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'Dilla' Thomas on Chicago's first panel on police misconduct

'Dilla' Thomas on Chicago's first panel on police misconduct

WBEZ News · WBEZ Chicago

January 4, 20225m 7s

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Show Notes

On the evening of April 15, 1972, Doctor Daniel Claiborne, an African American, was arrested by white police officers on Chicago’s south side. Two weeks later he died in a south side hospital. Shermann “Dilla” Thomas discusses how Doctor Claiborne’s death led to the convening of the city’s first panel on police misconduct. Host: Susie An, Lisa Labuz; Producer: Cianna Greaves