Category: Civil Rights Law

November 30 2021

Former prosecutor can represent Jussie Smollett but can’t question Osundairo brothers: Judge – Chicago Sun-Times

“The Court firmly believes that the interest of Mr. Smollett to have the lawyer of his choice when his liberty is at stake outweighs any other valid and good faith concerns of the [Office of the Special Prosecutor] and the Osundario family witnesses,” Linn wrote. Among the lawyers Ola Osundario reached out to was Gloria […]

November 30 2021

Lawyers for Jussie Smollett make heated demand for more information on claim one of them should be disqualified | Govt-and-politics | qctimes.com

The heart of the dispute was whether special prosecutors handling the Smollett case have given the defense enough specifics to prepare for a future hearing on whether Uche talked about the case early on with a pair of brothers who are now expected to be key witnesses against Smollett. What was expected to be a […]

June 9 2020

Two Witnesses To Brickyard Mall Incident Say Police Attacked Them For Filming Officers Who Dragged Two Women From Car – CBS Chicago

Lazendra Collins and Willie Teague said they saw police officers using batons to smash the windows of a car in the Brickyard Mall parking lot on May 31, and drag Mia Wright and Tnika Tate out of the vehicle. Two people who say they witnessed Chicago police dragging two women out of a car outside […]

May 16 2017

Man Says Chicago Police Cost Him His Future | Courthouse News Service

An Illinois man claims his life was ruined by Chicago police when officers, despite having no evidence he was guilty, charged him with a felony while he was a high school student with a full-ride scholarship to Cal-Berkeley. John Adam Jones of Chicago, now 20, says in a complaint filed Friday in Chicago federal court that he […]