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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


A hand holds a phone playing a video of a lock. The title "Locked Out" appears in white against a green background.

In Focus: A mom wanted to know whether police pointed guns toward her kids. EPD kept the footage locked away.

July 4, 2021

Anya Tanyavutti was in her dining room preparing for dinner when her children told her they watched police officers pull their guns out in front of a playground. Her three kids, ages 1, 4 and 6 at the...

Lawrence Crosby receives his PhD from McCormick. Crosby settled a lawsuit with Evanston two years after his violent arrest by Evanston Police Department officers.

Former NU graduate student settles case with city following wrongful arrest

January 21, 2019

Former Northwestern graduate student Lawrence Crosby settled a lawsuit this month with Evanston two years after the release of a video that shows his violent arrest by Evanston Police Department officers. Crosby,...

Committee member Karen Courtright speaks at the first Citizen Police Complaint Assessment Committee meeting on Thursday. The committee decided the police complaint form was inadequate.

Police assessment committee holds first meeting, plans to reform complaint process

October 13, 2017

At the first Citizen Police Complaint Assessment Committee meeting Thursday, many community members requested the improvement of what they called a “highly unstructured” police complaint form. On...

Religious leaders, students meet in light of Ferguson decision

November 26, 2014

Local officials and religious leaders led a community prayer Tuesday, calling for peace a day after a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri decided that the police officer who fatally shot black teenager Michael...

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