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Prosecutors said that no criminal charges would be brought against officer Robert Rialmo who fatally shot a baseball bat-wielding teen and a mother in 2015.

Chicago backtracks on suing estate of teen killed by cop; mayor apologizes to father

May 23, 2019 at 12:17 a.m.

Abruptly reversing a controversial legal move, lawyers for the city of Chicago announced Friday they would not seek to sue the estate of a teen shot to death by a...

City of Chicago lawyers seek to sue estate of teen fatally shot by police

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

In an unorthodox move, lawyers for the city of Chicago are seeking to sue the estate of a teen shot to death by a police officer two years ago, alleging...

Harold Richardson, from left, Vincent Thames, Terrill Swift and Michael Saunders were convicted of a 1994 rape and murder but later were cleared.

City proposes $31 million settlement for Englewood Four’s wrongful conviction

May 31, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

Chicago officials are poised to approve one of the largest payouts for police misconduct litigation in city history — nearly $31 million to settle lawsuits filed by the “Englewood Four,”...

Protesters raise their hands while marching Sept. 1, 2014, in support of Roshad McIntosh in Lawndale. McIntosh was killed by Chicago police in the neighborhood the previous week.

Video contradicts accounts of Chicago cops in a 2014 fatal shooting of teen

May 31, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

Two Chicago police officers changed their accounts of a controversial fatal police shooting after viewing police surveillance video that showed they were not as close to the shooting as they...

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.

Cop acknowledges woman close by when he opened fire at bat-wielding teen, killing both

May 31, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

A Chicago police officer has acknowledged that he knew a 55-year-old woman was standing close to a bat-wielding teen in 2015 yet still opened fire, killing both, court records show....

Andrea Zopp, shown in 2016, has been chosen by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to lead the Chicago Police Board.

Emanuel appoints former deputy mayor to Chicago Police Board

May 15, 2019 at 4:36 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has appointed a former top aide to the Chicago Police Board, the panel that decides the most serious police disciplinary matters. Andrea Zopp, who was deputy mayor...

New Chicago police graduates salute the flag Aug. 29, 2017.

Judge rules against new police disciplinary guidelines in victory for FOP

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

An administrative law judge has recommended that the Illinois Labor Relations Board throw out the Chicago Police Department’s new disciplinary guidelines, dealing an early defeat to the city as it...

Video released in fatal shooting by cop pinned against vehicle by driver

May 23, 2019 at 12:09 a.m.

Newly released video shows a Chicago police officer firing gunshots that fatally wounded the driver of an SUV that pinned the cop against a police vehicle three months ago. The...

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson at the 20th district police station in Chicago on Oct. 30, 2017. Aldermen on Wednesday questioned Johnson and his deputies about the racial breakdown of new hires.

Aldermen grill Chicago’s top cop on minority hiring, overtime spending

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

Aldermen on Thursday criticized Chicago’s top police brass over the department’s failure to hire African-Americans in proportion to how many take the entrance examination. During a budget hearing that spanned...

Ald. Willie Cochran attends a meeting of the Chicago City Council on Jan. 25, 2017.

Ald. Cochran collapses at City Hall hearing

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

South Side Ald. Willie Cochran collapsed in City Council chambers Thursday and was taken away by paramedics after fellow aldermen performed CPR on him. Cochran was on hand for the...

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