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Another kind of gun control
Supporters of a measure that would have expanded background checks for firearm purchases decried the bill's death in the Senate last month. But was the defeat really such a bad thing? Had it passed, the new law would have been hailed as a historic...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, George W. Bush, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice
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Chicago baby, shot with father during a diaper change, dies
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.In Chicago, certain names have become synonymous with a specific type of tragedy for girls, which can be recalled with bleak and brief synopsis: Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old majorette, shot in the back after coming home from President Obama's...Tags: Injury Prevention, Injuries and Wounds, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Barack Obama, Hadiya Pendleton
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2 charged in Hadiya Pendleton's murder to appear in Chicago court
The two men accused of shooting Hadiya Pendleton will appear in a Chicago courtroom on the first-degree murder charges Tuesday, hours before her parents are to sit with First Lady Michelle Obama for the president’s State of the Union speech....
Tags: Assault, Gabrielle Giffords, State of the Union Address, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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Hadiya Pendleton: Slain girl had made PSA against gang violence
Not long after a fatal bullet pierced Hadiya Pendleton’s back, her round face -- its espresso eyes and easy smile -- had become a national symbol of innocence robbed. The slaying of the Chicago sophomore who had recently performed as a...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Gang Activity, Barack Obama, Politics, Hadiya Pendleton
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Weekend violence leaves 9 dead, 47 shot
Chicago TribuneAs she headed out the door Sunday morning, Adrianne Wilberton put on a brave face. It was time to tell her son the news, and she didn't want him hearing it from anyone else. But her composure unraveled as she walked toward the car, a barrage of...Tags: Human Interest, Murder, Juvenile Delinquency, Jewel-Osco, Father's Day
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Police circle high-crime 'boxes' in Chicago
Two Chicago police officers relaxed in their marked patrol car last week at a high-crime South Side corner, telling jokes, talking about their kids and swapping war stories about work to pass the time as they munched on sunflower seeds and drank iced...
Tags: West Englewood, Crime, Law and Justice, Englewood, Shootings
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Seeing a reduction in crime, from cops' point of view
Violence and crime may be in the headlines, but homicides in Chicago have been edging towards some of their lowest levels in years, and the Chicago Police Department has been touting its overtime strategy as a key contributor in tamping down the violence....
Tags: Chicago Police Department, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bloody 2 days stain Father's Day in Chicago
As she headed out the door Sunday morning, Adrianne Wilberton put on a brave face. It was time to tell her son the news, and she didn't want him hearing it from anyone else. But her composure unraveled as she walked toward the car, a barrage of neighbors...Tags: Murder, Human Interest, Juvenile Delinquency, Jewel-Osco, Father's Day
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Officials: Murder, intimidation kept $11 million-a-year gang going
Tribune reportersThe top leaders of one of Chicago’s most violent street gangs have been charged in a sweeping racketeering case that alleges they controlled their West Side drug empire through pattern of intimidation, kidnappings, shootings and murder dating back...Tags: Criminal Laws, Anthony Carter (basketball), Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Justice System
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City targets gang leaders
Chicago Tribune reportersLocal authorities, armed with a powerful new state RICO law, said they charged dozens of leaders and senior members of a notorious West Side street gang with operating a violent, $11 million-a-year heroin and cocaine operation responsible for seven...Tags: Sweetest Day, Prisons, Trials, FBI, Gang Activity
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There's a core of substance in Mark Kirk's `empty, simplistic' crime-fighting proposal
Change of SubjectFriday's print column It's an arresting idea, so to speak. Round up 18,000 members of the Gangster Disciples street gang and put them behind bars awaiting trial. On what charges? "Drug dealing," said U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., when he...... -
CeaseFire director arrested on domestic battery charges
Tio Hardiman, director of the anti-violence group CeaseFire Illinois, was arrested Friday morning on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge at his home in west suburban Hillside. The arrest clouds the future of Hardiman's leadership at the organization,...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Police Arrests, Wars and Interventions, CeaseFire, Misdemeanors
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