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Lightfoot chided city police officers who are refusing to report their vaccination statuses by telling them not to “ruin their careers.”

A suspect has been charged for allegedly hitting two Chicago police officers with a vehicle, and dragging one during a traffic stop Friday in the Englewood area, authorities said.

A Chicago policeman was dragged by a car on the South Side Friday evening in an incident that took place in the first block of West 63rd Street, according to Fox 32.

On Thursday night Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) botched the last name of fallen officer Ella French, referring to the deceased as “Ella Franks.” 

Twitter has neglected to remove, label, or fact check confirmed misinformation from a Black Lives Matter chapter in Chicago, smearing the city’s police union for a threatening email it did not send.

The mom of alleged Chicago police officer Ella French’s killer was arrested Tuesday for allegedly trying to breach security to see her son.

Chicago police officers turned their backs to Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) when she arrived at the hospital after one officer was killed and another critically wounded, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

Two male suspects who were apprehended Saturday night have now been identified and charged in the fatal shooting of Chicago police officer Ella French.

After police officer Ella French was killed during a traffic stop, Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) blamed “guns,” calling them “a common enemy.” 

A female, 29-year-old Chicago police officer was shot and killed Saturday just after 9 p.m. in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.

The Chicago Police Department has announced an investigation into a viral video of teen girls twerking and dancing on top of a squad car, even as 55 Chicagoans were shot just last weekend alone.

A 45-year-old felon identified as Bruce Lua has been charged with attempted murder in connection with the Sunday morning shooting of two Chicago police officers.

Eighteen-year-old Marion Lewis has been arrested and charged in connection with the April 18, 2021, shooting death of a seven-year-old Chicago girl.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) is calling for Chicago police to reform foot pursuit policy amid the unrest that followed a video release of an officer shooting a 13-year-old on March 29, 2021.

A Chicago police sergeant was shot Sunday afternoon while standing in the parking lot of the Gresham District police station.

A man who was arrested three times as a teen for allegedly impersonating a Chicago Police Officer was arrested and charged with the same crime Wednesday as an adult. 

Police in Democrat-controlled Chicago released video Thursday showing individuals allegedly involved in several carjackings and armed robberies.

Video released from a September 5, 2020, encounter in Chicago, Illinois, shows a suspect allegedly stabbing a police officer with a butcher knife before being shot dead by other officers.

A woman who survived a gunshot to the head received a special guest at her birthday celebration on Saturday in Chicago, Illinois.

Multiple Chicago street gangs have struck a pact to shoot Chicago Police Department members if officers draw their weapons on suspects in public, according to a newly obtained federal intelligence warning.

Chicago police are searching for a man who allegedly stabbed four homeless people, killing one in a recent series of attacks.

Students at several universities in the Chicago area are calling on their schools to end relationships with the Chicago Police Department. In one social media post, the student activists described their local police force as a “white supremacist cult.”

Dozens of families of Chicago police officers and other supporters took to the streets of Chicago’s Mount Greenwood neighborhood to call on Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other residents to support the Chicago Police Department on Sunday.

Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown confirmed Tuesday that a fellow officer committed suicide at a CPD facility.

The Black Lives Matter movement filed a lawsuit in federal court on Thursday to prevent President Donald Trump from sending 200 federal law enforcement officials to help Mayor Lori Lightfoot fight surging crime in the city.

Chicago Police Department officers showed footage Tuesday of last weekend’s attack on a statue of Christopher Columbus in the city, in which rioters armed with projectiles used “peaceful” protests as a cover for attacks on police.

A Chicago man was arrested Thursday and charged with beating a 23-month-old boy to death.

A man accused of shooting a Chicago Police Department (CPD) officer in the South Austin neighborhood of the city has been charged with attempted murder.

Actor Jussie Smollett is reportedly using the current Black Lives Matter protests sweeping the country to put pressure on the Chicago Police Department, which is suing the Hollywood star over his hate-crime hoax from last year.

Rap superstar Kanye West was accused of hijacking a protest he marched in on Thursday night in Chicago demanding justice for George Floyd, the Minneapolis man whose death in police custody has led to a worldwide resurgence of the anti-police Black Lives Matter movement.

A man coming out of a looted store in Chicago was arrested by police and faces federal gun charges after it was discovered he was an eight-time felon allegedly in possession of a firearm.

A man is facing federal charges after he allegedly set fire to a Chicago Police Department car — all while wearing a Joker mask, which partially obscured his face.

One hundred and thirty-two police Chicago police officers were injured during this weekend’s riots after George Floyd’s May 25th death in Minneapolis police custody.

Rioters in Chicago were able to skirt the police and loot with impunity because they jammed Chicago police radio bands.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) and the Chicago Police Department are defending freeing an illegal alien convicted felon who allegedly sexually assaulted a three-year-old girl in a public bathroom.

SWAT officers in Chicago, Illinois, saved a man’s life Saturday after he fell into freezing Lake Michigan.