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Judge sets $1.5 million Bail for Chicago Officer in Murder Trial

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.

November 30, 2015

Technology

More Chicago Police Officers to Wear Body Cameras

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy announced Sunday that police officers will wear body cameras in six additional police districts by mid-2016

November 30, 2015

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Activists Protest Police in Downtown Chicago Shopping Zone on Black Friday

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.

November 27, 2015

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Chicago Braces for More Protests Over Graphic Video

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.

November 25, 2015

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Chicago Officer Charged With Murder for 2014 Shooting of Teen

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.

November 24, 2015

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Judge Orders Release of Controversial Chicago Police Shooting

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.

November 19, 2015

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Chicago Police: 9-Year-Old Boy Lured into Alley and Murdered Because of Dad's Gang Affiliation

"Tyshawn Lee was murdered in probably the most abhorrent, cowardly, unfathomable crime that I've witnessed in 35 years of policing," Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy told reporters Thursday.

November 6, 2015

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Lawsuit Challenging Chicago PD Tattoo Policy Tossed Out

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by three Chicago police officers who challenged the Police Department's new policy requiring officers to cover up their tattoos.

October 30, 2015

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Video: Dozens of Protesters Arrested Outside of IACP Show in Chicago

Nineteen adult men and 47 adult women were arrested on misdemeanor charges of obstruction of traffic by a non-motorist, according to Chicago Police News Affairs.

October 25, 2015

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Dozens of Protesters Arrested Outside of IACP Show in Chicago

Nineteen adult men and 47 adult women were arrested on misdemeanor charges of obstruction of traffic by a non-motorist, according to Chicago Police News Affairs. More Here.

October 25, 2015

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Chicago Police Find $200K Worth of Drugs at Traffic Stop

Chicago police found more than $200,000 worth of heroin, cocaine, and marijuana after a traffic stop in the South Loop, police said.

October 16, 2015

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Union Balks at Chicago Mayor's Comment That Officers Are 'Fetal'

Chicago's police union is taking exception to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's description of Chicago officers as being "fetal" and not proactively policing because they're afraid of getting in trouble when citizens post YouTube videos of their interactions with the public.

October 13, 2015