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Darrell Cannon was one of the first victims to accuse former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge of torture.

Landmark moment for Chicago police as Justice report to be released today

May 22, 2019 at 10:57 p.m.

As a victim of torture by Chicago police decades ago, Darrell Cannon has heard promises of reform before. With the U.S. Justice Department expected to release its report Friday on...

Angelica Nieves-Figureroa, center, the sister of Jose Nieves, is comforted by family, during a press conference regarding the death of her brother at Montclair-Lucania Funeral Home on Jan. 9, 2017, in Chicago. Jose Nieves' father, Angel Nieves, is third from right and his mother, Burlinda Torres, is second from left.

Family sues over fatal shooting of unarmed man by off-duty Chicago cop

June 6, 2018 at 10:24 a.m.

The sister of an unarmed man shot to death by an off-duty Chicago police officer Monday has sued the department, alleging the officer threatened and detained the man and then...

Juveniles play basketball at the Illinois Youth Center in Kewanee.

Youth struggle after incarceration: NU study

June 8, 2018 at 1:26 p.m.

Children who go through juvenile detention often lead adult lives plagued by incarceration, unemployment and other woes, and the problem is most drastic among African-American men, according to a new...

Chicago police Chief of Detectives Eugene Roy, right, gives First Deputy Superintendent John Escalante a hug outside CPD headquarters during Escalante's retirement sendoff on Sept. 6, 2016.

Top police brass defended Laquan McDonald shooting after seeing video, records show

August 21, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

Days after Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke shot Laquan McDonald 16 times, top brass watched a video of the fatal shooting at a meeting in which "everyone agreed" the...

Police officers and detectives investigate the scene of the fatal police-involved shooting of Ronald Johnson, 25, at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and 53rd Street early Oct. 12, 2014, in Chicago.

IPRA clears Chicago cop in fatal shooting of man in back as he fled

May 22, 2019 at 10:51 p.m.

The Independent Police Review Authority has determined that a Chicago police officer was justified in fatally shooting 25-year-old Ronald Johnson III in the back in October 2014. In a ruling...

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.

Commander given reprimand for returning cop who fatally shot 2 to street duties amid investigation

May 22, 2019 at 10:50 p.m.

The Chicago Police Department issued a written reprimand last week to a high-ranking officer responsible for returning a patrolman to the street before the city finished investigating his fatal shooting...

Chicago police recruits listen to Superintendent Eddie Johnson and Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Dec. 13, 2016, at the CPD Training and Education Academy.

Emanuel’s police hiring plan at odds with his record: Ranks shrank by hundreds during his tenure

May 22, 2019 at 11:07 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel visited the Chicago police academy Tuesday to draw renewed attention to his push to add nearly 1,000 new officers, a costly and challenging plan he has sold...

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.

Chicago cop who fatally shot 2 was mistakenly returned to street duties

May 22, 2019 at 10:44 p.m.

Chicago police Officer Robert Rialmo was supposed to remain on desk duty this summer as the city investigated his fatal shooting of two people, one of them an innocent bystander....

Cubs fans pour down North Michigan Avenue following the World Series celebration parade Nov. 4, 2016, in Chicago.

Millions at Wrigley, downtown for Cubs’ World Series parade, rally

August 18, 2019 at 3:56 p.m.

Chicago transformed into a sea — and a river — of Cubbie blue Friday as the city celebrated the Cubs' historic, if still somewhat surreal, World Series triumph. A massive...

Bleacher fans arrive before the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians play on Oct. 30, 2016, in Game 5 of the World Series at Wrigley Field.

Cubs fans exultant after nail-biting end to championship drought

August 21, 2019 at 8:47 p.m.

Grown men and women wept. Fireworks lit up the sky in both the city and suburbs, while school-aged children gathered on sidewalks long after bedtime to cheer honking cars. Thousands...

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