Also, a judge has banned Dennis Hastert from unsupervised contact with minors and porn.
Tag: Jason Van Dyke
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Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool’s very bad day, and other news
Also, Jason Van Dyke’s lawyer makes tone-deaf comparison to torture of three black sharecroppers.
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Judge in Laquan McDonald murder case faces a challenge trying to control the flow of information, and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm Emanuel says Trump is trying to distract Americans from important issues like the North Korea crisis.
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City Hall asks federal judge for nationwide injunction to prevent Jeff Sessions from defunding sanctuary cities, and other Chicago news
Also, a judge has sealed Jason Van Dyke’s statements to IPRA about Laquan McDonald shooting.
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A teenager who disappeared in the 1970s identified as a victim of John Wayne Gacy, and other Chicago news
Also, Jason Van Dyke’s lawyer wants to move the first-degree murder trial out of Cook County.
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Trump shades Cubs during White House visit: ‘Your team’s doing OK,’ and other Chicago news
Also, a GOP state representative says Rauner and Madigan need to “sit on the sidelines” to let lawmakers reach a compromise on the long-overdue state budget.
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Three Chicago police officers indicted in connection with Laquan McDonald shooting, and other Chicago news
Also, a lawsuit is hoping to block the Cook County soda tax at the last minute.
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Rahm Emanuel: Trump has transformed the Republican base, and other Chicago news
Also, legal experts say it’s “no sure thing” that Jason Van Dyke will be found guilty in the Laquan McDonald case.
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Emanuel sidesteps criticism from attorney general Lisa Madigan on police reform, and other Chicago news
Also, police officers tied to Laquan McDonald shooting will return to CPD’s payroll but not the streets.
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Chicago’s population decline continues for the third year in a row, and other news
Also, the Obama library spurs residential real estate development in South Shore.
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New use-of-force policy bans cops from shooting fleeing suspects unless there’s an imminent threat, and other Chicago news
Also, Ari Emanuel has reportedly never directly donated money to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s political campaigns.
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Historians: The Bronzeville Culver’s is being built on the site of a former Confederate smallpox cemetery, and other Chicago news
Also, an auto parts maker is opening a south-side plant that will create about 300 new jobs.
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The ironies and contradictions of the New York Times event on Chicago gun violence
Journalists, philanthropists, top cops, and academics spend a luxurious evening discussing what to do about young men shooting each other.
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The Obamas will reveal more details about their presidential center Wednesday, and other Chicago news
Also, an analysis of how the “Laquan effect” has changed Chicago.
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Chance the Rapper named one of Time’s 100 most influential people of 2017, and other Chicago news
Also, Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts will not be deputy commerce secretary in the Trump administration.