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3,244 White Hispanic individuals arrested in Chicago during Q1

White Hispanic arrests made up 24.6% of the 13,208 arrests registered in Chicago during the first quarter of 2025.

By Chicago City Wire | Apr 19, 2025

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How many Black individuals were arrested in Chicago during Q1?

Black arrests made up 62.6% of the 13,208 arrests registered in Chicago during the first quarter of 2025.

By Chicago City Wire | Apr 18, 2025

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Chicago Contrarian on Latin Kings gang ambush: 'Will Chicago's Mayor do something to protect our police?'

By Chicago City Wire | Apr 10, 2025

Chicago Contrarian, an account on the social media platform X that offers commentary on Chicago affairs, recently described an attack on police officers by the Latin Kings gang as an "ambush."

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Chicago Police investigate alleged patrol vehicle 'ambush' by Latin Kings gang members

By Chicago City Wire reports | Apr 8, 2025

Four members of the Latin Kings gang are said to be behind bars following an ambush attempt on a Chicago Police Department (CPD) vehicle, while authorities continue to search for one more suspect, according to a source familiar with the incident.

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Allegations in Weston wrongful conviction suit 'fails to carry the burden of proof'

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 7, 2025

Detective defendants and the city of Chicago are asking a federal judge to dismiss

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Eyewitness to the murder 'never recanted his testimony' against Jose Cruz

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 7, 2025

Lawyers for Jose Cruz, convicted of a 1993 gang murder but freed by former Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx,

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Former prosecutor: Lawyers for Kim Foxx exonerees are on 'fishing expedition' in wrongful conviction lawsuit

By W.J. Kennedy | Mar 24, 2025

Lawyers battling in the wrongful conviction lawsuits of two brothers convicted of the 1994 murder of a 10-year-boy on the South Side continue to dicker over the expanse of files to be included in the discovery phase of claims that the brothers’ constitutional rights were violated in their arrest and prosecution.

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Former State's Attorney Kim Foxx's legacy lives on with $120 million wrongful conviction lawsuit payout

By W.J. Kennedy | Mar 24, 2025

A federal judge awarded the largest wrongful conviction settlement in the nation at $120 million to John Fulton and Anthony Mitchell for the 2003 murder of 18-year-old Christopher Collazo. Each had spent 16 years in prison until a judge threw out their convictions on their claims of police misconduct, with former Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx then dropping all charges – as she had done in dozens of other cases over her eight years running the office.

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ICE deports Sierra Leonean with ties to terrorist groups 17 years after arrest

By W.J. Kennedy | Mar 14, 2025

U.S. Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE) has deported an illegal immigrant

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Chicago remains nation's murder capital as the 'criminal industrial complex' churns on

By W.J. Kennedy | Mar 14, 2025

Murder rates in Chicago over 2024 show that the Windy City has kept its crown as the murder capital of the nation, according to a Wirepoints study that compared Chicago’s murder rates against those of 74 other large American cities.

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Disciplinary complaint likely against Loevy & Loevy attorney in criminal case against two former prosecutors

By W.J. Kennedy | Mar 11, 2025

A Lake County judge who in February acquitted two former assistant state’s attorneys

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'Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime' nearly pulled off in case against former prosecutors Trutenko and Horvat

By W.J. Kennedy | Mar 11, 2025

A little noticed, but enormously consequential, acquittal verdict in a criminal case against two former Cook County Assistant State’s Attorneys (ASAs) might have spared prosecutors everywhere from being targeted with trumped-up criminal charges based on unsubstantiated allegations of misconduct

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No word from Burke’s office on whether it will retry an exonerated Alexander Villa for murder of off-duty police officer

By W.J. Kennedy | Mar 5, 2025

Alexander Villa, convicted of the 2011 murder of off-duty police officer Clifton Lewis, has filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming his 2019 conviction was the result of a scheme by prosecutors and police to manufacturer evidence against him.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will have a lot of explaining to do when he appears before the U.S. House Oversight Committee in Washington D.C. in March

By W.J. Kennedy | Feb 18, 2025

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has been steadfast in his defense

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City Council committee bails on payout to the family of Dexter Reed

By W.J. Kennedy | Feb 14, 2025

On Monday, Chicago City Council’s Finance Committee abruptly canceled a vote to approve a $1.25 million payout to the family of Dexter Reed, the 26-year-old shot dead by police last March in Humboldt Park.

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Federal judge orders police defendant in Jose Cruz wrongful conviction case to provide sample handwriting

By W.J. Kennedy | Feb 10, 2025

A federal judge has ordered one of the police defendants named in the wrongful conviction lawsuit of Jose Cruz, convicted of a 1993 murder, to provide a handwriting sample for an analysis by an expert chosen by Cruz’s legal team.

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Convicted murderer withdraws some claims against Chicago detectives, prosecutors in wrongful conviction suit

By W.J. Kennedy | Feb 7, 2025

Exonerated murderer Nevest Coleman has backtracked on some of his claims against Chicago detectives in his wrongful conviction suit in federal court, a move one legal analyst called “very good” for Chicago police who have been named in dozens of questionable wrongful conviction suits over the past 10 years.

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Suspect in Norwood Park murder could have been in federal custody, but for the city’s sanctuary law

By W.J. Kennedy | Feb 6, 2025

Absent a sanctuary law in Chicago, the Ecuadorian national charged in the Jan. 26 murder of Norwood Park resident George Levin would likely have been in federal custody at the time of the murder.

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Vicente Torres-Vasquez should have big target on his back for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

By W.J. Kennedy | Feb 6, 2025

Vicente Torres-Vasquez’s criminal past should place him high on the list for deportation back to his native Mexico under the Trump administration’s immigration directives to deport those who are a threat to the public.

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City’s sanctuary law puts unnecessary strain on investigation into Norwood Park murder

By W.J. Kennedy | Feb 5, 2025

If the Chicago police were permitted to cooperate with federal immigration agents, they could turn two illegals, a Venezuelan and Ecuadorian, they are questioning in the Jan. 26 murder of a Norwood Park man over for detention while they gather more evidence in the case.