COPA Releases Video Of Fatal Shooting Of Klevontaye White By CPD Officers, Federal Marshal
Police have said Klevontaye White pointed a gun at officers, who opened fire on him while they were serving an arrest warrant.
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Police have said Klevontaye White pointed a gun at officers, who opened fire on him while they were serving an arrest warrant.
Officer Karol Chwiesiuk's attorneys claim he's been told he will lose his job with CPD after his FOID card was revoked.
The annual tradition brings together community and police to build trust, but some organizers aren't stopping there.
Chicago police Sunday released their crime data for the month of July, and while murders in the city are about equal to 2020, the number of shootings has increased nearly 15% since last year.
Chicago police officers shot and killed a 55-year-old man wanted on multiple arrest warrants Tuesday afternoon, when the man pointed a gun at them and refused to drop it while they were trying to arrest him in south suburban Calumet City.
One man is dead and an officer is hospitalized after a shooting involving police in Calumet City Tuesday afternoon.
"What we all saw happen to Ms. Anjanette Young, we're trying to prevent this from happening again," Ald. Maria Hadden (49th) said.
The eight-year deal would provide officers with a 20% pay raise over the life of the contract, while also requiring a number of police accountability reforms.
Chicago aldermen on Tuesday will discuss a proposed city ordinance that is aimed at making sure what happened to Anjanette Young doesn't happen to you.
It sounded like rolling thunder on Chicago's West Side Sunday, but it was actually a show of support for Chicago's fallen police officers.
It's no secret that everyone has different ideas for how to stop the complex issue that is gun violence; on a federal, local and street level. But the message today was clear: breaking the cycle of violence will take a village.
Federal help is in Chicago for the first weekend aiding local police with a strike force in an effort to intercept illegal guns. As this is happening, Chicago's top cop hit the streets on the West Side Saturday morning.
Dozens of Chicago police officers and the department's top brass put on a show of force Friday night as they lined up in Douglas Park just blocks from where two mass shootings took place this week.
Violence in Chicago has risen to the point where the feds are stepping in, with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland paying a visit on Thursday.
Officials from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have announced concrete steps to fight illegal gun trafficking – which is a principal focus in efforts to reduce violent crime in Chicago.
Aldermen voted 36-13 to create a new seven-member Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, the result of months of on-and-off negotiations between Mayor Lori Lightfoot, aldermen, and a coalition of grassroots police reform groups.
"What produces a better police Department is better policies, and now we're getting our civilians, our communities, our residents an opportunity to have a voice in those policies," Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29th) said.
A new report concludes that Chicago and its Police Department weren't prepared, trained, or ready for the protests, looting, and unrest we saw last year after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Chicago Police Supt. David Brown had a strong message Monday – "We are coming for you." The message was directed at gun traffickers and straw purchasers who are bringing illegal guns to the city.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and police reform advocates on Monday announced they have reached an agreement to establish a new civilian oversight agency for the Chicago Police Department, setting up a City Council vote this week after years of often heated debate.
An off duty Chicago police officer is now cited with hitting and killing a 9-year-old boy riding his bike in West Rogers Park.
"Too many people ... are just plain scared; scared to come out, scared to congregate, enjoy the warmth of a summer day or night, for fear that ordinary moments will become the scenes of tragedy," Lightfoot said.
The Chicago Police Board on Thursday voted to fire a veteran officer for a crash in 2017 that killed an off-duty cop and another driver.
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing is suing Chicago Police, demanding to know about the department's controversial social media monitoring program.
The city's Law Department is seeking a $300,000 settlement with a woman who sued the city and former Officer William Whitley, who is now serving a 25-year prison sentence for paying underage girls for sex.
