Garry McCarthy

Problem Solver: 2 Chicago police officers not guilty in Ticketgate

Someone wrote a series of bogus parking tickets to Mark Geinosky, but it was not Chicago police officers Paul Roque or Horst Hegewald, the Chicago Police Board has ruled. In a 25-page decision posted Tuesday afternoon, the board found the officers not...

Tags: Police Investigations, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Police Department, Laws, Jon Yates

Archives: Rick Kogan on the Earl of Old Town

Chicago Tribune reporter

The Earl of Old Town was a saloon at 1615 N. Wells St. that closed more than three decades ago but, like a song that you can't get out of your head, it remains alive today. Long after the Earl had become a pleasant bar named the Last Call (it is now...

Tags: Entertainment, Ernie Banks, Celebrities, Bars and Clubs, The Second City

Chicago cop under scrutiny for 3 shootings, 2 of them fatal

In the video, Flint Farmer was lying on the grass between the curb and the sidewalk. It was shortly before 2 a.m. on a June morning in the West Englewood neighborhood, and Farmer had been shot by a Chicago police officer. Then, according to the video, the...

Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Englewood, Behavioral Conditions, Police Investigations, West Englewood

Slain police officer eulogized as 'gentle giant,' protector

Tribune reporter

Chicago police marched in step, their feet clicking in a solemn rhythm, as residents lined West Side curbs and dignitaries streamed into a Baptist church Thursday to celebrate the life of Officer Clifton Lewis, who was gunned down just five miles away one...

Tags: Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Religion and Belief, Rahm Emanuel, Human Interest, Chicago Mayor

Families remember fallen Chicago police officers

Tribune reporter

Dressed in a police uniform, Adam Sanchez, 9, wept Sunday as he held a photograph of his uncle – a Chicago Police Department officer who died in the line of duty nearly three years ago. The boy came to Gold Star Families Memorial and Park to...

Tags: Heart Attack, Englewood, Chicago Police Department, Human Interest, Chicago

City moves NATO protest from Daley Plaza

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration pulled the plug Tuesday on the only NATO protest planned for a workday in the Loop business district, revoking permission for a May 18 Daley Plaza rally barely a week before world leaders are to arrive in Chicago....

Tags: Michigan Avenue, Chicago Blackhawks, Entertainment, Nursing, Health

Busloads of protesters expected in Chicago Friday

Sixteen busloads of out-of-town protesters are expected to arrive in Chicago on Thursday from Portland, Wa., and Los Angeles. The first organized busload of protesters arrived in the city on Thursday from New York. The demonstrators described...

Tags: Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois), Politics, McCormick Place, NATO, Activism

Police union files grievance about overtime pay

Tribune reporter

The union that represents rank-and-file Chicago police officers has filed a grievance over the department’s plans to pay overtime to thousands of cops who work this weekend for the NATO summit, saying by contract that officers should also be given...

Tags: Chicago Police Department, NATO Summit

Lawyers for NATO protesters allege improper arrests

Tribune reporters

Officers wearing Chicago Police uniforms raided an apartment in Bridgeport late Wednesday and detained at least eight activists without justification, lawyers working on behalf of NATO protesters alleged today. Police refused to provide any details about...

Tags: Chicago Police Department, NATO, Activism, Bridgeport (Chicago, Illinois), NATO Summit

NATO protesters released from jail

WGN News

A 36-year-old man from Philadelphia said he and eight others were arrested and detained late Wednesday night after a Chicago police raid at an apartment near 32nd and Morgan. Darrin Annussek is in town this weekend to participate in the NATO protests. He...

Tags: Chicago Tribune, NATO, International Organizations

Tags: Asif Ali Zardari, Chicago Police Department, Anita Alvarez, NATO, BP Plc

NATO protesters descend on Emanuel's home

WGN News

The NATO summit is an international affair, but several hundred protesters brought their message up close and personal --  right to Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel door. Many of the protesters were rallying against cuts to mental health care. The...

Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Rahm Emanuel, Health, Politics, Ravenswood