Tag: Chicago
Supreme Court Checks Trump on National Guard Deployment Authority
The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place a lower-court order blocking President Donald Trump from deploying federalized National Guard troops in the Chicago area, a significant setback for an administration that has sought to expand the military’s role in domestic immigration enforcement and public-order missions. The justices, acting on the court’s emergency docket, declined […]
How Big Of A Problem Is The Police Use Of Excessive Force Within The United States?
Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was recently found guilty of second-degree-murder from a 2014 shooting of teenager Laquan McDonald. In the now infamous incident, Van Dyke shot the unarmed McDonald — who was seventeen at the time, sixteen times as he was walking away from the officer. A viral dashcam video captured the incident […]