Dan Hinkel

Former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge was briefly at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in 2010. The federal judge who presided over the trial of former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge increased his bond, a day after his conviction on perjury and obstruction of justice charges for lying about the torture of suspects.

Civil filing accuses former Chicago police Superintendent Phil Cline of lying in murder case as a lieutenant

July 31, 2024 at 1:37 p.m.

Lawyers for an ailing 73-year-old man freed after 33 years in prison for a double murder now say they can prove a high-ranking police officer lied under oath in a...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot talks with police supervisors in the 4700 block of West Madison Street in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on April 24, 2020, in Chicago.

Mayor Lightfoot promised to reform the Chicago Police Department. Two years in, racial disparities remain in uses of force and arrests, and city is behind on court-ordered changes.

June 18, 2021 at 10:06 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot fueled her political ascent with promises to reform policing, but after two years under her guidance the Chicago Police Department's present looks much like its past. Black...

Parishioners raise their hands in worship as the Rev. Michael Pfleger leads the Sunday morning service at St. Sabina Church on June 6, 2021. "It's good to be home," an emotional Pfleger said to a packed and jubilant crowd at St. Sabina Church — his first time leading a congregation in five months.

Cardinal reinstates Pfleger after probe finds ‘insufficient reason to suspect’ he’s guilty of child sex abuse allegations. ‘Let’s get back to work,’ St. Sabina pastor says.

May 24, 2021 at 11:50 p.m.

The Rev. Michael Pfleger will return to the pulpit at his South Side parish after a Chicago Archdiocese panel found "insufficient reason to suspect" that he is guilty of sexual...

Gold Rush Gaming machines are seen at Shelby's in Berwyn on Jan. 20, 2021.

Video gambling operator pays $75,000 in settlement as Illinois Gaming Board drops attempt to revoke license

April 22, 2021 at 12:10 a.m.

A video gambling operator has agreed to pay $75,000 to the Illinois Gaming Board as part of a settlement approved Wednesday that will end a bid to revoke his license...

Protesters rally outside the 3rd Precinct on April 19, 2021, in Minneapolis as the murder trial against former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd advances to jury deliberations.

Chicago activists and politicians praise guilty verdict in George Floyd murder but differ on what comes next

April 21, 2021 at 2:41 a.m.

As people celebrated in the streets of Minneapolis following Derek Chauvin's murder conviction Tuesday, Chicago activists and politicians praised the verdict as an important step toward achieving justice for people...

William Gonzalez describes viewing the police body cam video of Adam Toledo being shot in the Little Village neighborhood, Thursday, April 15, 2021.
(E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

La Villita llora en silencio tras publicarse el video del tiroteo fatal de Adam Toledo a manos de un oficial de policía de Chicago

April 16, 2021 at 6:30 p.m.

El sitio donde murió Adam Toledo, de 13 años, estuvo marcado por silenciosas muestras de dolor el jueves después de la publicación del video de la cámara corporal de un...

Elizabeth Arguelles arranges flowers at a makeshift memorial near the site where Adam Toledo was shot by police in the Little Village neighborhood on April 15, 2021.

Little Village quietly mourns as video of Adam Toledo’s fatal shooting by a Chicago police officer emerges

April 16, 2021 at 7:43 p.m.

The scene of 13-year-old Adam Toledo's death was marked by quiet displays of sorrow Thursday after the release of body camera video of a Chicago police officer shooting him. People...

Activists march in Millennium Park to support protesters in Brooklyn Center, Minn., after the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright.

As Chicago braces for protests over fatal police shootings, CPD makes new rules for handling crowds

April 15, 2021 at 9:15 p.m.

The Chicago Police Department has made new rules about how cops should treat protesters as the city braces for more demonstrations over the shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo and other...

Inspector General Joe Ferguson hosts a community forum, April 11, 2018, in the Austin neighborhood to gather input on the Chicago Police Department's gang database.

CPD has made little progress on vow to replace gang database criticized as error-filled and racially discriminatory, city watchdog says

March 31, 2021 at 10:51 p.m.

The city's watchdog has found that the Chicago Police Department has "fallen critically short" on its vow to replace and improve its gang database, which reports have described as an...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks at Hawthorne Scholastic Academy as K-5 students return to in-person classes Monday, March 1, 2021 in Lakeview. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Lightfoot administration still behind on court-ordered Chicago Police Department reforms

March 31, 2021 at 10:30 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration continues to lag behind on a legally required overhaul of the Chicago Police Department, missing 60% of its most recent deadlines to make reforms, according to...

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