Chip Mitchell
Public Safety Reporter at WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)
@WBEZ public safety, policing and public health. Ex-assistant coach of my daughter’s baseball team. Blocker of anonymous cowards. Mobile/Signal: 312-286-9986.
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6 days ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Chip Mitchell
El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. | The place for coverage of Latino news and culture in Chicago. El jueves, el gobernador demócrata de Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, criticó duramente a la administración de Trump por eliminar o amenazar con eliminar diversos programas contra la violencia, afirmando que “la seguridad pública está siendo atacada por la administración de Trump”.
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1 week ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Chip Mitchell
With a nearly three-year surge in the rearview mirror, Chicago robbery numbers have plunged to historic lows. From September 2021 to June 2024, almost every month saw a year-over-year robbery increase, a WBEZ analysis of city data has found. Robberies peaked at 1,213 in August 2023. In July of last year, however, the numbers started to plummet. Every month since then has had a double-digit drop in robberies from the previous year.
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1 week ago |
wbez.org | Chip Mitchell
With a nearly three-year surge in the rearview mirror, Chicago robbery numbers have plunged to historic lows. From September 2021 to June 2024, almost every month saw a year-over-year robbery increase, a WBEZ analysis of city data has found. Robberies peaked at 1,213 in August 2023. In July of last year, however, the numbers started to plummet. Every month since then has had a double-digit drop in robberies from the previous year.
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2 weeks ago |
wbez.org | Chip Mitchell
A Cook County prosecutor argued Wednesday that testimony by a terrorism suspect who alleges a Chicago detective oversaw his Guantánamo torture is not relevant to a North Side murder confession allegedly coerced by that same cop.
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2 weeks ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Chip Mitchell
A Cook County Circuit Court judge is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on whether to allow testimony by a former Guantánamo detainee before she rules on a request to throw out a decades-old murder confession allegedly coerced by a Chicago detective.
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A Cook County prosecutor argues a #Chicago detective’s alleged #coercion leading to a North Side murder confession has little to do with that cop’s interrogation methods for terrorism suspects at the #Guantánamo Bay detention camp, @WBEZ reports. https://t.co/VHjvhpJnbv
BREAKING: A Cook County judge tomorrow will consider whether to hear from a former #Guantánamo detainee before ruling whether to throw out a #murder confession allegedly coerced by a #Chicago detective, @WBEZ reports. https://t.co/42GNWIO1Zb
BREAKING: Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell's office slams State’s Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke for pulling prosecutors from charging decisions in some gun-possession felonies. His office says letting police officers decide on charges increases risks of injustice. https://t.co/JLCijQGSBV