Tag: Chicago

The discord in Chicago has been ignited by the 2014 death of Laquan McDonald, a black 17-year-old who was fatally shot 16 times by a white police officer.

The number of murders in Chicago this year is on course to top that of Los Angeles and New York City combined.

Johnson said that the state needs harsher penalties for repeat gun offenders.

At least 3,475 people had been shot in the city as of shortly after midnight Monday compared with 2,441 people shot this time last year

The app and website, Excuse Me Officer, will not only allow residents to report police interactions, but will also provide an interactive map of reports filed near the user's location.

many of the thorniest police reform issues remain unresolved, even as the Justice Department continues its own investigation into Police Department tactics and training that could result in Emanuel being ...

There were “358 shooting victims” in gun-controlled Chicago in September, which helped bring the total number of shooting victims to over 3,200 year-to-date.

The 31-year-old bus driver was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital for treatment, officials said. The driver's family said he was released from the hospital and resting at home on Saturday.

He also pointed to the impact on crime-fighting from the ongoing U.S. Justice Department probe of Police Department practices.

A Chicago police officer who was captured on a dashboard camera firing into a car full of teenagers, wounding two of them, has been indicted