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Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, left, is taken into custody after jurors found him guilty of second-degree murder and aggravated battery in the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

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Cop convicted of murder in slaying of Laquan McDonald

by Don Babwin Associated Press, and Michael Tarm Associated PressOctober 5, 2018

A protester who identified herself as Precious Love, breaks down in tears as protesters gather around for a prayer for all the mothers of those who have been shot by the Chicago police after they marched in the South Shore neighborhood following the fatal shooting of a barber by a Chicago police officer, in the 7100 block of South Chappel Ave., in Chicago, on Sunday July 15, 2018. (Nuccio DiNuzzo//Chicago Tribune via AP)

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Chicago activist demands all footage from police shooting

by Don Babwin Associated PressJuly 16, 2018

FILE - In this April 25, 2018 file photo, Dave Fitzgerald of Girard, Ill. waves flags while listening to speakers during the annual IGOLD (Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day) rally at the Capitol 8 in Springfield, Ill. A growing number of rural counties in Illinois are standing up for their rights as gun owners and to do it they've co-opted a word that to conservatives represents nothing more than a liberal policy to skirt the law: Sanctuary. (Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register via AP File)/

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Ill. counties declare ‘sanctuary’ status for gun owners

by Don Babwin Associated PressMay 6, 2018

This photo from Facebook shows James T. Hodgkinson. A government official says Hodgkinson is the suspect in the Virginia shooting that injured Rep. Steve Scalise and several others. (Facebook via AP)

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DC gunman had history of anti-GOP activity

by Don Babwin Associated Press, and Jim Salter Associated PressJune 14, 2017

In this May 23, 2017 photo, inmate Jonathan Scott, right, works in the kitchen at the Cook County Jail in Chicago. Inmates in the jail's medium-security Division 11 are now allowed to order pizzas made by inmates like Scott, who is participating in the jail's "Recipe for Change" program while he waits for trial after his 2015 arrest on an armed robbery charge. in Chicago. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

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Chicago inmates can order fancy Italian pizza made in jail

by Don Babwin Associated PressMay 26, 2017

This Sunday, April 9, 2017, image made from a video provided by Audra D. Bridges shows a passenger being removed from a United Airlines flight in Chicago. Video of police officers dragging the passenger from an overbooked United Airlines flight sparked an uproar Monday on social media, and a spokesman for the airline insisted that employees had no choice but to contact authorities to remove the man. (Audra D. Bridges via AP)

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United CEO issues apology for dragged passenger incident

by Don Babwin Associated PressApril 11, 2017

This undated file photo shows, Kitty Genovese. Genovese, a bar manager, was stabbed to death in March 1964 as she returned home to the Kew Gardens section of Queens, New York at 3:20 a.m. According to police dozens of people looked on but did nothing.

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Teen raped on Facebook Live getting online threats

by Don Babwin Associated PressMarch 22, 2017

President Donald Trump speaks in the White House in Washington on Tuesday.

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White House suggests federal intervention in Chicago crime fight

by Don Babwin Associated PressJanuary 25, 2017

In this Dec. 4, 1969 file photo, Chicago police remove the body of Fred Hampton, leader of the Illinois Black Panther party, who was slain in a gun battle with police on Chicago's west side. The U.S. Justice Department on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, is scheduled to release the findings of an investigation of the Chicago Police Department, and a law enforcement official says the report will show a pattern of civil rights violations. The probe was launched after a video showed a white officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times. (Chicago Daily News courtesy of Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

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Report: Chicago police violated civil rights for years

by Michael Tarm Associated Press, and Don Babwin Associated PressJanuary 13, 2017

Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo displays the Commissioner's Trophy as the team arrives at Wrigley Field in Chicago early Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, after the Chicago Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in Game 7 of the baseball World Series in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)

Narrative changes for Cubs fans and their ridicules

by Don Babwin Associated Press, and Carla K. Johnson Associated PressNovember 3, 2016