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Lightfoot is out, Vallas and Johnson are in — the April runoff

Mayor Lori Lightfoot finished third in Tuesday’s election with 16.89% of the vote, behind former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas at 33.95% and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson with 20.32%.

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‘It’s a joke!’ City Council members grill Chicago police officials about extremists in their ranks

Chicago City Council members repeatedly expressed frustration Wednesday as police officials gave conflicting, sometimes puzzling reasons why they have not moved more aggressively against officers tied to far-right groups implicated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Chicago Sun-Times

Built on a burial ground, Norfolk’s Basilica of St. Mary houses over 100 years of Black history. A new grant aims to preserve it.

NORFOLK, Va. — Saints glow in stained glass windows lining the newly pristine interior at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception. The sheen of black-and-white marble tiles, a throwback to the Catholic church’s original floor, captures the saints’ reflections.

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CPD officer who shot fleeing suspect in 2018 in South Shore faces dismissal

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown pushed for a 15-day suspension for Officer Shawn Bryant, but a police oversight board member overruled him Thursday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man was holding gun when he was shot by Chicago cop in North Lawndale, oversights agency says

Javontay Kindred, 25, was charged with several felonies after being critically wounded in the police shooting Monday morning in the 2100 block of South St. Louis Avenue.

Chicago Sun-Times

Boy, 16, charged in mass shooting outside Juarez high school that killed 2 teens, wounded 2 others

“We currently don’t have a clear motive for why a 16-year-old would want to shoot and kill other kids,” Police Supt. David Brown said. “It’s unconscionable, as you can imagine, trying to find some reasoning behind it.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Voters worry about crime, police chief lays groundwork for exit and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Supt. David Brown likely to leave Chicago Police Department

Even if Mayor Lori Lightfoot is reelected and allows CPD Supt. David Brown to keep his job, he could be forced out anyway. In October, Brown turns 63, the mandatory retirement age for Chicago’s police officers and firefighters.

Chicago Sun-Times

Killer robots take on critics in a major showdown over policing: ‘In the end, it comes down to ethics’

Recent requests by police in California to arm robots with explosives or firearms to use against suspects have set off a huge debate.

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Chicago cops caught on video attacking man in holding cell each have long records of alleged misconduct

Amid calls to fire Officer Enrique Delgado Fernandez and Sgt. Jerald Williams in the wake of the video release, the Sun-Times has found they’ve faced dozens of investigations into their on-duty conduct.

Chicago Sun-Times

Challenger for FOP president says incumbent has alienated everyone — and hurt rank-and-file cops

Bob Bartlett, a veteran CPD detective, is trying to unseat John Catanzara, the union president who has feuded with Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Like Catanzara, Bartlett is no fan of Lightfoot or CPD Supt. David Brown — but he disagrees with Catanzara’s scorched-earth rhetoric.

Chicago Sun-Times

Roderick Sawyer hopes to be part of another mayoral dynasty

Sawyer, the son of Eugene Sawyer, Chicago’s mayor from 1987-89, is giving up his 6th Ward City Council seat with the goal of turning Lori Lightfoot into a one-term mayor.

Chicago Sun-Times

Paul Vallas says voters should focus more on competency over likability

Vallas, a former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, said his years of experience at the top of CPS and other major school districts around the country make him well-suited to fix the city’s problems.

Chicago Sun-Times

Friend of the Obamas, Ald. Sophia King hopes to defuse tension in city

King said she would Chicago Police Supt. David Brown, give “burned-out, overscheduled and underappreciated” officers more time off and create incentives needed to fill more than 1,400 sworn police vacancies.

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Lightfoot seeks 2nd term: ‘We have started to change Chicago around for the better’

Despite a stormy first term, the mayor has challenged the media to “find another mayor” who faced the “unprecedented challenges” that confronted her. There was “no honeymoon period for me,” Lightfoot said last year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Newly released video shows Chicago cop repeatedly punching man in holding cell

Activist William Calloway called for the firing of the officer and his partner in the beating of Damien Stewart in May of 2019.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot lets loose on Vallas, Garcia at spirited forum of mayoral front-runners

Fighting for her political life, Mayor Lori Lightfoot called Jesus “Chuy” Garcia the “original defunder” of police and Paul Vallas a resume inflater who takes his marching orders from the Fraternal Order of Police and its “repugnant” president John Catanzara.

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Lightfoot’s reelection challenges, restaurant surcharges and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Public safety training facility, once center of controversy, opens its doors

Mayor Lori Lightfoot had slammed the project before launching her first mayoral campaign, but did an about-face once in office, making the facility even bigger and more expensive.

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot facing stiff headwinds as 8 challengers vie for her job

The fractured field virtually guarantees no single candidate will reach the vote threshold — more than 50% — that’s needed to avoid a runoff between the top two finishers in the Feb. 28 election.

Chicago Sun-Times

For 2nd time in a week, Chicago Police Department under fire over handling of a cop accused of belonging to extremist group

The city’s inspector general on Friday questioned the thoroughness of an internal investigation into the officer after it was reported that he was a member of the Oath Keepers.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor Lori Lightfoot enlisting CPS students not the most campaign ploy ever

Does she really want to be the person who spurred Chicago teens en masse out into the mid-January cold?

Chicago Tribune

After a series of armed robberies of street vendors, Little Village residents organize to protect each other

CHICAGO — Every day, just before 4 a.m., the streets of Little Village begin to fill with the scent of homemade tamales and the 26th Street business corridor lights up with an influx of cars and the chatter of those getting ready to start their day.

Chicago Sun-Times

Head of City Council’s public safety committee renews call to fire Chicago cop with ties to far-right Proud Boys

“We have fired officers in the past with less transgressions in their associations,” Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29th) said of an officer with ties to the group Proud Boys.

Chicago Sun-Times

New Lightfoot ad touts her efforts against violent crime

The mayor hit the airwaves Tuesday with a 30-second commercial confronting what polls show is the No. 1 concern of Chicago voters.

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