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Sunday, January 19, 2020

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Chicago police union, citing anti-police bias, petitions state labor board for arbitration in separation cases

Chicago’s police union says its members can’t get a fair shake from a disciplinary body, the Chicago Police Board (CPB), so it's petitioning the Illinois Labor Relations Board for the right for officers to select arbitration involving separation cases.

By W.J. Kennedy | Jan 16, 2020

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ISRA director agrees with gun rights advocate's blame of 'feral thugs' for Chicago murder spike

Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) Executive Director Richard Pearson placed a comment by longtime gun rights advocate David Codrea in the complimentary “I wish I had said that” category.

By W.J. Kennedy | Jan 3, 2020

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Chicago FOP joins aldermen in urging city council to reject payout in Godinez case

By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 23, 2019

The Chicago City Council on December 18 deferred a final vote on a proposed $1.2 million payout to the family of Heriberto Godinez, who died in 2015 while being arrested for burglary on the Southwest side.

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More fallout for top cop Johnson from scandal that cost him his shield?

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 20, 2019

As a cloud of controversy continues to hover over former Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson, the city's Republican Party Chairman Chris Cleveland argues that no one is asking the most obvious question.

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Emboldened by restorative justice, shoplifters in Chicago carry winter clothes from Marshall’s in plain sight of store employees

By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 18, 2019

Shoplifters have become so brazen in Chicago that a Facebook video posted recently by CWB Chicago shows four of thieves strolling out of a Marshall’s in Lincoln Park, their arms loaded with winter clothes. Store employees appear helpless to stop them.

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Good Samaritan who held would-be CTA robber will not be charged

By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 10, 2019

A spokesperson for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office said that no charges will be filed against an armed citizen who last week held a would-be Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) mugger at gunpoint until police arrived.

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Chicago police union calls on Kim Foxx to denounce the anti-police rhetoric in wake of body-slamming incident

By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 10, 2019

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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Rep. Tarver's arrest raises doubts about his ability to govern, activist says

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 4, 2019

Chicago Guns Matter president and co-founder Rhonda Ezell questions whether Illinois state Rep. Curtis Tarver (D-Chicago) is the right man for the job he holds, considering his recent misdemeanor charge​ of illegal possession of a firearm.

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Chicago shoplifting on the rise as prosecutors are mandated to back off

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 19, 2019

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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Political blogger says pension crisis partially to blame for Chicago's increase in retail thefts

By Kyla Asbury | Oct 19, 2019

A blogger and venture capitalist believes the pension crisis is partly to blame for Chicago's recent uptick in shoplifting.

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Group to play billboard-sized video denouncing sexual abuse at OSU before Buckeyes' game at Northwestern

By LGIS News Service | Oct 18, 2019

The Ohio State Accountability Project (OSAP) is setting up a mobile billboard outside of Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois prior to tonight's NCAA football game.

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Shoplifting up sharply under Kim Foxx’s restorative justice policies

By W.J. Kennedy | Oct 18, 2019

A spokesman for Chicago’s police union places the blame for a sharp increase in shoplifting over the last few years squarely on the shoulders of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx.

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Chicago’s police union rips city Inspector General Joe Ferguson

By W.J. Kennedy | Sep 12, 2019

Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson isn’t finished making enemies within the Chicago Police Department.

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Tribune’s Hinkel, other reporters caught up in anti-police movement

By W.J. Kennedy | Sep 9, 2019

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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Heartland Institute exec says gun offender website may not have desired effect

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 6, 2019

A Heartland Institute executive has concerns about the new Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) Gun Offender Dashboard website, he said in an interview.

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Policy analyst says debate over Chicago's Gun Offender Dashboard could bring attention to make difference

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 28, 2019

Amy Swearer sees the Chicago Police Department’s creation of the new Gun Offender Dashboard website as just another tool in the fight to curb all the gun violence that has plagued the city.

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Heartland Institute manager: Gun Offender Dashboard might not make much of a difference

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 28, 2019

Lennie Jarratt fears the new Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) Gun Offender Dashboard website could end up being a case of a well-intended plan having too many unintended consequences.

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ISRA president says criticism of Gun Offender Dashboard 'bit hypocritical'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 28, 2019

Illinois State Rifle Association Executive Director Richard Pearson reasons all the loud opposition to the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) creation of its new Gun Offender Dashboard website is to be expected.

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Chicago FOP demands U.S. Attorney investigate new findings that show consent decree based on manufactured evidence

By W.J. Kennedy | Aug 28, 2019

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

By W.J. Kennedy | Aug 23, 2019

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.