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Charges dropped against CPD officer accused of punching handcuffed suspect

March 2, 2022 at 1:39 p.m.

A grand jury declined to indict a Chicago police officer who was accused of punching a handcuffed suspect who had been shot Christmas Eve outside a Near West Side police...

Chicago police headquarters at 35th Street and Michigan Avenue in Chicago on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2020.

coronavirus, COVID-19 (Jose M. Osorio/ baiduhai)

Office of Inspector General finds ‘strong evidence’ of ‘race-based disparities’ in CPD stops, use of force

March 1, 2022 at 8:04 p.m.

The Office of Inspector General found "strong evidence" of "race-based disparities" in an analysis of Chicago Police Department stops and use-of-force incidents. The inspector general's office announced in a news...

Veronica Alvarez, center, the mother of 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez, is comforted by supporters on April 27, 2021, after watching video of her son's fatal shooting.

Chicago police still wrapping up foot-pursuit policy in wake of lawsuit in one of two high-profile fatal shootings

February 25, 2022 at 7:50 p.m.

Friday closed out one of the last chapters of a nearly 10-month process to finalize the Chicago Police Department's foot-pursuit policy after multiple public comment sessions, coming the same week...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot says ‘zero evidence’ high-ranking CPD cop knew her vehicle was taken before man’s drug arrest

February 24, 2022 at 8:42 a.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday weighed in on events that allegedly involved a car belonging to the Chicago Police Department's chief of internal affairs involved in a drug arrest. A...

Attorney Andrew Stroth speaks Feb. 22, 2022, during a news conference at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law about the death of Irene Chavez.

‘There was no care there.’ Family files lawsuit against city and police officers after woman’s apparent suicide in lockup.

February 22, 2022 at 7:11 p.m.

Irene Chavez stood handcuffed, wearing a Green Bay Packers beanie, outside a South Shore gay bar in December. She had been kicked out for being too drunk and punching a...

A man has been charged with stalking Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, shown in 2021.

Man accused of stalking Mayor Lori Lightfoot was angry over traffic tickets, prosecutors say, as he’s ordered held without bond

February 17, 2022 at 5:58 p.m.

A man accused of stalking Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been ordered held without bail. Joseph Igartua, 37, was charged with three felony counts of stalking and another for reckless...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot attends a press conference at City Hall after a proposal for Chicago Public Schools to resume in-person classes Wednesday was approved by the Chicago Teachers Union's House of Delegates Monday Jan. 10, 2022 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Un sujeto fue arrestado y acusado de acosar a la alcaldesa de Chicago, Lori Lightfoot

February 17, 2022 at 12:05 p.m.

Un hombre fue detenido por delitos graves en relación a acusaciones de que acosó a la alcaldesa de Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, dijeron autoridades y fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto. Joseph...

A photo of Irene Chavez, 33, as her family remembered her on Dec. 27, 2021.

‘This isn’t funny!’ shouts woman in police lockup moments before found unconscious: COPA reports, video released after in-custody death

February 16, 2022 at 7:03 p.m.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability released officers' body-camera footage and reports Wednesday afternoon detailing the in-custody death of 33-year-old Irene Chavez, who died at a hospital after attempting suicide...

Charged with possessing automatic weapons found after deadly 2021 shootout, man is ordered held without bond

February 11, 2022 at 7:49 p.m.

A man charged with possessing guns in connection with a fatal daylight shootout in the Austin neighborhood last year was ordered held without bond Friday. DNA evidence linked Thomas Dean,...

Officers work the scene where Michael Brown, 15, was fatally shot in the 3300 block of South Prairie Avenue on Feb. 8, 2022, in Chicago.

16-year-old on electronic monitoring fatally shot 15-year-old once in the head, then 9 more times after he collapsed on South Side street, prosecutors say

February 10, 2022 at 9:36 p.m.

A 16-year-old boy is accused of carjacking a Lyft driver then driving the stolen car to the scene where he fatally shot a 15-year-old walking home from school, prosecutors said...

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