Tag: Chicago

Emanuel tries to contain fallout after Chicago’s latest police shootings

Anna Giaritelli · December 29, 2015 12:08 am

Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton continues to stand by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, as the majority of the Democratic Party moves away from supporting the embattled mayor. (AP Photo/Stacy Thacker)

Emanuel’s problems with Dems could become Hillary’s

Ariel Cohen · December 28, 2015 9:10 pm

The Christmas Eve protest is the latest in a series of demonstrations in the city since the release last month of police video showing a white officer shooting a black teenager 16 times. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Black Lives Matter protesters block Chicago shoppers

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 24, 2015 9:22 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders holds up his cell phone as he speaks about citizens' ability to record police-officer involved interactions during a campaign stop in Chicago. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Sanders: Criminal justice reform among top presidential priorities

Kelly Cohen · December 24, 2015 4:32 pm

Organizers with the Chicago Light Brigade told sources the 16 people who took part in the protest represented the number of times Laquan McDonald was shot last October by police officer Michael Van Dyke. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Rahm-must-go protest gathers steam in Chicago, New York

Anna Giaritelli · December 16, 2015 4:26 am

In this courtroom sketch, Jonas M. Edmonds, left, and Hasan R. Edmonds, right, stand in front of an FBI agent as they appear at a hearing at federal court in Chicago, Thursday, March 26, 2015, following their arrests Wednesday on charges of conspiring with the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Tom Gianni)

Ex-soldier charged with plotting Chicago terrorist attack

Anna Giaritelli · December 14, 2015 10:40 pm

Union No

Mark Hemingway · December 11, 2015 5:23 am

"Whether it was a cover-up or not, it was hidden for a long time. Itâs hard to come up with a rational reason to do that other than a political reason,âï¿½ Ben Carson said. (AP Photo)

Carson: ‘Political reasons’ for Chicago shooting cover-up

Anna Giaritelli · December 10, 2015 11:44 pm

Democrat introduces bill to recall Rahm Emanuel

Anna Giaritelli · December 10, 2015 6:11 am

Black Caucus: Chicago shooting ‘proof’ of bias in police

Kelly Cohen · December 7, 2015 5:08 pm

Justice launches civil rights probe into Chicago cops

Kelly Cohen · December 7, 2015 3:20 pm

Attorney General Loretta Lynch is expected to announce a new federal probe into the police shooting in Chicago last year that left a black teenager dead. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Justice Dept. to probe Chicago cops in killing of black teen

Pete Kasperowicz · December 7, 2015 12:31 pm