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  • Chicago Cop Stripped of Police Powers After Fatally Shooting Unarmed Man

    The Chicago Police Department has stripped an officer who fatally shot an unarmed man of his powers, the department revealed Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reports. The shooting occurred Monday on the city’s Northwest Side. Police spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said the action against the officer is the “strongest step a department can take” during an open…

  • Chicago Ends a Violent 2016 With 762 Murders 

    Chicago ended 2016 with a record number of shooting incidents and the most homicides in two decades, ABC News reports. According to the report, Chicago closed out the year with 3,550 shooting incidents—in which more than 4,000 people were shot—and 762 murders. That averaged out to more than two murders and almost 10 shootings every…

  • Chicago Police Department Proposes New Use-of-Force Policy

    Details of a new policy requiring Chicago police officers to use the least amount of force necessary and emphasizing “the sanctity of life” were released Friday by Chicago’s top cop. ABC News reports that Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson told reporters at a news conference that the draft aims to “clarify response options to officers during…