Jordan Muck

1 week ago | wgntv.com | Tahman Bradley |Jordan Muck

CHICAGO (WGN) — The City Council appeared Wednesday to be close to a deal on a new curfew policy for minors following gatherings downtown that have turned violent. Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd Ward) said he’d struck a deal with his colleagues to give the city’s police superintendent and the local district commander the power to implement a teen curfew in an area when and where it’s needed. It could take effect at any time, but would only apply to a certain neighborhood.

1 week ago | wgntv.com | Emmy Victor |Jordan Muck

CHICAGO (WGN) — Members of the city’s finance committee on Friday blocked an offer to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of Dexter Reed, a Chicago man killed by police during a traffic stop last year. Members voted 12-15 in rejecting the proposed $1.25 million settlement. The family’s lawsuit argues that police officers had no right to stop Reed in the first place and then used excessive force when the first shot was fired.

1 week ago | wgntv.com | Emmy Victor |Jordan Muck

CHICAGO (WGN) — The city council’s finance committee on Friday approved a multi-million dollar offer to settle a lawsuit filed the family of a man who lost both of his legs after a crash stemming from a police chase. Alders approved $32 million to settle the suit filed by Bryce Summary and his wife. The St. Louis man was visiting Chicago in 2022 when he was struck by a driver who was fleeing police officers. The lawsuit alleged the police officer violated department rules by pursuing the driver.

2 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Ben Bradley |Jordan Muck

COOK COUNTY, Ill. — Cook County’s top prosecutor says the chief judge’s office doesn’t have the people or power to ensure defendants on electronic monitoring are where they’re supposed to be. This includes people released from custody while awaiting trial on charges ranging from murder to criminal sexual assault and domestic battery. That’s the claim in a new internal memo from state’s attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke first reported by CWB Chicago and obtained by WGN Investigates.

1 month ago | wgntv.com | Jordan Muck

File photo Posted: Mar 12, 2025 / 02:54 PM CDT Updated: Mar 12, 2025 / 03:04 PM CDT CHICAGO (WGN) — Without debate, alders on Wednesday approved nearly $3 million to settle three cases involving the Chicago Police Department and chases that resulted in death and injury, and $280,000 to a demonstrator who was injured during a protest.