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Two Chicago cops face firing decade after off-duty beating captured on video

June 13, 2018 at 6:21 a.m.

Sunrise was just two hours away, but when his pregnant fiancee was hit with hunger pangs, Obed "OJ" DeLeon dutifully drove to a nearby Northwest Side taco spot to pick...

Chicago activist Ja'Mal Green leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Aug. 23, 2016.

Activist pleads not guilty to charges he assaulted police at rallies

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

A Chicago activist pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he assaulted officers during protests last month over police shootings. Ja'Mal Green, 21, made his first court appearance before Judge Charles...

Man accused of shooting at police denied bail during profanity-laced hearing

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

A Far South Side man charged with shooting at a Chicago police officer Monday protested that the cop shot at him first and yelled "I should've smoked his a--" during...

Chicago activist Ja'Mal Green, second from left, arrives to be arraigned Aug. 23, 2016, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on charges he assaulted police officials during downtown protests of fatal shootings by Chicago police.

Activist accused of assaulting cops wants judge switch

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

Lawyers for a Chicago activist arrested last month on charges he physically assaulted officers during protests of fatal police shootings quickly moved Tuesday to switch judges after his case was...

Chicago rapper Lil Durk speaks during an interview in downtown Chicago Wednesday, May 27, 2015.

Judge clears rapper Lil Durk of violation, and prosecutors drop gun charges

May 22, 2019 at 10:21 p.m.

A Cook County judge cleared Chicago rapper Lil Durk on Friday of violating probation with his arrest on a gun charge, leading prosecutors to drop those charges. Lil Durk, who...

Jason Van Dyke, with his father, Owen, by his side, attends a hearing at Leighton Criminal Court Building on Aug. 18, 2016.

Cop’s lawyer asks prosecutors to identify which shots killed Laquan McDonald

May 22, 2019 at 10:21 p.m.

The lawyer for the Chicago police officer charged with fatally shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald fired his first legal salvo at the prosecution case, asking Cook County prosecutors Thursday to specify...

Activist Ja'Mal Green, left, and attorney Michael Oppenheimer talk to the media at 73rd Street and Merrill Avenue in Chicago on Aug. 1, 2016, after the police-involved shooting death of Paul O'Neal near that location.

Activist Ja’Mal Green indicted on charges he assaulted police during July protest

May 22, 2019 at 10:19 p.m.

A Chicago activist arrested last month during downtown protests of fatal shootings by police has been indicted on charges that he physically assaulted officers. Ja'Mal Green, 20, was surrounded by...

Group dislikes 2nd special prosecutor in Laquan McDonald shooting

May 22, 2019 at 10:16 p.m.

Lawyers for a coalition that sought a special prosecutor in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by a Chicago police officer reacted with dismay at the appointment Thursday of...

Businessman acquitted in attack on longtime judge in Daley Plaza

May 22, 2019 at 10:16 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Wednesday acquitted a North Side businessman of slapping and spitting on a longtime African-American jurist, saying he didn't believe felony charges would ever have been...

Ex-judge named to probe conduct of Chicago cops after Laquan McDonald shooting

May 23, 2019 at 7:57 p.m.

A former Cook County judge was appointed special prosecutor Friday to investigate whether numerous Chicago police officers at the scene of the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald covered up wrongdoing...

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