State-sanctioned intimidation, harassment, police violence, restrictions on public participation, punitive laws, and ...

The borrowing proposal revives a practice past mayors discontinued and derided as financially reckless. While members of the City Council raise concerns and questions, Johnson’s team is defending the ...

As an unprecedented immigration crackdown enters a third month, a growing number of Chicago residents are fighting back against what they deem a racist and aggressive overreach of the federal ...

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Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says. Ricardo Aguayo Rodriguez was bicycling home ...

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Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling on Wednesday said the use of tear gas by federal immigration agents has lessened after he spoke with leaders from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Since ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A new court filing in the case of the Chicago Headline Club versus the Department of Homeland Security alleges that Border Patrol agents tossed tear gas on a crowd “for fun” and that ...

Erratic Dodgers fans took over the streets of Los Angeles to celebrate the team’s second straight World Series title early Sunday morning while police officers were struck by “industrial-sized ...

Los Angeles police fired tear gas and less-than-lethal munitions at celebrating Dodgers fans early Sunday after officers came under attack from industrial-sized fireworks and bottles. The LAPD ...

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Nicole Charky-Chami is a senior editor based in Los Angeles, writing and producing breaking news. She teaches journalism courses for UCLA Extension and previously taught at Loyola Marymount University ...