- 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, Michael Miner on Media, Sep 19, 2012
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A near-death experience at Homicide Watch
A Kickstarter campaign will likely keep the transformative D.C.-based website alive. Will it also help bring a new kind of crime journalism to Chicago?
- News & Features, Feature, Aug 22, 2012
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Deadly poverty
Homicide is just one of many killers plaguing Chicago's poor black neighborhoods
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 12, 2012
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Rahm announces another "new initiative" that's decades old
The mayor's plan to raze troubled buildings sounds a lot like the one Mayor Daley "introduced" in 1992
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 13, 2012
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Chicago's crime problem: A matter of "perception"
If Chicago's crime problem is only a matter of "perception," then why are police being asked to work extra patrols on their days off?
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 7, 2010
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Weis Struggles to explain how the gun ban is working
Police superintendent Jody Weis isn't any better than Mayor Daley at explaining how Chicago's gun ban is effective.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 11, 2008
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More violence in Beat 1413
Another rash of violence in Logan Square's Beat 1413
