August 24, 2020 NYC sees 3 times more shootings over weekend than same time last year; Chicago records more than double, police say The cities saw a combined 13 homicides over the past weekend, compared to the five murders during the same time last year.
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.Â
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.Â
August 20, 2020 Lori Lightfoot defends ban on protesters on her block, citing her right to safety Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended the Chicago Police Department banning protesters from the block that she lives, citing her right to safety.
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 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 seek man seen sucker-punching worker with broom in video Chicago police have released video showing a man with a broom and a duster getting sucker-punched in what appears to be an unprovoked attack.
August 18, 2020 Chicago police are retiring at twice the normal rate: report Police in Chicago have been retiring at twice the usual rate recently, a trend that some officials believe is likely to continue and could leave the city streets short of officers.
August 17, 2020 Wisconsin girl, 11, fatally shot 4 years after appearing in video praying for end to gun violence in Chicago Gun violence in Wisconsin has killed an innocent pre-teen girl seen four years ago in a filmmaker’s video praying for an end to the shootings and killings then plauging Chicago, according to a report.