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Family of Dexter Reed sues Chicago police for fatal shooting, alleging excessive force and unconstitutional conduct during traffic stop.

The tally of 300 cases includes nearly $140 million paid to lawyers for the city and $537 million paid to plaintiffs.

CPD Superintendent David Brown said Officer Jerald Williams use of force against Bernard Kersh in 2019 was “massively excessive,” recommended 135-day suspension.

The Rev. Michael Pfleger, longtime pastor of St. Sabina Church, was removed pending investigation of a sexual abuse allegation from more than 30 years ago.

CHICAGO — For the second time in less than two years, the Rev. Michael Pfleger is stepping away from his popular ministry while under investigation for a decades-old sexual abuse allegation, the Archdiocese of Chicago confirmed Saturday.

The boy’s attorneys say the teen was unarmed and surrendering, but the officer says he mistook a cellphone in the boy’s hand for a handgun.

Cops then "callously dragged him across the pavement and turned their attention to an uninjured officer": lawsuit

A federal civil rights lawsuit says the death of a Black teenager at a Kansas juvenile detention center was foreshadowed by a 2016 state inspection of the facility that noted systemic deficiencies in its handling of children with mental health issues