The city of Chicago has begun a $5.5 payout of reparations to nearly 60 individuals who were tortured by the police in the 1970s and 1980s. The announcement of the reparation payment was made by Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday, just as his city is enduring tensions between citizens the police force over recent events. […]

A day after Chicago police officials released graphic video of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald being gunned down by a Chicago police officer, President Barack Obama took to Facebook express concern.