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Chicago’s former police superintendent described himself as a scapegoat for the Laquan McDonald shooting, an incident that sparked a backlash by city residents.

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Tuesday the dismissal of Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and cited the lack of public trust as reasoning.

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After several decades of decline in our homicide rate nationwide, large cities in the United States are seeing increases in the number of murders.

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Homicides in Chicago are up 20 percent from last year, with nearly 2,000 shooting victims and more than 300 fatalities so far this year.

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Despite an increase in police presence, 53 people were injured and nine were killed by gunfire in Chicago over the holiday weekend.

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is scrambling to defend a rising murder rate less than a week away from a crucial runoff election against a populous Mayoral challenger.

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Nadia Ezaldein's family said she was severely beaten when she broke up with Marcus Dee and a restraining order was filed after months of harassment. But the judge threw out the petition, citing lack of sufficient evidence.

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Seemingly in line with last year's count, The Windy City continues to see more illegal firearms seized than any other city in the country.

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According to Williams, Evans, along with about 10 other officers, chased him down and cornered him in an abandoned house, before the physical intimidation began and asked where he “put the guns.”

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Despite yet another violence-filled weekend in the Windy City, statistics released from the police department last week suggest that while shootings are on the rise in Chicago, homicides are actually down for the first half of 2014.

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Following yet another violent weekend in the Windy City, local law enforcement and legislators are pushing for a law that would increase the penalty for certain gun violations.

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel is asking that the city give him six months to come up with rules and regulations for gun dealers after a federal court ruling on Monday determined that Chicago’s blanket ban on gun sales was unconstitutional.

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