A Chicago man filed a lawsuit against the City of Chicago, a Chicago police detective and several officers after being ...

Alexander Villa's lawsuit comes months after his conviction was vacated. The two other men charged, Edgardo Colon and Tyrone ...

Chicago police officers perpetrated a “wide-ranging scheme to manufacture evidence,” a federal lawsuit alleges, in order to ...

The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, cites six FOIA requests made by a Tribune reporter over 14 months in which ...

A federal lawsuit alleges that Chicago city and county officials enabled police officers to carry out a "wide-ranging scheme ...

Chicago taxpayers reportedly spent at least $107.5 million in 2024 to resolve police misconduct lawsuits—a problem that will be difficult to solve unless the city is able to identify and hold ...

The federal lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, claims sanctuary policies in Illinois that keep local authorities from cooperating with the deportation effort are “exacerbating” ...

A federal lawsuit alleges that Chicago city and county officials enabled police officers to carry out a “wide-ranging scheme to manufacture evidence,” leading to the wrongful convictions of ...

It appears to be the first Justice Department lawsuit against local officials for allegedly interfering with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Also named in the lawsuit are the Chicago Police Department and the Cook County sheriff. The Chicago Police Department said they do not comment on pending litigation, and the Chicago Law ...