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Dealing with mental health crisis one Zoom call at a time

CHICAGO (AP) — The sergeant had so little use for the tablet that she did not bother to grab it from the seat of her squad car when she ran into the house where a suicidal man was screaming and slamming his head against the floor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Dealing with mental health crisis one Zoom call at a time

CHICAGO (AP) — The sergeant had so little use for the tablet that she did not bother to grab it from the seat of her squad car when she ran into the house where a suicidal man was screaming and slamming his head against the floor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Dealing with mental health crisis one Zoom call at a time

CHICAGO (AP) — The sergeant had so little use for the tablet that she did not bother to grab it from the seat of her squad car when she ran into the house where a suicidal man was screaming and slamming his head against the floor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Dealing with mental health crisis one Zoom call at a time

CHICAGO (AP) — The sergeant had so little use for the tablet that she did not bother to grab it from the seat of her squad car when she ran into the house where a suicidal man was screaming and slamming his head against the floor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Cops who kill often catch a break at sentencing time

CHICAGO (AP) — Throughout the murder trial, prosecutors showed jurors the video seen countless times around the world of the white police officer killing a Black male. And when it was over, the jurors found the officer guilty of murder.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Cops who kill often catch a break at sentencing time

CHICAGO (AP) — Throughout the murder trial, prosecutors showed jurors the video seen countless times around the world of the white police officer killing a Black male. And when it was over, the jurors found the officer guilty of murder.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Illinois man accused of threatening inauguration violence

CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago man accused of threatening to take the lives of President-elect Joe Biden and other Democrats at the upcoming inauguration in Washington, D.C., has been arrested, prosecutors said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Chicago police union head apologizes for defending mob

CHICAGO (AP) — The president of the Chicago Police officers’ union apologized Friday for defending the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol and downplaying this week's violence that left four people dead.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Chicago police union head apologizes for defending mob

CHICAGO (AP) — The president of the Chicago Police officers’ union apologized Friday for defending the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol and downplaying this week's violence that left four people dead.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Chicago priest Pfleger `devastated' by sex-abuse allegations

CHICAGO (AP) — An activist Chicago Catholic priest who has garnered attention for taking on everyone from drug dealers to Jerry Springer said Wednesday that he is “devastated” by allegations that he sexually abused a minor more than 40 years ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Video shows woman after being struck by Chicago police SUV

CHICAGO (AP) — The release of video from an officer's body camera showing a woman on the ground after being struck by a police SUV marks the second time in less than a month that Chicago police video dating back to 2019 has been made public after the city fought …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Chicago ends 2020 with 769 homicides as gun violence surges

CHICAGO (AP) — The number of homicides and shootings in Chicago spiked dramatically in 2020, ending with more bloodshed than in all but one year in more than two decades, statistics released by police on Friday revealed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Video shows Chicago cops storming into wrong home

CHICAGO (AP) — A civilian police review board confirmed Tuesday it is investigating allegations that Chicago police officers serving a search warrant last year barged into the wrong home and handcuffed a naked woman who lived there.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hunt still on for suspects in ransacking of Chicago stores

CHICAGO (AP) — The summer night when crowds descended on downtown Chicago, shattered store windows and poured inside the gaping holes to grab as much merchandise as they could carry away is a distant memory to many in the city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hunt still on for suspects in ransacking of Chicago stores

CHICAGO (AP) — The summer night when crowds descended on downtown Chicago, shattered store windows and poured inside the gaping holes to grab as much merchandise as they could carry away is a distant memory to many in the city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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