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Mayor, McCarthy Discuss Gang Strategy After Violent Weekend

Posted 05.29.2012

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Following a bloody holiday weekend where gun violence claimed the lives of 11, including a 13-year-old boy, and wounded more than 40 others, Mayor Rah...

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Chicago Wife Fights To Free Husband Who Was Shot By Police 28 Times

NewsOne.com | Posted 05.27.2012

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40 years. That is the sentence Howard Morgan received on April 5 from Cook County Circuit Court Judge Clayton J. Crane, after the former Chicago po...

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When Reporters Were Allegedly Attacked in Chicago, the Rights of All of Us Were Violated

Richard Schiffman | Posted 05.24.2012

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The dozens of veterans who tossed their medals in Chicago earlier this week deserve to have their protest recorded. Theirs was an act of valor and courage which was arguably equal if not greater to the deeds which earned them those medals in the first place.

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Reducing Crime Through Policing and Employment

David Vognar | Posted 05.23.2012

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Until creative ideas are revisited to target the people in America most subject to chronic unemployment, policing efforts alone are unlikely to do much besides temporarily stop the bleeding.

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Chicago Police Praised For How They Handled NATO Protests

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.22.2012

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CHICAGO — The sight of Chicago police raising billy clubs against demonstrators was the kind of image that has dogged the city's police force lo...

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With City's Murder Rate Still Soaring, Rahm Announces Strategy

Posted 05.15.2012

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Facing criticism concerning Chicago's soaring homicide rate thus far this year, Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday announced a new "wraparound" crime-fighting st...

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White House Honors Chicago Cop's Service

Posted 05.13.2012

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A Chicago police officer was honored at the White House Saturday for his service after fending off two attackers during a robbery attempt. Chicago ...

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Analysis: Cops Accused In Multiple Misconduct Suits Cost City Millions

Posted 05.11.2012

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Police misconduct in Chicago is costing the city millions -- and, per a new analysis, a large portion of the city payouts can be traced back to police...

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12-Year-Old Shot During Another Violent Weekend

Posted 05.07.2012

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UPDATE: Since this story was originally posted, at least 9 other people were shot in Chicago. WLS reports that the shootings continued through Sunday ...

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Police Misconduct Costs The City Millions, But Officers Involved Barely Disciplined

Chicago Reporter | By: Angela Caputo | Posted 05.01.2012

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Glenn Evans watched from the side of his West Pullman home as a tall man with a wide frame limped up the walk. "Get off my property," he shouted. But ...

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Life In An Open-Air Drug Market

Chicago Reader | Steve Bogira | Posted 04.26.2012

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In mid-March Chicago experienced one of its most violent periods in recent history--67 people shot and 18 slain in a single week of unseasonably warm ...

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Chicago Homicides Up 60 Percent In 3 Months

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 04.12.2012

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CHICAGO — Homicides in Chicago spiked by 60 percent during the first three months of the year despite an increase in police resources in some of...

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Daley To Answer Questions During Police Torture Trial

AP | Posted 04.10.2012

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CHICAGO -- Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has agreed to answer questions under oath about allegations that he was part of a conspiracy to cover...

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'Her Young Life Was Snuffed Out'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jen Sabella | Posted 04.07.2012

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It was an unseasonably warm March night when 22-year-old Rekia Boyd was gunned down by an off-duty police officer in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood. ...

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Dwyane Wade's Nephew Among 13 Wounded, 2 Dead In Chicago Shootings

AP | By KAREN HAWKINS and TIM REYNOLDS | Posted 05.30.2012

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CHICAGO -- A nephew of Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade was one of 13 men shot – two fatally – during a violent six-hour stretch in Chicago, an...

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Chicago's Murder Rate Up 35 Percent This Year

Posted 03.30.2012

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Three months into 2012, Chicago has seen 114 homicides, representing a 35 percent spike in the city's murder rate compared to the same period last yea...

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Community Policing Volunteers: 'The Mayor Doesn't Know Who We Are'

Chicago Reader | Posted by Ethan Straffin | Posted 05.29.2012

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Ron Holt was leaving the press conference when he nearly stepped into the path of a briskly marching Garry McCarthy, the Chicago police superintendent...

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WATCH: Residents Outraged After Cop Shoots, Kills Unarmed Woman

Posted 03.30.2012

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Some 200 protesters angered by a Chicago police officer's fatal shooting of a 22-year-old woman last week rallied Tuesday outside the officer's home, ...

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'This Is An Outrage': Man, 80, Arrested For Shooting Burglar

Posted 03.27.2012

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Updated story Residents on Chicago's South Side are "outraged" Tuesday after their elderly neighbor was arrested for shooting a man who tried to br...

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Rahm Emanuel Declares Another War On Drugs

Chicago Reader | Posted by DeBartolo | Posted 05.27.2012

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The first time I heard a police officer argue that the war on drugs wasn't working was in 1994. I was teaching at an alternative high school in Sou...

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Two Children Killed By Driver Fleeing From Fender-Bender

Posted 03.26.2012

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Two Chicago children were killed Saturday evening when an SUV that was reportedly fleeing from a fender-bender plowed into their family's vehicle on t...

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Rahm: 'Our Streets Do Not Belong To Gang Bangers'

Posted 03.24.2012

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel made his first public comments Friday after a violent weekend claimed the lives of at least 10 and injured dozens more, inc...

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McDonald's Employee Charged With Shooting Chicago Cop

Posted 03.22.2012

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A 20-year-old McDonald's employee has been charged in the near-fatal shooting of a decorated Chicago police officer. Paris Sadler is due to appear ...

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Person Of Interest Questioned In Police Officer's Shooting

Posted 03.20.2012

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Updated story A Chicago police officer was shot in the chest and critically injured after he chased after an alleged curfew violator in the city's...

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WATCH: Journalists Covering 6-Year-Old's Death Detained By Police

Posted 03.19.2012

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A group of Chicago journalists attempting to cover the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old girl over the weekend were cursed at and handcuffed by Chicago p...

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