Deadline today for Chicago's top cop job

Apr. 11, 2011
Monday is the deadline to apply to be Chicago's top cop.The Chicago Police Board is looking to make the nationwide search for a new police superintendent a quick process. The Board will filter through the applications and bring three finalists to the top for the mayor to review.The new superint

Prosecutors to look at cops shown on video

Apr. 8, 2011
The Chicago Police Department is asking prosecutors to see if two officers shown in a video on the city’s Northwest Side ought to face criminal charges.

Cops from disbanded unit charged with civil rights violations

Apr. 7, 2011
Authorities say one current and three former Chicago police officers are charged with federal civil rights violations in a case that involves shaking down suspected drug dealers and others.A statement from the U.S.

In Libya, al-Beidi's story raises awareness of sexual violence under Qaddafi

Apr. 7, 2011
Libyan Iman al-Obeidi caught the world’s attention last month when she burst into a Tripoli hotel and told the international press she was detained and gang-raped by Qaddafi’s militiamen.

Combatting sexual assault on college campuses

Apr. 7, 2011
Monday, Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan reinforced the idea that federal civil rights law obliges schools to respond to allegations of sexual violence. The timing is right-April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Daley: Concealed carry would usurp local authority

Apr. 6, 2011
Mayor Richard Daley says state lawmakers would be usurping Chicago's authority if they pass a concealed carry law in Illinois.

Mexican officials furious over U.S. operation that allows guns across the border

Apr. 6, 2011
Mexico has long complained that drug gangs are terrorizing cities with high-powered weapons smuggled from the United States. But Mexican lawmakers are now up in arms over the recent revelation that the U.S.

Allegations of misconduct at CPD

Apr. 5, 2011
Chicago Police interim Superintendant Terry Hillard has had a rough few weeks. He’s had to deal with at least two public cases of police misconduct. The first was broken by WBEZ, after uncovering a video which appears to show police allowing the intimidation of a young man in their custody.

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