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Bloody weekend violence leaves 7 dead, 46 shot
Chicago TribuneAs she headed out the door Sunday morning, Adrianne Wilberton put on a brave face. It was time to tell her son the news, and she didn't want him hearing it from anyone else. But her composure unraveled as she walked toward the car, a barrage of...Tags: Father's Day, Little Village, Crime, Law and Justice, Jewel-Osco, Human Interest
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Bloody 2 days stain Father's Day in Chicago
As she headed out the door Sunday morning, Adrianne Wilberton put on a brave face. It was time to tell her son the news, and she didn't want him hearing it from anyone else. But her composure unraveled as she walked toward the car, a barrage of neighbors...Tags: Firearms, Father's Day, Little Village, Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency
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Officials: Murder, intimidation kept $11 million-a-year gang going
Tribune reportersThe top leaders of one of Chicago’s most violent street gangs have been charged in a sweeping racketeering case that alleges they controlled their West Side drug empire through pattern of intimidation, kidnappings, shootings and murder dating back...Tags: Justice System, Anthony Carter (basketball), Prisons, Criminals, Lawyers
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City targets gang leaders
Chicago Tribune reportersLocal authorities, armed with a powerful new state RICO law, said they charged dozens of leaders and senior members of a notorious West Side street gang with operating a violent, $11 million-a-year heroin and cocaine operation responsible for seven...Tags: Prisons, Trials, FBI, Criminals, Witnesses
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CeaseFire Illinois director ousted after domestic battery arrest
Tribune reportersThe longtime head of an anti-violence group that works to stem gang shootings in Chicago was dismissed Monday, just days after his arrest on a charge that he beat up his wife. The University of Illinois at Chicago, which operates CeaseFire Illinois,...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Chicago Mayor, AIDS, CeaseFire
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There's a core of substance in Mark Kirk's `empty, simplistic' crime-fighting proposal
Change of SubjectFriday's print column It's an arresting idea, so to speak. Round up 18,000 members of the Gangster Disciples street gang and put them behind bars awaiting trial. On what charges? "Drug dealing," said U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., when he...... -
Head of CeaseFire Illinois charged with domestic battery
Chicago TribuneTio Hardiman, director of the anti-violence group CeaseFire Illinois, was arrested Friday morning on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge at his home in west suburban Hillside. The arrest clouds the future of Hardiman's leadership at the organization,...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Trials, CeaseFire
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6-month-old Jonylah Watkins killed over video game system, Chicago police say
Six-month-old Jonylah Watkins was fatally shot over a stolen video game console, Chicago police said Monday as they announced an arrest in a slaying that has come to symbolize the city's deadly gun culture. Authorities charged Koman Willis, 33, with...Tags: Prisons, Trials, Criminals, Woodlawn (Chicago, Illinois), Crime, Law and Justice
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CeaseFire complains police interfere with group's push to ease gang conflicts
CeaseFire Illinois workers say Chicago police officers are increasingly ordering them off street corners in Woodlawn along with gang members, interfering with their efforts to tamp down violence in the crime-plagued neighborhood. The alleged harassment...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, North Lawndale, CeaseFire, Armed Conflicts, Woodlawn (Chicago, Illinois)
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By the numbers, how Rahm could lose in 2015
Change of SubjectFriday's print column A new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows that, halfway through his first term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's overall disapproval rating is up 11 percentage points over a year ago. Four in 10 Chicago voters — and nearly half of the...... -
Mom of boy, 16, killed by cops: 'He was bipolar, depressed'
Tribune reportersRelatives say a 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed by police after he allegedly fired at people on the street and then at pursuing officers suffered from a bipolar disorder. But they are still at a loss to explain what happened to their "playful,...Tags: Firearms, Behavioral Conditions, University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, Entertainment, Mental Illness
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Let's turn down the alarm over loud teens downtown
You're walking in Chicago. It's chaotic and it's loud. People swarm the sidewalks, many of them shouting. They spill into the street, many of them cursing. They jostle you, step on your toes. Traffic is a nightmare. You squeeze through the barricade...
Tags: Michigan Avenue, St. Patrick's Day, Magnificent Mile, Abusive Behavior, Wrigley Field
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May 28, 2013
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May 25, 2013
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May 6, 2013
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Apr 3, 2013
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