Chicago's police union leader, John Catanzara, has been a vocal supporter of President Trump, but he's mum on the president's decision to pardon Jan. 6 rioters, including those who attacked police. Why it matters: Catanzara's silence comes at a time when the national Fraternal Order of Police and police chiefs across the country are condemning the president's near-total pardon of about 1,

President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned two D.C. police officers convicted of misconduct in a vehicle chase that killed a young Black man and sparked a night of destructive civil unrest in the city during the nation’s 2020 racial reckoning.

The Trump administration is putting a halt to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the Justice Department found a pattern of misconduct, according to a memo issued Wednesday. “The new administration may wish to reconsider settlements and consent decrees negotiated and approved by the prior administration,