Journalist Jamie Kalven defied a subpoena in the Laquan McDonald murder trial. The support he received was animated by the broad First Amendment tradition.

A gang of corrupt Chicago police officers fabricated evidence and then conspired to support arrests by falsifying reports and lying under oath.

Vigorous official investigation of the criminal careers of Ronald Watts and his co-conspirators could have a lasting impact on Chicago police reform.

After Chicago police officers Shannon Spalding and Danny Echeverria filed a whistleblower lawsuit, retaliation against them only intensified.

Top Chicago police officials carried out a campaign of retaliation against two officers investigating a criminal gang within the department.