Video appears to contradict charge of battery against a Cook County jail guard
In an Oct. 25 scuffle, a sergeant claimed that a detainee in a wheelchair tried to break his wrist using handcuffs. Body cam videos don’t back that up.
Patrick Smith
Reporter, Criminal Justice
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Kim Foxx will not run for reelection
As Cook County State’s Attorney, Foxx has faced intense scrutiny. WBEZ’s Patrick Smith analyzes her decision to step down.
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Chicago progressives weigh in on Kim Foxx’s legacy
Cook County’s top prosecutor, part of a national wave of progressives, announced on Tuesday she won’t seek re-election.
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This father finally has a safe home for his children. It all came from his arrest on gun charges.
After Luis Gonzalez’s arrest, a new housing program helped him move his family to a safe neighborhood. Now he says he doesn’t need a gun.
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Five things Chicago could do to prevent downtown mayhem
Public safety experts and youth advocates pitched ideas ranging from paid peacekeepers to improved transportation.
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Five of Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson’s public safety promises — and obstacles
He’s vowed to add 200 detectives, shut off ShotSpotter, expand crisis teams, create trauma centers and beef up domestic violence efforts.
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You Didn’t See Nothin’ looks at media coverage of 1997 Chicago hate crime
When Lenard Clark was 13, he was brutally beaten by three white teenagers on the city’s South Side for being Black in a white neighborhood.
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Solutions to Chicago gun violence that go beyond policing
A big push for increased violence prevention has been growing in Chicago after a 2016 spike in shootings.
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Chicago’s next mayor needs to change this police PR strategy
For years Chicago Police leaders have restricted media access to the rank and file. That has hurt public understanding and empathy for cops.
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How a gun violence spike in 2016 created a movement of Chicagoans that is still building
Over the last six years, support for community-based violence prevention has swelled in Chicago. It started with a “really shocking and enormous” increase in shootings.
