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MPD, the City Council and the mayor say changes to MPD policies will improve police accountability and trust. While activists praise changes to police procedures, they say police accountability is still severely lacking.

New Tasers for Baltimore Police could carry a cost of roughly $5 million over four years.

New Tasers for Baltimore Police could carry a cost of roughly $5 million over four years.

A proposal from Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias and State Rep. La Shawn Ford (8th District – Chicago) would no longer make it illegal for motorists to have items hanging from their rearview mirror, which often serve as a pretext for traffic stops. Under House Bill 2389, law enforcement would no longer have the […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois lawmakers have introduced a bill that would no longer make it illegal for drivers to have items hanging from their rearview mirror. According to House Bill 2389, police would no longer have the authority to stop a motorist for having an item, like an air freshener, hanging from their rearview […]

The visit comes amidst another push for meaningful law enforcement reform as The George Floyd Justice In Policing Act stalls in the Senate.

Kim Potter released from prison. Marijuana legalization in Minnesota. Black bear family spotted in Maple Grove. Here are the top stories from April 22 to 28.

Ive already been brought. this will stretch on for years, well into the election cycle. >> now, next story, i was disappointed to put it lightly, to learn minnesota police officer, kim potter, had been released this week. after serving just 16 months of a two year sentence. for the fatal shooting of daunte wright. whose eulogy i delivered at his funeral two years ago, while we were waiting around the george floyd verdict. now, also this week, in a separate case, one of the officers who participa...

MINNEAPOLIS — Former police officer Kim Potter was released from prison early Monday and will reside in Wisconsin, two years after fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in

Alexi Giannoulias and La Shawn Ford are seeking to change an Illinois "rearview mirror" law. Some say it results in racial profiling.