Aldermen Grill Police, Union Officials In Hearing
Chicago aldermen asked some tough questions of the city's new police watchdog during a meeting of two City Council committees.
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Chicago aldermen asked some tough questions of the city's new police watchdog during a meeting of two City Council committees.
Eight months after sweeping to a second term, only 28 percent of voters questioned in a new poll say they would vote for Rahm Emanuel if there were an election today.
Geneva, Switzerland appears to be the focus of terrorists, who may also have their eyes on North American targets.
With calls for his resignation echoing from the streets of Chicago to the halls of the Statehouse, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has quietly begun his campaign to make good on this pledge to regain peoples' trust.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel apologized Wednesday for the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald, which has become the focus of a police misconduct scandal that has proved to be the most serious crisis of his tenure, and has prompted a federal probe of the Chicago Police Department.
Several sources familiar with the federal investigation into the Laquan McDonald shooting tell CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine a prime focus of the probe is why accounts of the other officers bears little resemblance to the dash cam video of the shooting.
At a packed news conference Monday afternoon, Mayor Rahm Emanuel pledged to make major changes in the Chicago Police Department, and not wait for federal investigators to do it.
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has announced a Justice Department civil rights investigation of the Chicago Police Department, in the wake of the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
During an interview with Politico on Wednesday, the mayor said he will not go to Paris so he can remain "front and center" in Chicago amid continuing public unrest in the wake of the scandal over the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Tuesday that Police Supt. Garry McCarthy is out as the city's top cop, as the mayor seeks to rebuild public trust in the Police Department.
The Chicago Police Board is preparing to rule on Police Superintendent Gary McCarthy's decision to take the next step in the case of officer Jason Van Dyke.
Attorney Dan Herbert spoke with CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine.
A Chicago police officer has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Officer Jason Van Dyke was expected to appear for a bond hearing at noon Tuesday.
It's a burning question: When will the city release a video that shows a Chicago police officer fatally shooting a teenager?
A Cook County judge has ordered Chicago police to release dashboard camera video of a white officer fatally shooting a black teen last year.
The resolution reaffirming Chicago's status as a sanctuary city was unanimously approved after several aldermen offered personal stories of seeking refuge here.
At a counter-terrorism conference in Chicago on Tuesday, Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago said it is no longer a question of if there will be a terrorist attack on Chicago, but when.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel will travel next month to the City of Lights, in part to show solidarity with the people of France. A global summit on climate change had previously been scheduled.
The video, from 2014, reportedly shows a white police officer shooting a black suspect 16 times. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
Veterans Day celebrations in the Chicago area today were a mix of patriotism and politics.
Trump was scheduled to speak Monday night at the Prairie Capital Convention Cente
Apparently so concerned about the behavior and performance of one of their fellow officers, members of the Fox Lake Police Department wrote an extraordinary anonymous letter to the mayor, detailing myriad misdeeds by Lt. Joe Gliniewicz.
Mayor Emanuel's teen son was outside the family home last December when two teens slugged him and stole his phone.
The Chicago Teachers Union is charging that public school students are being held hostage by the continuing budget battle in Springfield.
Drastic cuts leading to teacher layoffs and dramatically higher class sizes could hit Chicago classrooms in the first week of February.
