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Police watchdog agency sacks investigator accused of firing shots at car thieves on West Side

June 15, 2020 at 8:20 p.m.

An investigator with Chicago's police oversight investigative agency was fired Monday, a day after the Tribune reported that authorities were looking into allegations that he fired a gun at car...

Truck driver charged with pushing police officer who stopped him for driving toward crowd of protesters, authorities say

June 15, 2020 at 4:55 p.m.

The attorney for a Southwest Side truck driver accused of driving a semitrailer recklessly toward a crowd of protesters and shoving a high-ranking police officer to the ground over the...

$50K bail for 2 facing charges in dragging of Chicago police officer with stolen car

June 14, 2020 at 8:56 p.m.

Two men who were shot by Chicago police after allegedly trying to evade authorities and dragging an officer from a reportedly stolen vehicle as they drove off were each ordered...

Recent Hyde Park graduate Lanessa Young, 18, speaks to peace demonstrators at Hyde Park Academy before a planned march to the Grand Crossing District station.

Activists protest during virtual graduation to call for Chicago police to be removed from public schools

June 15, 2020 at 12:49 a.m.

As a host of dignitaries, including Oprah Winfrey, gave commencement speeches for graduating Chicago high school seniors Sunday afternoon, a group of at least 150 people gathered outside a South...

A stray bullet shattered a window pane at the Hyde Park Art Center, 1600 E. 50th St., according to Chicago police.

Stray bullet from shootout shatters window at Hyde Park Art Center

June 9, 2020 at 3:22 p.m.

A stray bullet shattered a window pane at the Hyde Park Art Center, 1600 E. 50th St., according to Chicago police. A stray bullet from a gun battle between two...

Officers investigate where Chicago police exchanged fire with an adult male, with an officer being struck in the vest, in the 500 block of North Leamington Avenue on June 8, 2020, in the South Austin neighborhood.

Bail denied for man accused of firing at Chicago cop, hitting his protective vest

June 9, 2020 at 2:49 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Tuesday denied bail for a man accused of firing at a Chicago police officer during a domestic disturbance, hitting the cop in his protective vest,...

Bail denied for suspect in deadly high-speed chase days after he was given $1 million bail

June 8, 2020 at 8:48 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Monday denied bail for the suspect in a deadly televised miles-long vehicle chase and carjacking days after another judge gave him a $1 million bail....

Judge refuses to release man accused of torching Chicago cop car while wearing Joker mask, saying he’s skipped other cases

June 8, 2020 at 5:25 p.m.

A man accused of setting fire to a Chicago police car while wearing a Joker mask will remain in federal custody, though the judge overseeing the case asked that prison...

Protesters carry a "Defund the Police" sign on West Division Street during the March of Justice from Union Park to Cabrini-Green on June 6, 2020, in Chicago to demand police accountability.

Two black women denounce Black Lives Matter protests in unusual confrontation in West Town

June 7, 2020 at 8:57 p.m.

The crowd outside Nini's Deli was starting to thin Sunday afternoon as Justin Starns watched his friend add more spray paint to the plywood boarding up the restaurant: "BLM," in...

Mia Wright, 25, who said she was pulled from a car by Chicago police at Brickyard Mall, speaks to the media on June 4, 2020, during a news conference in the mall's parking lot.

The criminal charges that have emerged in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death have run the gamut

June 6, 2020 at 2:59 p.m.

The situation in downtown Chicago was rapidly devolving last Saturday afternoon when a young man in a grinning "Joker" mask allegedly walked up to a police SUV, set it ablaze,...

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