Rosemary Sobol

COPA: Chicago cop should be relieved of powers after allegedly using gay slur in George Floyd protest video posted to social media

June 10, 2020 at 7:13 p.m.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Wednesday recommended a Chicago police officer allegedly heard on video using a gay slur during a confrontation with protesters be relieved of his...

Man, 26, who died after being pushed in front of Red Line train at 87th Street station identified

May 29, 2020 at 10:49 p.m.

A man who died after he was pushed in front of a Red Line train at the 87th Street station early Friday has been identified, according to officials. Joseph R....

Kaidence Lasenby plays with a doll at home in Chicago on May 28, 2020. She was given the dolls as a present after she was shot and wounded while playing with four other girls two days earlier in the 200 block of West Pershing Road in Chicago.

‘Can you please get them?’ 5-year-old girl asks Chicago cops after getting shot in the leg. ‘We got you,’ they promise

May 29, 2020 at 8:49 a.m.

Tiana Lasenby kept an eye on the teenage boys across the street as her 5-year-old daughter and four friends played in front of her home. "Move closer to me,'' she...

Two teens charged after they allegedly stole an SUV and struck a man riding a Divvy bike in West Town

May 29, 2020 at 11:03 a.m.

Two teens have been charged after they stole an SUV and later struck a man riding a Divvy bike, throwing him onto the hood of another car in West Town,...

Divvy biker thrown onto car after stolen SUV with 16-year-old behind the wheel plows into him in West Town

May 27, 2020 at 9:34 p.m.

A 16-year-old boy was behind the wheel of a speeding stolen sport utility vehicle when it slammed into a Divvy bicyclist, hurling him onto the hood of another car on...

Family distraught after officials say Cook County Jail detainee died by suicide

May 23, 2020 at 4:38 p.m.

A Cook County Jail inmate was found dead in his cell died by suicide, and his family is struggling to understand the tragedy. Jail staffers performing a security check Thursday...

CPD Superintendent David Brown talks about the city's all-hands-on-deck public safety strategy in preparation for Memorial Day weekend at Olive Park on May 22, 2020.

Chicago’s top cop announces a ‘summer operations center’ in time for long holiday weekend and the expected spike in violence

May 22, 2020 at 4:36 p.m.

Facing his first long holiday weekend in Chicago and the usual spike in violence, police Superintendent David Brown on Friday announced the launch of a "summer operations center" to reduce...

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