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Despite top cop’s objection, officer who struck activist during chaotic Grant Park rally now faces dismissal

During a demonstration that resulted in violent clashes between police and protesters who tried to bring down the Columbus statue in Grant Park, Officer Nicholas Jovanovich was caught on video striking activist Miracle Boyd in the face.

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CPD’s plan for 1.5M ‘positive’ interactions with residents ‘deeply problematic,’ AG says

The Illinois attorney general’s office sent a scathing memo to city lawyers warning that Chicago Police Supt. David Brown’s goal for bolstering community engagement amounts to “a quota system” that is “rife with significant downsides.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Shooting outside Chicago pizza shop leaves 7 men wounded

Authorities say a shooting outside a pizza shop on Chicago’s South Side has left seven men wounded

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7 seriously hurt in South Chicago mass shooting

Seven people were transported to area hospitals in serious to critical condition.

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Chicago police officer found dead in apparent suicide in Far South Side home

“The loss of an officer is a stark reminder of the many sacrifices and demands members of law enforcement face each and every day,” CPD Supt. David Brown wrote in a statement.

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CPD to waive college requirements for some new hires

City Colleges of Chicago will host in-person testing for the Chicago Police Department from March 17-19. Walk-in applicants will also be welcomed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot calls 2022 year of ‘accountability’ on violent crime, but says CPD Supt. Brown has her ‘total confidence’

Her hand-picked police chief “is implementing levels of accountability that, frankly, we haven’t seen in the Police Department in a long time,” the mayor told the Sun-Times editorial board.

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Chicago’s top cop says he made decision to pull officers from street after heroin bust involving internal affairs chief’s car

Supt. David Brown on Wednesday said the cops were moved from their normal assignments ‘until we fully understand the conduct of every officer involved.’

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Man, 24, charged with attempted murder of 2 officers shot outside West Side hot dog spot

Kailo Harris-Caldwell additionally faces a charge of possession of a controlled substance, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘10-1! 10-1! I got shot in the head!’ screams 1 of 2 cops shot while in line at hot dog stand in Chicago

CHICAGO — One of two Chicago police officers who were shot early Friday while in line at Maxwell Street hot dog stand in Lawndale have been released from a hospital, the department said.

Chicago Tribune

2 Chicago officers wounded in shooting, suspect caught

Police say two Chicago police officers were shot and wounded by a gunman who dropped a handgun while waiting in line at a restaurant with one of the officers, picked it up and opened fire

The Independent UK

2 Chicago police officers shot on the West Side after gunman drops weapon in front of them, then opens fire

“I got shot in the head, I got shot in the head,” one of the wounded officers radioed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police vow swift response to solve shooting of 12-year-old girl out celebrating birthday

“This was heinous, reckless, senseless and the gangs involved — and you know who you are— we’re coming after you,” CPD Supt. David Brown said at City Hall on Wednesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Arbitrator sides with city on cop vaccinations

Mayor Lori Lightfoot hopes at least some of the roughly 2,800 Chicago police officers who remain unvaccinated will now get their shots, leaving fewer officers subject to suspension or firing.

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Top cop says no evidence of misconduct in decision not to impound car of high-ranking chief after niece stopped in drug arrest

"Of course I wasn’t on the scene making any of these decisions," Supt. David Brown said at a news conference.

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Classic Mini Restomod Now Offered In America For A Cool $100,000

David Brown Automotive has a new importer for US buyers wanting a classic Mini with a modern makeover.

Daily Record

Incredible images show area of Mars after Scottish beauty spot by NASA scientists

David Brown, a Formartine Area Ranger in Ellon, wrote to Dr. Abigail Fraeman, a research scientist at the Mars Science Laboratory.

Chicago Sun-Times

Top cop points to fewer carjackings in Chicago, but data shows the rate of arrests is down too

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said carjackings are down 20% in the first two months of the year, but they are still more than three times higher than before the pandemic began.

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Lanarkshire drug trafficker jailed for five-and-a-half years has conviction overturned

That's after the judge at Patrick Hattie's trial failed to give jurors proper instructions over a police interview

Chicago Sun-Times

2 teens — 1 on electronic monitoring — charged in boy’s fatal shooting as he walked home from school: police

A 15-year-old boy was walking home from school in Bronzeville on Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot ties carjacking wave to remote learning

The CTU ripped the mayor’s claim: "Every child in our public schools in Chicago deserves an apology from the mayor today."

Chicago Sun-Times

Guard fired 20 shots while lying on ground— killing grandma 4 blocks away, prosecutors say

Victor Brown fired at a man who had shot him, although that man was already at least a block away at the time, Cook County prosecutors said in charging Brown with murder Friday. One of the bullets killed Bobbye Johnson as she walked in the 200 block of East 35th…

Chicago Sun-Times

CPD reassigning 320 officers in push for more arrests amid hiring slowdown and a spike in retirements

The latest reshuffling of officers has led some police supervisors to once again raise alarms about Supt. David Brown’s leadership.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘A textbook case of a hate crime.’ Man charged with painting swastikas on synagogue and on grounds of Jewish school, smashing windows at other synagogues

An attorney for Shahid Hussain, 39, said he had been diagnosed with "mental health issues." A judge ordered him held on $250,000 bail.

Chicago Tribune

Suspects charged in connection with fatal shooting of 8-year-old Chicago girl, top cop says

CHICAGO — A man and a 16-year-old boy have been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega, who was shot in the head as she walked through Chicago's Little Village neighborhood with her mother this past weekend, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown announced.

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