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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and challenger Bob Fioretti, a former Chicago alderman, before the Tribune Editorial Board on Jan. 24, 2018, in Chicago.

Cook County Board President Preckwinkle easily wins primary despite pop tax uproar

May 15, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

Easily beating back a challenger who sought to capitalize on the soda tax debacle, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle claimed victory Tuesday night over former Chicago Ald. Bob Fioretti...

LaTonya Jones, center, a daughter of Bettie Jones, is comforted by her father, Garry Mullen, as she holds a picture of her mother Dec. 27, 2015, outside the West Garfield Park apartment building where Bettie Jones was accidentally shot, fatally, by Chicago police the previous day.

Paramedic changed story about bodies’ location in Chicago police double fatal shooting after speaking with city lawyers, attorneys allege

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Lawyers for the families of two people killed in a controversial 2015 shooting by a Chicago police officer aired evidence in Cook County court Tuesday that a city paramedic gave...

Mayor Emanuel must answer questions about 2015 police shooting that killed man, neighbor, judge orders

May 31, 2019 at 4:05 p.m.

In a rare move, a Cook County judge has ordered Mayor Rahm Emanuel to sit for a sworn deposition in lawsuits stemming from the controversial police shooting of a baseball...

Mom of Quintonio LeGrier, Chicago teen slain by cop, says city went ‘low’ by asking her about prostitution

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

An attorney is seeking sanctions against the city of Chicago after one of its lawyers recently asked the mother of Quintonio LeGrier — a 19-year-old shot to death by a...

Video shows bar fight involving Chicago cop who also fatally shot 2 people in separate case

May 23, 2019 at 12:26 a.m.

Newly released video shows an off-duty Chicago police officer punching two men in the face, knocking both to the floor, in an early morning bar fight last month while he...

Chicago Police officer Robert Rialmo in 2013.

Chicago cop who killed 2 charged with misdemeanors for December bar fight

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

A Chicago police officer who faces potential firing for fatally shooting two people in 2015 has been charged with misdemeanor offenses following an off-duty bar fight last month. Officer Robert...

Chicago cop who fatally shot 2 in 2015 under investigation for bar fight

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Chicago police are investigating allegations that the officer who fatally shot two people in an on-duty incident in 2015 got into an early morning bar fight last month, a department...

Chicago police watchdog rules 2015 shooting of Quintonio LeGrier and Bettie Jones was unjustified

May 23, 2019 at 12:20 a.m.

Chicago police disciplinary officials have ruled that an officer was unjustified in the fatal 2015 shooting of a baseball-bat clutching 19-year-old and an innocent bystander. The Civilian Office of Police...

Former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on June 29, 2010.

Judge hears evidence on 1982 case linked to disgraced ex-cop Jon Burge

May 23, 2019 at 12:19 a.m.

Nearly 36 years after two Chicago police officers were shot to death on the South Side, the graying inmate serving life in prison for the crime took the stand in...

A Chicago police officer holsters a Taser after helping to disperse a crowd in Chicago's East Garfield Park neighborhood on Aug. 6, 2017.

In change to force rules, Chicago police discourage using Tasers on people who flee

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

The Chicago Police Department has tightened its policy on Taser use, rewriting the rules to discourage officers from shocking people who are running away or otherwise vulnerable to injury. The...

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