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WATCH: Chicago's Top Cop Calls Gun Laws 'Government-Sponsored Racism'

Posted 08.25.2011

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Gun rights advocates and other right-wing groups responded harshly on Friday to some strong words on gun control by Chicago's new top cop. Garry Mc...

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The Plight Of Father Michael Pfleger

Hermene Hartman | Posted 07.10.2011

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Father Pfleger is being punished for his good behavior, while some of the deviant priests were promoted to escape the consequences of their deviancy.

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WATCH: Parishioners Outraged Over Rev. Pfleger's Suspension

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 06.28.2011

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Supporters of Rev. Michael Pfleger protested outside of Cardinal Francis George's Chicago mansion Thursday, outraged that the cardinal decided suspend...

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Rev. Pfleger Suspended By Chicago Archdiocese

AP | HERBERT G. McCANN | Posted 06.28.2011

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CHICAGO -- An activist Catholic priest in Chicago who made headlines when he mocked Hillary Clinton during her presidential campaign has been suspende...

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What Bill O'Reilly Has Wrong About Farrakhan, Wright and Pfleger

Tamara N. Holder | Posted 05.25.2011

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When you fight for the poor and the voiceless, you take a lot of hits -- not hits from the poor, but hits from those who want to minimize your work. W...

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Daley Holds Violence Meeting In Wake of Derrion Albert Beating Death

Chicago Sun-Times | MAUREEN O'DONNELL AND FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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On his first day back at work after the Olympics debacle, Mayor Daley called a high-level meeting Monday with city and school officials to seek an ans...

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Pfleger Billboards Put Bounty On CPS Student Killers

Chicago Sun-Times | MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a litter-strewn, vacant lot in Englewood, steps away from three houses of worship, a billboard went up Tuesday, asking, essentially, what is the pr...

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Father Pfleger Offers $5,000 Reward In Shooting Of Teens Near Church

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO (AP) -- A South Side church has offered a $5,000 reward for information provided to authorities that leads to the arrest of a gunman accused o...

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Pfleger Continues Upside Down Flag Crusade: 'It's Worth Every Bit Of Grief We Take'

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Raising the U.S. flag upside down is supposed to mean you're in trouble, not cause more of it. But for the Rev. Michael Pfleger, who has been flying ...

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Rev. Pfleger Vows To Keep Flying American Flag Upside Down

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Rev. Michael Pfleger said he intends to keep flying an upside down American flag outside of his South Side church to protest gun violence no matte...

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Rev. Pfleger Raises Flag Upside Down To Protest Gun Violence (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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A South Side priest known for his outspoken activism flew the U.S. flag upside down outside his church Tuesday night to urge lawmakers to pass stricte...

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Obama's "Cultural Issues" At Play in Chicago

Christine Escobar | Posted 05.25.2011

Supporters of Fr. Pflegler believe street-level advocates bring about the change Obama speaks so eloquently about. To turn away from that in the face of shoddy criticism seems to second guess their work.

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Father Pfleger: Ousted from the Rectory, Looking for a New Place

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pfleger has been thumbing his nose at authority -- secular and sacred -- for years in pursuit of what he believes God has called him to do: fight for the poor and oppressed.

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My Talk with Father Pfleger: "A Dangerous Time in America ... You Have to Whisper Your Thoughts."

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pfleger is always in trouble over something, but now he's about as cowed as I've ever seen him. He's reeling, really, from what he admits is a difficult predicament of his own making.

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