It has been exactly six years since heavily armed Chicago police officers broke through Anjanette Young's front door and raided her apartment by mistake. On Friday, in memory of that botched raid, she continued to fight for search warrant reforms at the Chicago Police Department. ...
The students called on the universities to divest from companies doing business with Israel or manufacturing weapons. UChicago protesters also want more money allocated to education and housing on the South Side. UChicago police department officers were present at the event, and did not intervene i...
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In addition, the amendment provides for immediate towing and extends enforcement power beyond police officers to traffic aides and other individuals designated by the Traffic Compliance Administrator, Commissioner of Transportation, or the Commissioner of Streets and Sanitation. ...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Two Chicago police officers were shot late Saturday and taken to a hospital for treatment, authorities said.
Officers responded to a Shotspotter alert in the 2000 block of West 52nd Street in theBack of the Yardsneighborhood at 9:18 p.m. and found several victims with gunshot wounds. A witness told police that they saw a black sedan pull up and someone inside fired multiple shots into the crowd...
More than two dozen officers and detectives spent two weeks investigating Smollett’s claims, with the police department forced to pay for 1,836 overtime hours, the filing says. The city’s resolve to take Smollett to civil court follows a surprising decision by prosecutors in March todrop all...