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Victims of Chicago cop’s alleged frame ups set free by prosecutors

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Charges dropped against Chicago high school student in tasing incident with police

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Dijon "Chase" Walker is on life support after being shot in the head in Chicago. (Walker/Chicago Tribune) thegrio.com

Chicago grandfather devastated after baby boy is shot in the head in SUV ‘He’s on life support and it doesn’t look good’

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Jussie Smollett thegrio.com

Jussie Smollett was reluctant to report his brutal attack to Chicago police, report says

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Woman explains her big-hearted act for the homeless during Chicago’s cold snap

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Chicago to pay $168.5K after police forced man to sit in own waste, stole another’s money

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Jason Smith thegrio.com

Chicago inmate accused of hiring an undercover cop to kill witnesses

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Jussie Smollett thegrio.com

Jussie Smollett speaks out after brutal attack ‘These types of cowardly attacks are happening to non-gender conforming siblings daily’

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Jussie Smollett thegrio.com

Jussie Smollett Noose Video: Police have footage of ‘Empire’ actor with rope around his neck after brutal attack

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Polar Vortex Chicago thegrio.com

Charitable donor picks up tab to put 70 homeless people in hotels during Chicago’s brutal sub-zero weather

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Polar Vortex

City of Chicago moves homeless into warm spaces during winter blast

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Prisoners shoveled snow in frigid Chicago weather with only orange jumpsuits on

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Jussie Smollett thegrio.com

Chicago Police release details of Jussie Smollett’s brutal attack, celebs and ‘Empire’ fans react

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Lawrence Crosby was brutally arrested by Evanston Police after being accused of stealing his own car. (Patch) thegrio.com

Black grad student brutally arrested by police for ‘stealing’ his own car settles case for $1.25 million

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Chicago activist urges Black community to ‘Take to the polls’ in wake of Jason Van Dyke’s Sentence

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Erykah Badu thegrio.com

Erykah Badu defends R. Kelly despite mounting sexual abuse allegations against the disgraced singer

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Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke SENTENCED to ONLY 81 MONTHS in fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald

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Special prosecutor Patricia Brown Holmes speaks to reporters at the courthouse Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, in Chicago. Former Detective David March, ex-Officer Joseph Walsh and Officer Thomas Gaffney, three Chicago police officers accused accused of trying to cover up the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by officer Jason Van Dyke in October 2014, were acquitted by a judge Thursday. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) thegrio.com

After cover-up trial, police officer who fatally shot Laquan McDonald to be sentenced

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‘It’s finally over’: Chicago man exonerated in murder conviction tied to corrupt cop

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Laquan McDonald thegrio.com

Chicago police officers found NOT GUILTY for covering up fatal Laquan McDonald shooting

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