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Group of men cheered as woman was sexually assaulted at a University of Chicago frat house party: report

Friend of alleged victim reported hearing crowd of men outside basement bathroom saying 'When’s it my turn?’ and ‘I want to go in there'

The Independent UK · Oct 14

Chicago police say DNA ties a former detective to decades-old unsolved killing of 8-year-old girl

Chicago police say DNA evidence ties one of their own former detectives to the murder of an 8-year-old girl more than 65 years ago

The Independent UK · Oct 13

8-Year-Old Girl's Killer Identified 65 Years Later as Chicago Cop Turned Homicide Detective

Chicago police identify former officer Thomas Francis McInerney in the 1960 killing of Gloria Kowalewicz after DNA and fingerprint evidence, 65 years later.

International Business Times UK · Oct 12

A pastor was found dead in his submerged car one week after he vanished. His fellow clergyman believes it’s foul play

Footage shows the vehicle going around a barricade and through a 5.5-foot gap beneath a raised drawbridge before entering the river

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2024

Police Officer's Libel Case Against Newsweek May Proceed

From Wolinski v. Newsweek Digital, LLC, decided yesterday by Judge Jeremy Daniel (N.D. Ill.): According to the amended complaint, in February 2019, Plaintiff Alex Wolinski, a sergeant in the Chicago Police Department, supervised a tactical team of twelve Chicago Police Department officers in the execution of a search warrant at…

Reason · Jan 17, 2024

Southwest Side needs a new police district, alderpersons say

Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel balanced his first budget in part by closing three district police stations. Now, Ald. Marty Quinn (13th) and six City Council colleagues want to build a new one at a cost of $30 million or more.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 10, 2024

Afternoon Edition: New police union contract approved at tense City Council meeting

Plus: Plans for Thompson Center makeover, how the Chinatown Gateway became a Chicago icon and more.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 13, 2023

Top cop’s public commitment to transparency could lead to long sought Chicago Police reforms, independent monitor suggests

The Chicago Police Department had reached some level of compliance with about 80% of the consent decree’s mandated changes by June 30 but was in full compliance with just 6%, according to the monitor’s latest report.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 2, 2023

Police oversight panel asks city watchdog to investigate Chicago Police Department’s ties to extremist groups

The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability on Thursday recommended the city’s inspector general investigate officers named on an Oath Keepers list so any extremists can be “rooted out” of the department.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 27, 2023

How the Chicago Police Department tolerates officers with ties to extremism and what’s being done about it

A new civilian oversight panel is working with Chicago police on a policy that would bar officers from joining hate and extremist groups.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 23, 2023