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Chicago police Cmdr. Glenn Evans, shown leaving a court hearing on Oct. 20, 2014, faces two counts of aggravated battery and seven counts of official misconduct.

Chicago police commander goes on trial today on charges he assaulted suspect

May 22, 2019 at 9:03 p.m.

The highest-ranking Chicago police official to go on trial in years is set to defend himself Tuesday against sensational charges that he assaulted a suspect with his gun while on...

No charges for Chicago cop in Ronald Johnson shooting death; lawyer blasts decision

May 25, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

The scene on the grainy police dash-cam video unfolds in just seconds. Responding to a call of shots fired, Chicago police Officer George Hernandez jumps out of his unmarked squad...

Cop in Laquan McDonald shooting freed from jail after posting bond

August 18, 2019 at 1:34 p.m.

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke walked out of Cook County Jail surrounded by supporters Monday night as he pushed through a media throng after his father posted a $150,000...

Chicago police Cmdr. Glenn Evans leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Oct. 20,2014.

Prosecutors: Alleged victim of cop assault unable to identify him

May 22, 2019 at 9:01 p.m.

The alleged victim of an assault by Chicago police Cmdr. Glenn Evans was unable to identify Evans in a photo array conducted by authorities not long after the incident, Cook...

The family of Tyshawn Lee gathers at Haven of Rest Church in the South Chicago neighborhood for Lee's visitation, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015.

Tyshawn on swing when gangbangers out for revenge targeted him: prosecutors

August 18, 2019 at 1:34 p.m.

On the way to his grandmother's South Side home, 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee stopped at a nearby park to play on a swing set, setting his beloved basketball down nearby. But...

Poet Malcolm London, 20, spends time with a photographer at the Young Chicago Authors headquarters July 11, 2013.

Charges dropped against protest leader accused of striking cop during Loop march

May 22, 2019 at 9:00 p.m.

An aspiring Chicago poet and community activist walked out of a Cook County courthouse Wednesday to hugs and cheers from dozens of supporters after prosecutors in a surprise move dropped...

Shooting video latest stain on Chicago’s policing record

May 22, 2019 at 9:00 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday released a 2014 video of an African-American teen being fatally shot by a white police officer just hours after authorities charged the veteran cop with...

Chicago police monitor a prayer vigil in front of the Chicago Police Department headquarters in memory of Laquan McDonald and to call for a federal investigation into the case, Nov. 30, 2015.

Chicago releases dash-cam video of fatal shooting after cop charged with murder

August 18, 2019 at 1:33 p.m.

Hours after a Chicago police officer was ordered held without bond on a first-degree murder charge, the city released a shocking police dash-cam video that captured the white officer opening...

Chicago police Officer Del Pearson, shown with Superintendent Garry McCarthy on Oct. 21, 2014, was shot in the line of duty in 2012.

Recordings in Officer Del Pearson case played in motion to toss police search

May 22, 2019 at 8:59 p.m.

Three secretly made recordings that cost an experienced Cook County prosecutor his job and could jeopardize a high-profile attempted murder case were played in court for the first time Friday....

Stuffed animals, flowers, and cards surround a tree Nov. 14, 2015, in the grassy area where prosecutors say Mubashra Uddin, 19, dropped her newborn girl from an eighth-floor apartment window late Nov. 11, 2015. The baby was killed. The incident occured in the 800 block of West Eastwood Avenue in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood.

Teen accused of dropping her baby out window raised in strict home

May 22, 2019 at 8:59 p.m.

Mubashra Uddin met her first boyfriend, a fellow student at Uplift Community High School in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, not long after she turned 13, according to family and friends. But...

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