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Charged: 3 NATO Summit Protesters Planned Attacks On Police, Mayor’s Home, Obama HQ
Three anti-NATO protesters were planning to attack police stations, Mayor Emanuel’s home and President Obama’s campaign headquarters with Molotov cocktails during the NATO Summit, police sources said on Saturday.
McCarthy Confident Police Can Handle NATO Protests
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said Wednesday that Chicago police officers assigned to NATO protest duty have passed their first test ahead of this weekend’s NATO summit.
Masked Protesters March Through South Side To Decry Police Brutality
With the NATO summit five days away, demonstrations are becoming more intense. CBS 2’s Mike Parker reports on a so-called militant march against police brutality Tuesday evening.
Man Arrested After Firing Shot In Bridgeport, 16-Mile Police Chase
A man who was alleged to have fired a gun on a Bridgeport neighborhood street late Saturday was apprehended by police not long afterward, but not before he led police on a pursuit that stretched more than 16 miles south, ending after he abandoned his car in the Far South Side Altgeld Gardens area.
Donors Offering Help After Bridgeport Church’s Cross Vandalized
After vandals damaged an old copper cross at St. Mary of Perpetual Help Church in the Bridgeport neighborhood, offers of help started pouring in.
Bridgeport Church’s Copper Cross Vandalized
It’s been part of a Bridgeport parish for more than a century, but now a historic copper cross sits damaged after an attack by vandals.
2 Police Officers Hurt In Wreck On South Halsted
Two Chicago Police officers were injured in a wreck Wednesday night on the edge of the Pilsen neighborhood.
Suspect In YouTube Beating Video Released On Home Detention
Raymond Palomino, 17, was among several teens charged last month in the wake of a YouTube-posted video that showed several youths ganging up on a single victim.
7 Teens Charged In Brutal Attack Captured On YouTube
Seven teens – six boys and a girl – have been charged in connection with the brutal beating in the Bridgeport neighborhood this past weekend that went viral on YouTube.
6 Held In Beating Of Teen Posted On YouTube
Six people were being questioned by police Tuesday in a brutal attack on a 17-year-old boy in the Bridgeport neighborhood, which was videotaped and posted on YouTube.
Radio Personality Sues Realty Company For Housing Discrimination
Radio personality George Wilborn and his family filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the realty company that represented a white Bridgeport couple who refused to sell their home to the black couple.
Fire Out At SW Side Warehouse
An extra-alarm fire at a warehouse of a steel drum company in an industrial area in the Southwest Side Bridgeport neighborhood Saturday morning has been extinguished. No one was injured in the blaze.
Man Indicted For Killing Elderly Woman, Proposing With Rings He Stole
A parolee was indicted on murder charges Wednesday for allegedly beating and robbing an elderly nurse in Bridgeport, then using the dead woman’s engagement and wedding rings to propose to his girlfriend.
Firefighter, Son Charged With Beating, Robbing Man In Bridgeport
A Chicago firefighter and his son were ordered held on $75,000 bond each Tuesday after being charged with beating and robbing a man Saturday in the Southwest Side Bridgeport neighborhood.
Teen Charged In Bridgeport Stabbing Death
An 18-year-old man was ordered held on $500,000 bond on Tuesday, charged with stabbing another man to death during a street brawl in Bridgeport on Sunday.
Elderly Woman Beaten To Death At Bridgeport Home
A 73-year-old woman was found beaten to death over the weekend in the garage of her home in Bridgeport.
Bridgeport Street Brawl Leaves One Dead
A man was dead on the scene when he was stabbed in the neck during a street fight in the Bridgeport neighborhood early Sunday on the South Side.
Police Warn Of Attempted Child Abductions In Bridgeport
A man who has been trying to abduct young children remains on the loose in the Bridgeport neighborhood.
Man Shot, Killed On Bridgeport Street
Police are looking for suspects this morning, after a man was found shot to death in the Bridgeport neighborhood.
Neighbors: Bridgeport Streets Have Turned To ‘Unofficial Parking Lots’
Something strange is happening in the Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side and it has some residents puzzled and angry.
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