.
COPA would like witnesses to contact them at (312) 746-3609 or chicagocopa.org.
Article Org: fox32chicago.com
(Sun Times Wire) Everyone along East 71st seemed to use the same word Sunday to describe Harith Augustus. Quiet. They also called him respectful and family oriented. But mostly, they said he kept to himself. And so, to Grafton Burke, it was surprising that Augustus would get into the kind of fatal confrontation with Chicago…
