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1. Chicago Pays, While Few Officers Do, in Killings.

Author

DAVEY, MONICA, WILLIAMS, TIMOTHY, Smith, Mitch, and McDonald, Brent

Subjects
*POLICE shootings, *POLICE, *COMPLAINTS against police, *PAYMENT, *TWENTY-first century, *ECONOMICS, *ECONOMIC history
Abstract

The article discusses the amount of money that the city of Chicago, Illinois has paid to various families in the aftermath of several police shootings involving victims such as Calvin Cross, and it mentions police brutality involving the Chicago, Illinois Police Department, as well as the claim that the majority of complaints against police officers in the city do not result in discipline. A video recording depicting the police shooting death of teenager Laquan McDonald is also assessed.

Published
2015

2. In Ferguson, Lives Upended By Uncertainty.

Author

FERNANDEZ, MANNY, BLINDER, ALAN, Davey, Monica, Bosman, Julie, Smith, Mitch, McDonald, Brent, and Eligon, John

Subjects
*POLICE shootings, *FERGUSON Protests, Ferguson, Mo., 2014, *PUBLIC demonstrations, *TWENTY-first century, *ECONOMICS, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law), *SOCIAL history, *ECONOMIC history
Abstract

The article discusses the impact of a lack of decision in the grand jury trial over a potential indictment of police officer Darren Wilson's shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown within Ferguson, Missouri. Topics addressed include school closures and a decline in business activity, as well as preparations for possible protests that could follow the ruling.

Published
2014

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