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Passersby look over damage at the Jonathan Adler store on Aug.10, 2020.

Police shooting of Englewood man reignites political debate and looting as Mag Mile trashed, 13 cops injured, 2 people shot

August 10, 2020 at 8:55 p.m.

Hundreds of people swept through the Magnificent Mile and other parts of downtown Chicago early Monday, smashing windows, looting stores and confronting police after officers shot a suspect in Englewood...

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks Aug. 10, 2020, after overnight looting occurred in Chicago's Loop and other neighborhoods.

State’s Attorney Kim Foxx bristles at insinuation her office’s handling of earlier cases emboldened looters

August 10, 2020 at 8:12 p.m.

After looters caused mayhem on the Magnificent Mile early Monday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and police Superintendent David Brown pointed fingers at a now-familiar target: Cook County prosecutors and judges....

Dana Cross sits with a poster photograph of her son, Calvin Cross, on July 30, 2020, in Glenwood. Calvin was 19 when he was fatally shot by Chicago police in 2011.

As violence surges, Chicago police try a new version of an old solution. Can it work?

July 31, 2020 at 6:44 p.m.

Chicago's violence is an old problem, and the Police Department's latest plan to fight it is a new version of an old solution — a citywide unit tasked with flooding...

Protesters calling for the abolishment of ICE and for the Chicago Police Department to be defunded march North on Clark Street in downtown Chicago on Saturday, July 25, 2020.

Demonstrators for opposing causes rally and protest in the Loop Saturday

July 26, 2020 at 8:43 p.m.

Demonstrators with competing causes came to downtown Chicago Saturday afternoon for protests and rallies planned amid concerns that federal agents could try to quell unrest and commit civil rights violations...

Police block the street leading to Mayor Lori Lightfoot's home on Thursday, July 23, 2020, while protesters rally in support for activist Miracle Boyd and defunding the Chicago Police Department.

More legal action threatened over slow pace of Chicago police reform; hearings planned for allegations cops abused protesters

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot faces another threat of legal action over her management of the Chicago Police Department, as a lawyer for Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Friday blasted the...

People listen to speakers at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Thursday, July 23, 2020. A coalition of activist groups complained in federal court that Chicago police have abused and insulted protesters for weeks.

Black Lives Matter, activists go to court to avoid Portland-style federal response to protests, while other groups say CPD has abused protesters

July 24, 2020 at 9:32 a.m.

As federal agents prepared to come to Chicago with the stated goal of stopping violence, activist groups voiced fear that those forces would be used to quell protests against police...

The Chicago Police Department holds a promotion and graduation ceremony at Navy Pier's Grand Ballroom in 2016.

Chicago City Council approves changes to police supervisor contracts allowing anonymous misconduct complaints

July 22, 2020 at 3:58 p.m.

Chicago's City Council approved changes to police supervisors' contracts that would allow anonymous misconduct allegations against high-ranking cops, a move long sought by police reform advocates and opposed by officers....

U.S. Attorney John Lausch, right, announces a major fine against ComEd for bribery involving Illinois politicians during a news conference in the courtyard of the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse July 17, 2020.

Federal investigation draws closer to Madigan as ComEd will pay $200 million fine in alleged bribery scheme; Pritzker says speaker ‘must resign’ if allegations true

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

A federal investigation orbiting the political operation of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan drew much closer to the powerful politician Friday, as prosecutors unveiled a criminal complaint charging ComEd in...

Then-Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson gets emotional while answering questions as Mayor Lori Lightfoot looks on during Johnson's retirement announcement Nov, 7, 2019.

Report: Chicago cops trailed former police Superintendent Eddie Johnson home after finding him in SUV following ‘several large servings of rum’

July 16, 2020 at 6:21 p.m.

After finding then-police Superintendent Eddie Johnson asleep in a city SUV following his consumption of "several large servings of rum," Chicago police trailed their boss home as he ran a...

Chicago police officers stand outside Nini's Deli in West Town on June 7, 2020, as protesters demonstrate.

Investigations of anonymous complaints against some Chicago cops would be allowed under contract decision

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

Chicago police disciplinary authorities would be able to investigate some anonymous complaints against high-ranking cops under an independent arbitrator's decision issued Friday. That's one of a few changes to discipline...

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