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• After two Chicago police officers filed a whistleblower lawsuit, retaliation against them only intensified.

  

  The Intercept

  

  Chicago Police Bosses Targeted Cops Who Exposed Corruption

  The Intercept - Jamie Kalven

  n autumn of 2012, the code of silence was very much in the news in Chicago. The trial of the civil suit brought against the city by Karolina Obrycka, …

• Top Chicago police officials carried out a campaign of retaliation against two officers investigating a criminal gang within the department.

  

  The Intercept

  

  How the Chicago Police Department Covered Up for a Gang of Criminal Cops

  The Intercept - Jamie Kalven

  n February 22, 2011, Rahm Emanuel was elected mayor of Chicago, bringing to an end the 22-year reign of Mayor Daley the Second. His election drew …

• Two Chicago police officers began investigating an elaborate criminal enterprise within the department that included extortion and possibly murder.

  

  The Intercept

  

  Corrupt Chicago Police Were Taxing Drug Dealers and Targeting Their Rivals

  The Intercept - Jamie Kalven

  n the spring of 2007, converging police scandals in Chicago threatened to engulf the Daley administration. Against the background of the long-running …

• “If four bosses in the department say it didn’t happen, it didn’t happen.”

  

  The Intercept

  

  In the Chicago Police Department, If the Bosses Say It Didn’t Happen, It Didn’t Happen

  The Intercept - Jamie Kalven

  n May 31, the city of Chicago agreed to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought by two police officers who allege they suffered retaliation for …