A majority-Black town starts armed protection group after neo-Nazi rally
Nearly every morning for the last month, Jay has been waking up before sunrise to drive around the streets of Lincoln Heights ...
Suspect among 5 injured in shootout at Back of the Yards liquor store, Chicago police say
A suspect was among five people injured in shootout at a South Side liquor store on Friday evening, Chicago police said.
'Where's my justice?' Only 6% of Chicago shootings lead to arrests, Sun-Times finds
More than 19,000 people were wounded in shootings in Chicago since 2018. The Chicago Police Department has made arrests in ...
Chicago police officer's gun found unattended in bathroom at Cook County courthouse, officials say
A Chicago police officer's gun was found unattended in a bathroom at the Cook County George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse Thursday, officials said.
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 ...
Five men arrested for stopping traffic by twerking around and on car
The five alleged twerkers, identified as Rashaun Bryant, 22, Mandre’Co Mays, 18, MeKell Sanders, 18, Jordan Smith, 19, and ...
Rift exposed between Chicago Police accountability agencies over shooting that killed Dexter Reed
Six weeks after the Reed shooting, then-Chief COPA Administrator Andrea Kersten questioned the officers' story in the Dexter Reed shooting. The CCPSA called for her termination.
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Police Oversight Board Planned No Confidence Vote Before Chicago Police Misconduct Agency Chief Resigned
The commission believes that strengthening trust in COPA now requires new leadership,” Commission for Public Safety and ...
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Chicago’s ex-police oversight chief slams push to fire her as ‘inherently unfair’
Andrea Kersten, ex-chief administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, said a civilian panel had "rendered ...