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Georgia Utendhal comforts one of her granddaughters, whose 16-year-old brother was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer in the 8700 block of South Morgan Street in Chicago on July 5, 2014.

92 deaths, 2,623 bullets: Tracking every Chicago police shooting over 6 years

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

Every five days, on average, a Chicago police officer fired a gun at someone. In 435 shootings over a recent six-year span, officers killed 92 people and wounded 170 others....

Illinois lawyer disciplinary panel seeks to punish former city attorney

May 22, 2019 at 10:14 p.m.

The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission has begun disciplinary proceedings against a former city of Chicago lawyer accused of concealing evidence in a fatal police shooting case. The commission...

Two Chicago police shootings into vehicles ruled unjustified by oversight agency

May 22, 2019 at 10:13 p.m.

Chicago's police oversight agency on Thursday ruled two shootings unjustified amid the ongoing controversy over how officers use force against residents and how those incidents are investigated. In both cases,...

Jimmie Lewis says an off-duty Chicago police officer pulled a gun on him after a confrontation in 2013. IPRA records say the officer's "overall account of the incident is conflicting, non-credible and inconsistent."

Broken police oversight system rarely punishes cops

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

With his pledge to overhaul the city's police oversight system, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has vowed to create something unprecedented in Chicago history: an agency that aggressively investigates abuse allegations and...

Judge threatens city of Chicago over failure to turn over documents

May 22, 2019 at 10:06 p.m.

A federal judge said Thursday that sanctions against the city of Chicago could be in order after its attorneys failed to disclose that a police officer being sued for using...

Irene Dymkar, a Chicago attorney who represented Jonathan Hadnott in his civil rights lawsuit against the city.

City Hall often fights to keep files secret in police abuse suits

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration routinely fights turning over information in federal civil rights lawsuits against Chicago police officers, often leaving a judge to step in and order the city to...

Breaking down the lawsuits

June 11, 2018 at 10:39 p.m.

A Tribune analysis of 445 police-related lawsuits during Mayor Rahm Emanuel's tenure found the city resisted the plaintiffs' requests for potential evidence in 109 cases. In 83 of those cases...

Steven Halami speaks about a complaint filed against a Chicago police officer who chased him and chemical-sprayed him.

In oversight of Chicago police, IPRA gives victims false sense of justice

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

The day after he said he was roughed up by two Chicago police officers, John Fonder went straight to the city's police oversight agency to lodge a complaint. His right...

Workers prepare to replace older water mains in the 5100 block of West Roscoe Street on Feb. 2, 2016.

Water testing finds high lead levels in communities across Illinois

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

Alarmed by chronic problems with lead-contaminated water in downstate Galesburg, federal officials are urging local officials to provide bottled water or filters to residents where testing at household taps found...

Lead levels in Illinois water systems

June 10, 2018 at 4:44 p.m.

Because of the health risks posed by lead contamination, the federal government requires water systems across the country to test samples from household taps for the toxic metal. Most water...

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