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2 Chicago cops charged following on-duty shooting in July that injured 2

CHICAGO — Two Chicago police officers have been hit with felony charges of aggravated battery and official misconduct in connection with a shooting in the Pilsen neighborhood this summer that injured two people, including a bystander.

Chicago Tribune

$9 million wrongful conviction payout for a 1991 murder case tainted by CPD detective who is married to a judge

Patrick Prince said he spent 28 years in prison for a 1991 murder he confessed to only after he was beaten by Kriston Kato, a retired detective who is married to Judge Mary Brosnahan.

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2 Chicago cops charged after video allegedly contradicts their reports of Pilsen shooting. ‘They shot me for no reason.’

Video shows police Sgt. Christopher Liakopoulos, 43, and Officer Ruben Reynoso, 42, lied about an unarmed man shooting at them, the state’s attorney said.

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2 Chicago cops to face charges in Pilsen shootout that wounded 2, Kim Foxx says

The Cook County state’s attorney said felony charges will be filed Friday against a sergeant and an officer in connection to the July shooting.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor Lightfoot says the ‘destiny’ of Black Chicagoans is at stake in the 2023 election. But can she win their votes?

CHICAGO — At a South Side diner one recent morning, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot served up a cautionary tale about what might happen if Black voters don’t unite behind her reelection bid.

Chicago Tribune

Agency releases report detailing findings of probe into Chicago officer's fatal shooting of Anthony Alvarez

CHICAGO — The Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) released its summary report Wednesday that details its investigation’s findings and recommendations in the 2021 fatal shooting of Anthony Alvarez by a Chicago police officer.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey resumes calling Chicago a ‘hellhole’ at state fair’s GOP day

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Darren Bailey, who had tempered his criticism of Chicago since winning the Republican nomination for governor, returned to calling the state’s largest city a crime-ridden “hellhole” Thursday in playing to a downstate crowd during the GOP’s annual day at the Illinois State Fair.

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Editorial: A pro-police reform official gets fired. Is City Hall truly committed to fixing CPD?

Reforming this city’s police force within the framework of the federally mandated consent decree should never become a second tier priority. A recent personnel move at the department suggests it already has.

Chicago Tribune

7 murder convictions overturned in a single day after prosecutors stop backing group of cases tied to alleged misconduct by disgraced former Chicago police detective

CHICAGO — His father died while Nelson Gonzalez was in prison. Alfredo Gonzalez couldn’t go to his daughter’s wedding. And Marilyn Mulero missed out on her two children’s childhoods.

Chicago Tribune

Kim Foxx defends her tenure amid wave of staff losses in State’s Attorney’s Office

Foxx points to national shortage of prosecutors during pandemic era’s “Great Resignation.”

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Foxx moves to drop charges in 8 murders tainted by former CPD detective Reynaldo Guevara

At least two defendants were expected to be released from prison Tuesday.

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Chicago top prosecutor: 7 convictions tied to ex-cop vacated

The Cook County state’s attorney’s office says judges have vacated seven murder convictions connected to a retired Chicago police detective accused of framing others who were sent to prison

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Despite differences, police unions endorse Bailey for governor, because he backs officers ‘unlike any of the politicians in this state’

Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara and Illinois Fraternal Order of Police President Chris Southwood stood with Bailey, who denounced Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx as “the three musketeers of crime.”

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Blagojevich blasts Foxx for ‘reforms’ he says let violent suspects go free

Former federal inmate Blagojevich, who was a county prosecutor before he was governor, spoke Friday at a rally with murder victims’ families.

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Retiring prosecutor stands by rebuke of Kim Foxx’s leadership in Cook County state’s attorney’s office as discontent in ranks goes public

A longtime prosecutor who resigned last week told the Tribune on Tuesday he stands by a letter he penned faulting Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s administration for deep-seated issues in the office.

Chicago Sun-Times

Veteran prosecutor slams Kim Foxx in blistering resignation letter: ‘Zero confidence’ in her leadership

James Murphy, a longtime assistant state’s attorney, zeroed in on many of the issues that have made Foxx a target for opponents, arguing she’s gone easy on some defendants accused of violent crime.

Chicago Tribune

Her office hit by the pandemic and morale issues, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx struggles to keep up with prosecutor exits

CHICAGO — Back in March, a high-ranking Cook County prosecutor sent an email that by her own admission was “desperate.”

Chicago Tribune

Police Board rejects recommendation for Chicago officer’s dismissal in Anthony Alvarez case, lawyer says

CHICAGO — The family attorney of Anthony Alvarez, who was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer following a foot chase in March 2021, said Thursday that the Police Board denied the Civilian Office of Police Accountability’s recommendation to fire the officer who shot Alvarez in the high-profile case.

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Inmate exits Stateville Correctional Center a month after chance encounter with Cook County state’s attorney

CHICAGO — It was an astonishing coincidence: a Stateville inmate encountering the Cook County state’s attorney, just a day after prosecutors discussed whether his decades-old murder case should be thrown out.

Chicago Tribune

Long sentence in New York calls into question how R. Kelly’s Chicago cases might proceed

CHICAGO — The charges against R. Kelly came down like an avalanche: First, four indictments in Cook County. Another in Minnesota. Then a one-two punch of federal cases in Chicago and Brooklyn.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trail-blazing Illinois women ‘beyond thrilled’ Justice Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on Supreme Court

Jackson, a federal judge since 2013, on Thursday became the first Black woman elevated to the nation’s highest court. Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted that her “ascension to the bench now tells the world that the seemingly impossible is possible. So proud!”

Chicago Sun-Times

Nicholas Kantas, who married into powerhouse lobbyist family, runs for judge with help from lobbyists

Also among those who’ve helped his campaign in the contested June 28 Democratic primary: a lawyer who was a campaign fundraiser for ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Chicago Sun-Times

Republican attorney general candidates decry ‘tyrannical’ Pritzker, his ‘wingman’ Raoul and Illinois’ ‘world-famous’ corruption

Downstate attorney Tom DeVore is up against suburban lawyers Steve Kim and David Shestokas for the GOP nomination to take on Democratic Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.

Chicago Tribune

Police respond to domestic complaint at Kim Foxx’s home; no arrests made

CHICAGO — Police responded to a domestic-related incident at the home of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on Saturday, according to records from suburban police.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police called to Kim Foxx’s home in domestic dispute

No one was arrested after Foxx’s husband, Kelley Foxx, called 911 in the June 4 incident.

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