August 21, 2020 As murders soar in Chicago, judges are freeing more violent-crime suspects on electronic monitoring Judges in Chicago have increasingly ordered criminal defendants placed into an electronic-monitoring program in lieu of jail, a move police officials have cited as a key factor for the surge in gun violence that plagues the city.
August 21, 2020 Indiana mobile home park fire leaves 2-year-old dead, her mom injured: report A man returned from work Thursday evening to find his mobile home in a northwest Indiana park engulfed in flames and his wife and 2-year-old daughter trapped inside, according to a report.
August 21, 2020 Push to defund the police faces headwinds in some poor, Black neighborhoods Three days after his 29-year-old son was shot and killed, Keith Harris joined a group of residents who clashed with protesters during a demonstration outside the Chicago Police Department's Seventh District station in the Englewood neighborhood.
August 21, 2020 21 people shot Wednesday in Chicago Chicago endured another day of citywide gun violence Wednesday with 21 people being shot, according to police records.
August 20, 2020 Chicago man busted selling $2,700 sweater stolen by looters to undercover cops: report A Chicago man was charged with theft after allegedly trying to sell undercover police officers a $2,700 sweater looted from an upscale boutique when caravans of people ransacked high-end stores in the city’s commercial districts nearly two weeks ago.
August 20, 2020 Chicago mayor says Rahm Emanuel stuck her with $10B lead-pipe problem: reports A “time of reckoning” is at hand in Chicago for a $10 billion project to replace lead-based water service lines, the city’s mayor said Wednesday.
August 19, 2020 Operation Legend's federal charges by the numbers Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday announced that Operation Legend has netted more than 200 federal charges since its launch in July 2020, in addition to separate homicide charges in some cases.
August 19, 2020 Chicago police union chief on surge of retirements: 'Silent majority' supporting law enforcement must speak up “In today's environment, law enforcement is absolutely the hardest profession and the most unappreciated profession by the politicians,” Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara said on Wednesday.
August 18, 2020 Chicago Mayor Lightfoot, DC Mayor Bowser, slammed for handling of protests, deliver message at DNC about policing Mayors Lori Lightfoot of Chicago and Muriel Bowser of Washington, D.C. headlined a portion of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), discussing police reform and racial injustices against Black people, but critics pointed to both their handlings of recent protests in their own cities that some say contradict Monday night's message.