BIZARRE: Yolanda talley - What They Never Told You

Chicago’s top cop vows ‘stringent’ efforts to root out officers with extremist ties after investigation by WBEZ, Sun-Times

Supt. Larry Snelling and other brass did not explain the department’s lack of action since a membership list was leaked two years ago.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 24, 2023

How the Chicago Police Department tolerates officers with ties to extremism and what’s being done about it

A new civilian oversight panel is working with Chicago police on a policy that would bar officers from joining hate and extremist groups.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 23, 2023

Civil rights organization blasts Chicago mayor, top cop for not firing officer for his links to the far-right Proud Boys

“Any individual who is tasked with protecting the public cannot be trusted to do so equitably when they associate with an openly racist, bigoted, and misogynistic organization,” wrote Jeff Tischauser of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 5, 2023

Body cam video shows CPD chief’s niece warn officers as they take cop’s car during drug bust: ‘My auntie’s probably your boss’

“My auntie’s a police officer,” the niece of Internal Affairs Chief Yolanda Talley says in footage of the Feb. 1 incident. “This is her car.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 5, 2022

More questions than answers on traffic stop involving CPD official’s car

These are known facts: The chief of the Internal Affairs division’s car was not impounded, her niece was not arrested, and the officers involved were removed from their street duties.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 27, 2022

After incident involving a top cop’s car, Chicagoans need to know rules apply to everyone

When Mayor Lori Lightfoot addressed this issue on Wednesday, we wish she had forthrightly explained why the police department chose not to impound a top cop’s car that was involved in a drug arrest.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 25, 2022

Top cop says no evidence of misconduct in decision not to impound car of high-ranking chief after niece stopped in drug arrest

"Of course I wasn’t on the scene making any of these decisions," Supt. David Brown said at a news conference.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 24, 2022

CPD chief’s niece told cops who busted her boyfriend for heroin, ‘My auntie’s probably your boss,’ source says

Officers pulled over a Lexus belonging to internal affairs chief Yolanda Talley on Feb. 1. Talley’s niece was driving, and a man in the passenger seat was charged with possession of 42 grams of heroin, but the car wasn’t impounded.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 23, 2022

High-level Chicago police official’s car stopped in West Side drug bust

Internal affairs chief Yolanda Talley’s niece was driving a Lexus that was pulled over in a drug arrest that netted 42 grams of heroin worth $6,300, according to a police source and court records. The matter has been referred to the city’s inspector general.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 17, 2022