Police Board fires cops for conduct seen on gang video

May. 11, 2013
The Chicago Police Board dismisses two officers for conduct captured on a 2011 recording.

Emanuel: ‘No threat to Chicago’

Apr. 16, 2013
Chicago officials deny threat to the city after Boston bombing. 

Police official: Congress Theater lied about serving alcohol

Mar. 27, 2013
Chicago Police Department Sgt. Joseph Giambrone claimed Congress Theater staffers failed to cooperate with police and were “untruthful” about serving alcohol on a night that left several underage patrons hospitalized. 

Police on overtime target 'hot zones'

Mar. 4, 2013
In a press conference Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said the historically low crime rate in February, was due in part to a new strategy that places additional police in “hot zones” across the city. 

Cops caught on gang video to defend themselves

Feb. 5, 2013
Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy wants the two officers dismissed and accuses them of unlawfully restraining a man in Logan Square.

Chicago police chief wants officers caught on gang video fired

Nov. 16, 2012
Footage spotted by WBEZ last year showed the two cops with a gang member after bringing him into rival turf. Their fate rests with the city’s Police Board.

Jury deliberations to begin at Abbate civil trial

Nov. 7, 2012
Jurors are set to begin deliberating at a potentially landmark federal civil trial focused on whether Chicago police adhere to a code of silence protecting fellow officers accused of wrongdoing.

Beggars sue, claiming police harassment

May. 24, 2012
A federal lawsuit has been filed on behalf of several panhandlers who allege Chicago police regularly chase them from a high-end stretch of Michigan Avenue.The lawsuit contends panhandling is protected speech under the First Amendment, but police systematically intimidate and threaten to arrest them

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