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Suits claim election-night abuse by Chicago police

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — A lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that while a huge Chicago crowd celebrated the election of the first black U.S. president, some white...

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Chicago Police Mobile Strike Force, A.K.A. SOS 2: Someone Call Patrick Fitzgerald!

Tracy Siska | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Police Abuse, Police Corruption, Patrick Fitzgerald, Special Operations Section, Police Tactical Units, CPD SOS, Jody Weis, Chicago Police Department, Mobile Strike Force, Civil Rights, Chicago News
Tracy Siska

Weis has done what all Chicago Police Superintendents before him have done: use the excuse of a crime spike to institute a special unit that will most likely go bad.

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Attorney General Pressured To Examine Cases Of Alleged Torture Victims

Chicago Public Radio | Tasha Flournoy | Posted 11.30.2008 | Chicago

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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is again facing renewed pressure to examine the cases of some alleged victims of police torture. This comes aft...

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Chicago Murder Rate Tops New York And Los Angeles

Chicago Sun-Times | Frank Main and Annie Sweeney | Posted 11.24.2008 | Chicago

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As police Supt. Jody Weis returns to the hot seat during a City Council budget hearing today, Chicago is outpacing New York and Los Angeles in 2008 mu...

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Protest Planned Over Police Assault Rifles

Chi-Town Daily News | Peter Sachs | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

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A group opposed to the Chicago Police Department's plan to arm street cops with M4 semiautomatic assault rifles is planning to get their point across ...

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Obama Election Reaction: Bulls Win Melee or Rodney King Riot?

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 11.16.2008 | Chicago

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Esther J. Cepeda

If Obama won, would our streets flood with overjoyed citizens who pulled the sort of scene that saw taxi cabs overturned and looting and rioting in our neighborhoods after the Bulls' 1992 Championship?

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Chicago Police Department Eliminating Key Position

Chicago Sun-Times | Frank Main and Fran Spielman | Posted 11.15.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Cop Layoffs, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Chicago Budget, Chicago Cops, Jody Weis, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police Cuts, City Budget, Chicago News

The Chicago Police Department will undergo a historic makeover with the elimination of a key position --first deputy superintendent, the person who tr...

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Only in Chicago

Michael Jones | Posted 10.23.2008 | Chicago

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Michael Jones

There are cop blogs in Chicago. They are riveting reading. Profane, funny, racist, real, white hot, fascinating, reporting what the Trib and Sun-Times don't.

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What's the Police Union Thinking?

Rob Warden | Posted 10.16.2008 | Chicago

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Rob Warden

The union that represents Chicago police is advising its members involved in crime scene investigations to refuse to provide samples of their DNA for forensic analysis.

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Chicago Police, Assault Rifles and No Demonstrable Need!

Tracy Siska | Posted 10.03.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Jody Weis, Chicago Police, Civil Rights, Chicago Police Assault Weapons, Police Transparency, Cpd, Chicago Justice Project, Mayor Daley, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police M4 Carbine, Chicago Assault Weapons, Chicago Gangs, Chicago Police Violence, Chicago News
Tracy Siska

The decision by Mayor Daley and Police Superintendent Weis to deploy assault weapons on the streets of Chicago has been made without providing a demonstrable need for the weapon.

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A New Press for Justice in Chicago Cop's Thanksgiving Day killings

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 09.26.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Miguel Flores, Chicago Police Officer John Ardelean, Chicago Police Department, Erick Lagunas, Civil Rights, Minorities in Justice System, Raymond Figueroa, CPD, Ardelean Car Crash, Chicago Police DUI, John Ardelean, Chicago Police Misconduct, Bob MIlan, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

Sadly, citizens of Chicago have come to mistrust the police who are supposed to serve and protect them - and the system that lets bad cops literally get away with murder. The reopening of Officer John Ardelean's car crash case might be a small step toward rebuilding some of that trust.

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Gangs, Violent Crime, And Unintended Consequences in Chicago

Tracy Siska | Posted 09.15.2008 | Chicago

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Tracy Siska

If we as Chicagoans truly want reduced levels of violence in our low-income high-crime neighborhoods then we must be prepared to face the unvarnished truth.

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New Cars For Chicago Cops?

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.11.2008 | Chicago

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UPDATE Chicago police will soon be patrolling the streets in Chevy Tahoe SUVs. The department plans to roll out nearly 160 of the SUVs in the next mo...

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