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Chicago police boss: 'We're doing better'
Tribune reporterChicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy on Monday touted the department's crime-fighting strategies in tamping down the city's murder rate since earlier this year when homicides skyrocketed. "This is not a zero-sum game. There has to be a...Tags: Murder, Crime, Law and Justice
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Chicago police confirm 'tragic number' of 500 homicides
Tribune reportersChicago reached “a tragic number” today, according to Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy: Its homicide total for the year hit 500, the highest annual total since 2008. The city's latest homicide occurred around 9 p.m. Thursday when...Tags: Gang Activity, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Murder, Shootings, Hospitals and Clinics
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Man shot dead before he can 'get out of the game'
Tribune reportersHours after he was fatally shot, a small, shallow collection of blood stained the ground in the Southwest Side alley where Federico Martinez was killed. As his neighbors and friends gathered around a small memorial commemorating the Gage Park man’s...Tags: Human Interest, Murder, Shootings, Africa
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Problem Solver: Ticketgate ends in settlement
Mark Geinosky may never know why he received 24 unwarranted parking tickets, but the former Orland Park resident finally has some closure in the case. Geinosky said Wednesday that he has reached a settlement to end his federal lawsuit against the city...
Tags: Police Investigations, Civil Laws, Judges, Laws, Justice System
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Top cop announces shake-up in command structure
Tribune reporterAs the Chicago Police Department tries to tamp down the city’s rise in homicides and shootings this year, Superintendent Garry McCarthy announced a shake-up in his command structure, moving seven commanders to different assignments. The changes...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Fuller Park, Chicago Police Department, Public Transportation, Murder
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McCarthy explains CPD shake up on WGN
WGN NEWSChicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy makes another round of serious changes to combat violence in the city. He has named seven new district commanders. "The district commander position is the single most important position in the job. We're... -
Preckwinkle blasts Emanuel, quickly backs off
Clout StreetCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday quickly backed off a public barb she tossed at Mayor Rahm Emanuel for his crime-fighting strategy, marking the second time in a little more than three months she has toned down off-the-cuff remarks....Tags: Cook County Board of Commissioners, Ronald Reagan, Police Arrests, Cook County Government, Chicago Mayor
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Seized guns on display weren't from 2013
Tribune reportersChicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy held a news conference Monday where his department “put on display several of the firearms seized … during the first two weeks of 2013,” according to a police news release. But that wasn’t...Tags: Inventories
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And the 2012 Silver medal for prophecy goes to ...
One year ago, I didn't predict that a book about predictions, "The Signal and the Noise," would be one of the top-selling nonfiction titles of 2012 or that its author, former Chicagoan Nate Silver, would become a cultural icon whose name is synonymous...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, NATO Summit, Strikes, Parties and Movements, Amazon Kindle
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Cops: Gang member killed, another seriously wounded at funeral
Tribune reportersShots rang out, causing panic and chaos as hundreds of mourners were leaving a Catholic church on the South Side following funeral services Monday for a slain reputed gang member. As people scattered for exits, a woman knocked Deborah Echols-Moore, 59,...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Religion and Belief, Criminals, Al Capone, Murder
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Supreme Court rejects plea to ban taping of police in Illinois
Tribune reporterThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal of a controversial Illinois law prohibiting people from recording police officers on the job. By passing on the issue, the justices left in place a federal appeals court ruling that found...Tags: Laws, Trials, Human Rights, Politics, Lawyers
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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, Laws, Trials, Chicago Police Department, Jon Yates
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Dec 6, 2012
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Jan 14, 2013
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Dec 30, 2012
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Nov 26, 2012
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Nov 26, 2012
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Jun 13, 2012
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