Chicago Police officer leaves gun in Leighton Criminal Courthouse restroom, sheriff's office says
Sheriff's deputies took the weapon, quickly identified the officer it belonged to — who was still in the courthouse — and ...
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Ex-prosecutors found not guilty of misconduct in case involving murders of 2 Chicago police officers
The brothers were convicted at trial in 1983, but allegations of brutal torture by detectives under disgraced Chicago police commander Jon Burge led to retrials for the brothers. Both were again ...
WGN-TV24d
Judge vacates conviction of man who professed innocence for nearly 30 years
sharing that police who worked under disgraced Chicago police commander Jon Burge forced him to falsely accuse Johnson, lawyers said. “That witness was the subject of our evidentiary hearing ...
NBC Chicago23d
Judge vacates murder conviction of Chicago man after nearly 30 years
had been a trainee of former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge. Burge was accused of leading a group of officers that tortured and physically abused more than 100 individuals in an effort to ...
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Newswire: How are police responding to ongoing sexual assaults?
The 14th Police District Council responded to concerns about investigations into ongoing sexual assaults in Logan Square ...