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Chicago police Superintendent David Brown at a news conference to discuss the coming July Fourth weekend at police headquarters on July 1, 2021.

Under pressure from aldermen, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown stresses violence plan, turns to poetry

July 1, 2021 at 7:17 p.m.

Under new pressure from aldermen seeking to press him on his strategies to fight the city's crime problem, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown turned to a variation of a quote...

Northwest Side Ald. Nick Sposato talks before a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall in November 2019.

Move to civilian oversight of Chicago police stalls, with competing proposals from Lightfoot and grassroots groups both pulled before a committee vote

June 18, 2021 at 3:20 p.m.

Chicago's slow walk toward civilian oversight of the Police Department stalled Friday in an extraordinary City Council committee meeting that saw Mayor Lori Lightfoot withdraw her plan while a competing...

Wives of Chicago twins who cooperated against El Chapo arrested on money laundering charges

June 16, 2021 at 4:52 p.m.

The wives of Chicago twins Pedro and Margarito Flores, who cooperated against Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, were arrested Tuesday on money laundering charges alleging they helped hide...

A demonstrator burns an American flag during a march in the Loop on May 29, 2020, to draw attention to the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Chicago police sergeant alleges commander sent officers to the block his home sits on during last year’s unrest

June 14, 2021 at 6:42 p.m.

A Chicago police sergeant has filed a complaint with the city's inspector general alleging that during the early, tense days of last year's civil unrest, a commander assigned her and...

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.

As Chicago police launch new foot-pursuit policy, experts say specific rules, training will be keys to success

May 29, 2021 at 6:09 p.m.

Just shy of two months after the controversial fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by a police officer in a Little Village alley, the Chicago Police Department last week unveiled...

Elizabeth Arguelles arranges flowers at a makeshift memorial near the site where Adam Toledo was shot by police in the Little Village neighborhood on April 15, 2021.

Family of Adam Toledo speaks at mural painted in his honor, establishes youth retreat center in his name

May 26, 2021 at 8:13 p.m.

In the upper left corner of a large mural painted in Adam Toledo's memory at the intersection of Ogden and Lawndale avenues is a very sharp, black-and-white sketch. It's a...

FILE - In this Friday, March 20, 2020, file photo, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot listens to a question after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a shelter-in-place order to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus, during a news conference in Chicago. A protest and march against Lightfoot is scheduled for Thursday, May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

La alcaldesa Lori Lightfoot da a conocer el largamente esperado plan de supervisión civil de la policía y retiene en la alcaldía el poder para contratar y despedir a los superintendentes: ‘La responsabilidad es mía’

May 25, 2021 at 2:32 p.m.

La alcaldesa Lori Lightfoot dio a conocer el lunes su plan largamente esperado para la supervisión civil del Departamento de Policía de Chicago, diciendo que "la responsabilidad es mía" en...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot during a news conference in Chicago on May 24, 2021.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveils long-awaited civilian police oversight plan, retains power for hiring and firing superintendents with City Hall: ‘The buck stops with me’

May 24, 2021 at 6:40 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday unveiled her long-awaited plan for civilian oversight of the Chicago Police Department, saying "the buck stops with me" in an ordinance that would keep authority...

Public Safety Committee Chairman Ald. Chris Taliaferro, left, speaks with Mayor Lori Lightfoot before a news conference Dec. 21, 2020, about the errant police raid of Anjanette Young's home.

Chicago aldermen consider civilian police oversight plan while awaiting Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s alternative proposal

May 21, 2021 at 7:12 p.m.

As aldermen wait for Mayor Lori Lightfoot to finally unveil her own civilian police oversight plan, discussion Friday over a grassroots proposal she opposes presaged a likely knockdown, drag-out fight...

Details of Chicago police shooting of Anthony Alvarez released in medical examiner’s report

May 20, 2021 at 11:56 a.m.

Anthony Alvarez, 22, fatally shot in late March by a Chicago police officer, was struck twice, including once in the back, according to an autopsy report released Tuesday by the...

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