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Emanuel said he and McCarthy began discussing the future of the police department on Sunday. "This morning, I formally asked for his resignation," Emanuel said at a City Hall news conference where he appointed a task force to look at police accountability.
Read More →A Chicago police officer facing first-degree murder for fatally shooting a teen last year was released from county jail Monday evening, hours after a judge set bond at $1.5 million.
Read More →On one of the busiest U.S. retails days, thousands of people took to Chicago's most prestigious downtown shopping district on Friday to protest last year's shooting death of a black teenager by a white policeman and the city's handling of the case.
Read More →After a night of loud, angry protests but only five arrests, police and elected officials are bracing Wednesday for more possible backlash over the release of a dramatic video showing a Chicago police officer shooting at a teenager.
Read More →As Chicago prepared to make public a video from the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old by a city police officer, a state prosecutor charged the officer with first-degree murder on Tuesday.
Read More →Police have said McDonald was under the influence of PCP, and slashing the tires of several cars with a 4-inch folding knife, when he refused police officers’ orders to drop the weapon.
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