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Chicago Police Department thegrio.com
February 2, 2019
The city of Chicago has agreed to pay $168,500 to two Black men- one who said police forced him to…
Jason Smith thegrio.com
February 1, 2019
An inmate in the Cook County Jail in Chicago attempted to hire a hitman to kill three witnesses in a
Jussie Smollett thegrio.com
February 1, 2019
“My body is strong but my soul is stronger. More importantly I want to say thank you. The outpouring of…
Jussie Smollett thegrio.com
February 1, 2019
As Chicago police work to gather more evidence and identify the assailants in the brutal beating of Jussie Smollett, authorities…
Polar Vortex Chicago thegrio.com
January 31, 2019
A good samaritan helped to get 70 homeless people into safe and warm accommodations during brutally cold temperatures in Chicago…
Polar Vortex
January 30, 2019
The City of Chicago is working actively to keep 5,600 homeless people safe & warm during the cold wintery cold…
Chicago
January 30, 2019
But Cook County sheriffs office officials say they were well protected from the cold and a photo of them "misrepresents"…
Jussie Smollett thegrio.com
January 29, 2019
The Chicago Police Department has issued a statement on the terrifying attack on Empire star Jussie Smollett.
Lawrence Crosby was brutally arrested by Evanston Police after being accused of stealing his own car. (Patch) thegrio.com
January 23, 2019
Lawrence Crosby, a doctoral student who was pulled over by police in 2015 for allegedly stealing a car that belonged…
January 22, 2019
CHICAGO (AP) — Activists and others who were disappointed by the outcome of two historic cases involving the killing of…
Erykah Badu thegrio.com
January 20, 2019
Badu left her fans shocked and dismayed when she backed the singer despite the serious sexual abuse allegations made in…
January 18, 2019
A Cook Country judge Vincent Gaughan has just sentenced former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke to eighty one months for…
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
January 18, 2019
A judge rejected allegations that the shocking video of Laquan McDonald's death proved that Chicago police officers tried to stage…
January 17, 2019
Geraldo Iglesias spent 18 years in prison before his conviction was officially overturned Wednesday, but he was released from prison…
Laquan McDonald thegrio.com
January 17, 2019
Officer Thomas Gaffney, former Officer Joseph Walsh, and former Detective David March were each charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice,…
r. kelly
January 17, 2019
Chicago building inspectors have found code violations at R. Kelly's recording studio, including evidence the industrial space was used as…
January 15, 2019
Embattled R&B singer R. Kelly reportedly owes money to a landlord who wants to get rid of the building, which…
Dejanay Stanton thegrio.com
January 15, 2019
A Chicago teen is charged with murdering a transgender woman in an apparent coverup for having a sexual relationship with…
Northwestern University police car (Getty) thegrio.com
January 11, 2019
The mother of Northwestern basketball player Jordan Hankins, who committed suicide by hanging in her dorm room in 2017, is suing…
R. Kelly