LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke Chicago Police believe members of the notorious Mexican street gang La Raza used an AR-style rifle to carry out a brazen attack on Tuesday that left two plainclothes officers wounded and touched off a citywide manhunt. Gunmen shot up an unmarked police van with a handgun and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Chicago’s top cop argued there are certain situations where it’s acceptable to shoot a fleeing suspect in the back during a trial Thursday. Eddie Johnson, the Chicago Police Department’s superintendent, testified during a wrongful death trial concerning a 2013 fatal police shooting, reports NBC Chicago. The family…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Chicago police arrested a second teenager Monday in connection to a gang rape streamed over Facebook live. The 15 year-old teen boy, along with his mother, turned himself in to the Chicago authorities after they put out a warrant for his arrest, reports the New York Daily News….
By Eric Lieberman Watch the Chicago Police Department press conference live below: The four black perpetrators who live streamed their torturing of a mentally handicapped man in Chicago could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted of more than just a hate crime. Hate crime charges were officially filed Thursday against Jordan Hill, Tesfaye Cooper, Brittany…
Casey Harper Chicago’s homicide rate exploded in the month of January, and now police are scrambling to do something about it. Chicago had 272 gunshot victims and 51 homicides in January, the highest total for the winter month in 16 years. In fact, the rate is so high, there are nearly two murders a day. While in…