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Woman Returns to Chicago After Being Deported to Poland

CHICAGO (AP) — A Polish woman whose family was separated after the U.S. denied her a green card and deported her returned to the U.S. Monday with her American-born son, reuniting with the husband and...

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Chicago Police Target Blacks in ‘Stop-and-Frisk,’ ACLU Says

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police officers initiated stop, question and frisk encounters at a much higher rate last summer than their New York City counterparts ever did, and just like with New York’s...

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Victims of Chicago Police Torture Offered Compensation

CHICAGO (AP) — Victims of police torture under former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge would share $5.5 million, receive an apology and see their story taught in school under a reparations package...

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People Tortured by Chicago Police to Receive Reparations

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s leaders took a step Wednesday typically reserved for nations trying to make amends for slavery or genocide, agreeing to pay $5.5 million in reparations to the mostly...

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Chicago Prepares for Release of Video of Teen Fatal Shooting

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge’s order for the Chicago Police Department to publicly release a video showing a fatal police shooting by Wednesday has raised concerns about what could happen when people get to...

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Chicago Police Officer Charged With Murder of Laquan McDonald

CHICAGO (AP) — A White Chicago police officer who shot a Black teenager 16 times was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday, a day before the deadline a judge set for the city to release a squad-car...

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Outrage Over Teen’s Death and Video of It Prompt Protests

CHICAGO (AP) — Small groups of demonstrators gathered again Wednesday to protest the death of a Black teen shot by a White police officer, and they urged supporters to join them in trying to shut down...

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Fatal Shooting of Teen Sparks DOJ Investigation of Chicago Police

CHICAGO (AP) — The Justice Department will investigate the patterns and practices of the Chicago Police Department, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Monday, nearly two weeks after the...

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Number of Police Officers Charged With Killing Grows in 2015

CHICAGO (AP) — The number of U.S. police officers charged with murder or manslaughter for on-duty shootings has tripled this year — a sharp increase that at least one expert says could be the result...

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Misconduct by Chicago P.D. Frays Relations With Black Residents

CHICAGO (AP) — A South Side police commander and his officers tortured Black suspects into confessing to crimes they didn’t commit. Another rogue unit shook down drug dealers on the West Side for...

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Laquan McDonald’s Family Calls for Change in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a Black teenager shot 16 times by a White Chicago police officer joined the call Dec. 11 for change in local leadership and policing in the city and nationwide, weeks...

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Chicago Police Officer Cleared of Putting Gun in Suspect’s Throat

CHICAGO (AP) — A county judge on Monday acquitted a Chicago police commander accused of shoving his gun down a suspect’s throat, outlining what she said were flaws in the state’s case and stressing...

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Homicides Rise in Chicago, as Chief Tells Officers to Uphold Oath

CHICAGO (AP) — Homicides and shootings have doubled in Chicago so far this year compared with the same period in 2015, and police have seized fewer illegal guns — more possible signals that officers...

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Report: Chicago Police Have ‘No Regard’ for Lives of People of Color

CHICAGO (AP) — Police in Chicago have “no regard for the sanctity of life when it comes to people of color” and have alienated blacks and Hispanics for decades by using excessive force and honoring a...

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Protests Prompt Chicago Police Chief to Meet With Black Students

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police chief agreed on Nov. 11 to hold monthly meetings with a group of Black high school students who had planned a demonstration protesting an officer’s fatal shooting of a...

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