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CHICAGO — One of four students shot outside Benito Juarez Community Academy high school on the city’s Southwest Side Friday afternoon has died, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

Officer Thomas Sherry was found guilty of submitting false reports after two raids conducted by the SOS on July 27, 2004, on the Northwest Side.

Mayoral challenger says he would fire Police Supt. David Brown, fill 1,600 police vacancies and push “resources to the district level.”

Nancy Adduci faces accusations she withheld “a mountain of evidence” about the 2011 slaying of Chicago Police Officer Clifton Lewis.

Former Area South Detectives Commander Rodney Blisset said there was no reason to ‘dump’ a detective who supervised police shooting investigation.

There are many factors driving the 122 candidates’ desire to become part of the grand experiment of civilian oversight at the grassroots level. Two major camps have emerged: Police supporters determined to take the shackles off officers and those who believe CPD has victimized communities of color…

Isaac Lambert testified that he was “dumped” by CPD brass for refusing to alter reports in a fellow officer’s off-duty shooting of a disabled teen.

Isaac Lambert has sued city, CPD claiming he was demoted for refusing to cover for a fellow officer who shot an unarmed, disabled teen in 2017.

“Racist and violent policing, unfortunately despite the consent decree, is still the norm being experienced by people on the ground in the city,” Alexandra Block, an attorney with the ACLU of Illinois, said during a hearing Tuesday.