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- Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2018
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Should Chicago cops have to pay for their own misconduct insurance?
Misconduct settlements have cost the city $800 million since 2004, a new report found. Should taxpayers be on the hook?
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 24, 2018
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Department of Justice threatens to subpoena sanctuary cities including Chicago, and other news
Also, the Chicago Teachers Union is not happy that CPS might relax its ethics code.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 28, 2017
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Cook County sues pharmaceutical companies over opioid crisis, and other Chicago news
Also, the mother of police shooting victim Quintonio LeGrier is waiting for answers.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2017
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Chance the Rapper rules the Grammys with three major wins, and other Chicago news
Also, state rep Christian Mitchell proposes legislation to eliminate money bond in Illinois courts.
- News & Politics, Politics Dec 21, 2016
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2016 was the year Chicago finally got serious about police reform
But it was also the year many citizens became convinced that reform is impossible.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 8, 2016
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Killing a cop is a horrible crime—but it’s not a hate crime
Even the Dallas tragedy is a poor rationale for a “Blue Lives Matter” law in Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 26, 2016
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Dexter Fowler makes surprising return to the Cubs and other Chicago news
Also, Cook County plans mental health crisis center to aid police, and Obama appoints a former Chicagoan to head the Library of Congress.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 8, 2016
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Officials haven't warned us about lead in our drinking water, Beyonce hits town over Memorial Day weekend, and other Chicago news
Also, Garry McCarthy rumored to be under consideration for police chief job in London, and cop who shot unarmed teen and bystander in December sues teen’s estate.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 27, 2016
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Teen shot by police called 911 for help multiple times, peak flu season approaches, and other Chicago news
Also, a group of witches hope to end Logan Square gentrification, and a local architect is tapped to design Washington D.C.’s World War I memorial.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 14, 2016
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Internal police records point to the identity of the officer who fatally shot Bettie Jones and Quintonio LeGrier
The mother of five and the distraught teenager were shot and killed by police officer Robert Rialmo, according to a Reader analysis of internal police records and publicly available scanner audio.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 13, 2016
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Let's talk about Michelle Obama's empty chair at the State of the Union address
It was a symbolic seat for victims of gun violence. So why did the president all but ignore that issue in his speech?
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 31, 2015
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Hey, Mayor Rahm, reopen the mental health clinics!
Looking to blame someone or something for the failures of his reign, Mayor Rahm discovers "mental health crises" four years after he closed mental health clinics in low-income, high-crime neighborhoods.
- News & Politics, Essay Dec 29, 2015
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In Chicago, mental health workers are armed and dangerous
For blacks with mental illness, the odds of coming away from an encounter with police unscathed are stacked overwhelmingly against them.
