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A federal jury found a Chicago police officer guilty Monday of civil rights violations for shooting into a car full of teenagers in the south side Roseland neighborhood in 2013.

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Chicago Police have seized nearly 6,000 illegally possessed guns so far in 2017, up by 250 from this time last year.

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In a policy announced Wednesday, officials placed an emphasis moving forward on the sanctity of life, de-escalation, and accountability.

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Anti-cop narratives helped fuel a surge in violence against police last year, and officers are “de-policing” as a result.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions is putting police reform agreements in cities nationwide under the microscope, calling for a review of such efforts in a memo released Monday.

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There were more murders and more people shot in Chicago last month than in the first month of 2016, according to police data released Wednesday.

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Four people have been charged with committing a hate crime for kidnapping and broadcasting the torture of a mentally challenged teen in Chicago, but what exactly makes a crime a “hate crime”?

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Hate crime charges came as a result of the totality of the circumstances, including the victim’s mental capacity, the fact that they tied him up, and the blatant racist remarks.

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As violence in Chicago reaches a level not seen in decades - more than 700 murders so far in 2016 - one state senator says he'll introduce a bill next month that would impose harsher sentences for repeat gun offenders.

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A grand jury has convened and will start investigating whether there was a police cover-up of the October 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald by an officer in Chicago.

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Chicago has reached 500 homicides so far this year. I doubt this comes as a surprise to my readers and it follows a trend in America's largest cities.

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In the month of August, over 400 people were shot, 89 fatally, with more than 2,800 gunshot victims for the entire year thus far.

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