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Chicago-area police neighborhoods threatened with violence on social media
Northern Chicago communities are threatened with pillaging, looting and burning on social media
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From South Cook News
Ex-convict Amber Peltzer of Lansing arrested as George Floyd protests turn violent
A south suburban woman faces federal gun charges after being nabbed near the scene where looting broke out in the middle of a George Floyd protest march.
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In Chicago, gunfire claims more young lives than COVID-19 over Memorial Day weekend
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order did little to slow the violence on Chicago streets during the first summer holiday of 2020, as the Cook County Medical Examiner reports there were more deaths by homicide of individuals younger than 50 than there were COVID-19 related deaths over the same period.
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Chicago crime rate drops as shootings, murder increase
The overall crime rate in the city dropped about 4% in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2019.
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Death rate isn't dropping in Chicago because of COVID-19 -- no matter what Facebook says
Despite what is being posted on Facebook, Chicago's death rate did not go down because of COVID-19.
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Chicago FOP claims two officers unfairly dismissed for 2016 shooting
Chicago’s police union said that two officers dismissed last week by a disciplinary board is unfair as a July 2016 South Shore was “completely justified.”
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Chicago Police union president to be decided in runoff election
No candidate in the March 5 election for president of the Chicago Police union, FOP Lodge 7, received more than 50 percent of the needed votes, sending it into a runoff.
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Chicago FOP looking for its own exoneration in federal wrongful conviction trial
The Chicago Police union is closely following a civil trial in federal court brought by a Chicago man, Stanley Wrice, who spent 31 years in prison for his alleged part in a rape and torture.
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Judge rules former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge's supervisory position not relevant in civil action
A federal judge has ruled that former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge’s supervisory position is irrelevant in a civil action brought by a man convicted in the rape and torture of a Chicago woman in 1982.
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Chicago police union calls on Kim Foxx to denounce the anti-police rhetoric in wake of body-slamming incident
The Chicago police union is asking Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to condemn statements directed at police after last week’s body-slamming of Bernard Kersh, who spit in an officer’s face and resisted arrest, was caught on video.
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State Rep. Curtis Tarver arrested for carrying a weapon with a revoked license
State Rep. Curtis Tarver II (D-Chicago) was arrested Monday night in the Woodlawn section of Chicago and charged with carrying a weapon with an invalid concealed carry license (CCL), according to Chicago police.
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Trump attacks Chicago police superintendent Johnson's 'values' over sanctuary city support
President Donald Trump and Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson did a bit of sparring this week with Trump criticizing Johnson for his sanctuary city support and Johnson saying that he's getting things right.
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Chicago shoplifting on the rise as prosecutors are mandated to back off
Chicago Police Department data points to a dizzying trend in which robberies are not only up across the city in recent years but the thefts are also taking place at some of the city’s busiest intersections.
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Chicago’s police union rips city Inspector General Joe Ferguson
Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson isn’t finished making enemies within the Chicago Police Department.
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Police Sgt. Ammie Kessem announces bid for 41st Ward Republican Committeeman seat
Ammie Kessem, a longtime resident of the Northwest Side, has launched her campaign for 41st Ward Republican Committeeman.
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Tribune’s Hinkel, other reporters caught up in anti-police movement
A local writer skewered Chicago Tribune reporter Dan Hinkel for his coverage of Chicago Police officer Robert Rialmo, who the Chicago Police Board recently investigated over a 2015 shooting death of a bat-wielding 19-year-old man, and, the accidental shooting and killing of the man’s neighbor.
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Chicago FOP demands U.S. Attorney investigate new findings that show consent decree based on manufactured evidence
The union representing the Chicago Police is demanding that the Department of Justice consider new findings that the Obama Administration relied on manufactured evidence in an investigation of the CPD that led to a consent decree. The consent decree, a court order that forces the overhaul of the department’s policies and practices, went into effect in March of this year.
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Former Gov. Pat Quinn, New Yorker journalist fighting depositions in Tyrone Hood wrongful conviction case
A journalist with The New Yorker magazine and former Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn are fighting efforts to depose them in a federal wrongful conviction lawsuit brought by Tyrone Hood, convicted of a 1993 murder and then set free in 2015 soon after Quinn commuted his sentence, court records show.
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Chicago FOP encouraged by city’s motion to dismiss civil action in 25-year-old murder case
A spokesman for Chicago’s police union say they are delighted with a motion filed Aug. 9 in federal court that asks for the dismissal of a civil action against the city of Chicago for wrongful convictions in a 25-year-old murder case.
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Chicago police union calls Lightfoot's 'clown' comments 'misguided and dangerous'
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s comments yesterday directed at FOP vice president Patrick Murray were “misguided and dangerous things to say to a 30-year veteran police officer and FOP representative, particularly at a time when the city is facing such chronic violent crime,” Chicago’s police union said in a statement.