Chicago used to be at the vanguard of community policing. But more than two decades after the strategy was launched, CAPS is a shadow of its former self.
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What was in those files the Tribune didn’t pick up?
The Webb report says the Chicago Tribune didn’t pick up some police files.
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Addicted to guns
Is there a cure for Chicago’s crippling dependence on firearms?
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New police chief sets out to show he’s not the old police chief
Garry McCarthy and the aldermen who signed off on his appointment as Chicago police superintendent Monday were eager to send a message to the public: He is not Jody Weis. As 33rd Ward alderman Richard Mell put it: “The difference between you and your predecessor is like night and day.” The aldermen should know. Several […]
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Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel Names Public Safety Team, Explains Meaning of “Diversity”
Rahm Emanuel smiled. It wasn’t a happy smile. It was the sort of smile I’m guessing we’re going to see a lot from our new mayor—one that seemed to say, I know I’m supposed to appear pleased as punch because the cameras are rolling and I don’t want to look like I’m ready to rip […]
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Killed on Camera
John Conroy, author of this week’s cover story about the videotaped killing of Michael Pleasance by police officer Alvin Weems, narrates the footage on our site and appears on WGN news to discuss it tonight.
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Killed On Camera
Officer Alvin Weems shot an unarmed man point-blank in view of CTA security cameras. Investigators recommended that he be fired. Phil Cline promoted him.
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Two different worlds
The Tribune covers the world but the Sun-Times knows what to do with a good local story.