Articles filed under Chicago
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Union leader says cops were exhausted, used congressman's office to restJun 15, 2020 1:00 am - The president of the Fraternal Order of Police said Monday he has talked to all of the rank-and-file police officers who, as he put it, "guarded" U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush's ...
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Report: 75% of Chicago curfew violation arrestees were blackJun 14, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Black people made up 75% of those arrested in Chicago for alleged violations of a curfew imposed during demonstrations following George Floyd's death, acc...
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Chicago group seeks detained immigrants' release in pandemicJun 14, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Alfredo Chavez Garcia spent months agonizing about his health and the future of his six children while at a southern Illinois immigrant detention center w...
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Chicago creates online memorial for virus victimsJun 13, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An online memorial has been created to remember thousands of Chicagoans who have died after being infected with the coronavirus. Mayor Lori Lightfoot ann...
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Chicago suburb bans police tactics that restrict oxygenJun 13, 2020 7:00 am - HARVEY, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago mayor issued an executive order Saturday intended to prevent future deaths of suspects in police custody. The order from Harvey Ma...
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Chicago nearly triples per capita police spending since '64Jun 13, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Mayor Lori Lightfoot has rejected demands to defund the Chicago Police Department, arguing that neighborhoods want more police support. But an analysis sh...
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'Traumatized' family sues Chicago cops after search of homeJun 12, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A family has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Chicago police 'œneedlessly traumatized'ť a 4-year-old girl, her grandmother and an autistic uncle when...
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Chicago investigating officers 'lounging' during unrestJun 11, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - More than a dozen Chicago police officers and supervisors were captured on video 'œlounging'ť inside a burglarized congressional campaign office and even ...
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Psych evaluation ordered for man accused of threatening DuPage officialsJun 11, 2020 1:00 am - A psychiatric evaluation has been ordered for a Chicago man accused of threatening DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin repeatedly in phone calls and social media vid...
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Man dies after falling on electrified Chicago transit railJun 10, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - One man has died after falling onto an electrified third rail along Chicago Transit Authority tracks and authorities are investigating a body that was dis...