- News & Features, Feature, May 8, 2013
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Addicted to guns
Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?
- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Apr 17, 2013
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Former Reader editor delves into the hunt for more of John Wayne Gacy's dead
Alison True's johnwaynegacynews.com pushes for greater transparency in the search for more victims of the executed serial killer.
- News & Features, Feature, Mar 20, 2013
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Was Jonylah Watkins the victim of segregation-related violence?
Gangs aren't the only problem in Woodlawn.
- News & Features, Feature, Feb 14, 2013
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Anatomy of a heroin ring
Dana Bostic's gang-affiliated west-side drug organization employed dozens of residents, served thousands of customers, established ties with Mexican drug cartels, and relied on violence to stay in business.
- News & Features, Feature, Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
John Campos, the organizer"Some blocks look like Afghanistan and others look like any other street in Chicago."
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 30, 2012
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Updated again: CPD shutting down L.E.P. Bogus Boys?
Did the cops kick a rap group off the bill of an upcoming concert? UPDATE: No, they didn't.
- News & Features, Politics, Aug 25, 2011
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Where’s Garry McCarthy?
A frustrated south-side community invites Chicago’s new police superintendent to a “dialogue”
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 23, 2010
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TIFs for Cops
Rahm Emanuel's plan for using TIF money on police hires will run into some old problems.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 1, 2010
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The Vanishing Beat Cop, Cont'd
Next year there'll be few cops on the streets of Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 17, 2010
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The Collapse of CAPS?
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 14, 2010
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Fraternal Order of Police: Jody Weis Should Step Down
The FOP tells off Jody Weis in an open letter.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 14, 2010
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The Vanishing Chicago Beat Cop to Become More Visible
Chicago cops to protest the shortfall of beat cops on the street.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 3, 2010
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Notes on Crime
What happened to Chicago's most violent neighborhoods?
- News & Features, Media, Jul 8, 2010
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Conroy on Burge
The reporter who's spent 20 years investigating the police torture kingpin on why the perjury verdict surprised even him.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 18, 2010
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"Indoor Homicides"
Jody Weis introduces a new distinction between types of homicide
- News & Features, Politics, Mar 11, 2010
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Time for a Revolution
No way is Mayor Daley going down without a fight. But perhaps you've noticed: he rarely ever gets one.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 7, 2009
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Mayor Backsies
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 23, 2009
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Was justice done to Anthony Abbate?
Anthony Abbate receives two years' probation for beating bartender Karolina Obrycka. Is that justice... or an unusual sentence for the crime?
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 13, 2009
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You get what you pay for?
Back in September of last year Mayor Daley bluntly said that attrition in the Chicago Police Department wouldn't affect public safety. But is the move from cops to cameras undermining the CPD's effectiveness?
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 21, 2008
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Jon Burge arrested by feds
This morning Jon Burge was charged with perjury and obstruction of justice over his Area 2 police-torture testimony.
