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Chicago's top cop must also explain why the number of times officers pointed their guns at individuals increased 44% between 2022 and 2024, according to CPD data. @wttw.bsky.social

That's U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson, a Democrat, who represents Illinois' 1st Congressional District, which includes much of the South Side of Chicago

NEW: Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling must explain why the number of times CPD officers used force against individuals has significantly increased since 2022, and detail what he is doing to reverse that trend, according to a measure approved by Chicago’s police oversight board. @wttw.bsky.social

Anjanette Young, a social worker who was handcuffed while naked during a botched raid in February 2019, says she is frustrated with a new CPD policy that does not ban officers from serving no-knock warrants or pointing guns at children during raids. https://to.wttw.com/46jdIWE

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Mayor Johnson said: "We took her to court and we won back millions of dollars for taxpayers and more than 800 lots across the South and West Sides of the city of Chicago.” But he got the facts wrong. My latest w/ @ctoner.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/04/c...

New documents show a raid on a South Shore apartment complex was prompted by claims that immigrants were squatting in units — not that it had been taken over by Tren de Aragua — and was blessed by the complex's owner, @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social & @jodiscohen.bsky.social report for @propublica.org

“I’m frustrated with the process. I’m also learning in this journey of being in this space that change doesn’t happen overnight and that it’s a marathon and not a sprint.” @wttw.bsky.social

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The deadline to apply to fill three vacant seats on Chicago’s police oversight board is Friday, officials said. The 7-member Community Commission for Public Safety & Accountability oversees COPA and the Chicago Police Board and has the power to set policy for CPD. (via @heathercherone.bsky.social)

NEW: This revised measure — designed to stop large teen gatherings — did not get a vote at today's Public Safety Committee. It remains in limbo. CONTEXT: When you have the votes, you vote.

After nearly a month spent in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, a Chicago father of three has been reunited with his family. https://to.wttw.com/45Olesp

Mayor Johnson says White has “done a really solid job” as COPA’s interim leader. @wttw.bsky.social

Alds. Andre Vasquez (40th Ward) and Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) joined “Chicago Tonight” to detail the proposal that would allow COPA to probe alleged violations of the city’s Welcoming City Ordinance. news.wttw.com/2026/02/02/a...

“‘Mr. Lyons said he was in charge, and I corrected him saying I report to Corey Lewandowski,’ Bovino said in the email.“ Bovino told U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis, under oath, that he reported to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Only 3.3 degrees below normal???

To close the loop on this, the executive order is here: www.chicityclerk.com/legislation-... (and now linked from my story)

On this Groundhog Day, I choose, once again, to celebrate the greatest lede ever written about a rodent's death, courtesy of @jonlemire.bsky.social

BREAKING: Chicagoans can now vote to name one of Chicago’s snowplows “Abolish ICE,” linking the pun to efforts to oppose President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. @wttw.bsky.social

Today is the deadline for Chicagoans to pick a notable Italian to be honored with a statue in Little Italy’s Arrigo Park, where a statue of Christopher Columbus once stood. @wttw.bsky.social

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"Chicago ... a city that still openly supports Kelly" [citation needed]

FULL STORY: The order directs members of the Chicago Police Department to document actions by agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection and attempt to identify those responsible for suspected misconduct or criminal violations. @wttw.bsky.social

BREAKING: Mayor Brandon Johnson signs an executive order he says will "set the groundwork to prosecute ICE & Border Patrol agents for criminal misconduct." The order directs CPD officers to document potential misconduct or criminal violations & "identify" the agents responsible. @wttw.bsky.social

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed course Friday, ruling ex- Mayor Rahm Emanuel does not have to testify about allegations that a “code of silence” among CPD officers led to a botched raid that violated the civil rights of a family with 4 children. @wttw.bsky.social news.wttw.com/2026/01/30/j...

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Chicagoans can vote through Sunday to pick a notable Italian to be honored with a statue in Little Italy’s Arrigo Park, where a statue of Christopher Columbus once stood. @wttw.bsky.social

BREAKING: U.S District Court Judge John Tharp will hold a 3 p.m. hearing today after lawyers for the city ask him to reconsider his order allowing Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to testify about CPD's so-called "code of silence". Background, for @wttw.bsky.social news.wttw.com/2026/01/29/r...

A state commission formed to document abuses during a series of increasingly aggressive immigration enforcement raids across Chicago and the suburbs should probe the conduct of senior Trump administration aides, Gov. JB Pritzker said late Thursday. https://to.wttw.com/4alWev7

🚨 CPJ strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for their reporting on a protest in Minnesota, arrests which mark a serious escalation of attacks on the press in the United States. Read more: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...

If former Mayor Rahm Emanuel testifies as scheduled Tuesday, it will be the first time a former Chicago mayor will have to answer questions under oath in open court about allegations of police misconduct. @wttw.bsky.social

BREAKING: A state commission formed to document abuses during a series of increasingly aggressive immigration enforcement raids across Chicago and the suburbs should probe the conduct of senior Trump administration aides, Gov. JB Pritzker said late Thursday. @wttw.bsky.social

BREAKING: Chicago’s police oversight board on Thursday tapped the interim head of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability to lead the city agency charged with investigating serious allegations of Chicago Police Department misconduct on a permanent basis. @wttw.bsky.social

BREAKING: A federal judge ordered former Mayor Emanuel to testify about allegations that a “code of silence” among CPD officers led to a botched 2018 raid of a Back of the Yards apartment that violated the civil rights of a family with 4 children — ages 4, 8, 11 and 13. @wttw.bsky.social

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Chicago Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th Ward) on Wednesday announced plans to run for Congress. The independent candidate joined "Chicago Tonight" to talk his vision tackling what he sees as the country’s most pressing problems. https://to.wttw.com/4rG8E7h

President Donald Trump’s decision to send federalized National Guard troops to six U.S. cities, including Chicago cost approximately $496 million through the end of December, records show. @wttw.bsky.social

BREAKING: The decision by the Trump administration to send 375 members of the Texas and Illinois National Guard to Chicago cost taxpayers $21 million, according to a new report by the Congressional Budget Office. @wttw.bsky.social

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The final question to Mayor Brandon Johnson at the National Press Club involves whether it is acceptable to put ketchup on a Chicago-style hot dog. Johnson plays along, saying that now that there is a pope from Chicago, that is now a cardinal sin. Good thing it has been such a slow news week!

NEW: After a year hiatus, the Cook County State’s Attorney reverses course and has restarted diverting nonviolent gun cases to restorative justice courts news.wttw.com/2026/01/28/c...

“It is not enough to be a welcoming city on paper,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said. @wttw.bsky.social