Jake Sheridan

1 week ago | thederrick.com | Jake Sheridan |Joe Mahr

CHICAGO — Chicago’s spending on police misconduct settlements and other police lawsuits is soaring this year, and the steep price for taxpayers could rise hundreds of millions more. Through May alone, the City Council has already approved at least $145.3 million in taxpayer payments to settle lawsuits involving the Chicago Police Department, a record number that dwarfs sums from past years, according to a Tribune analysis.

1 week ago | dailygazette.com | Jake Sheridan |Joe Mahr

CHICAGO — Chicago’s spending on police misconduct settlements and other police lawsuits is soaring this year, and the steep price for taxpayers could rise hundreds of millions more. Through May alone, the City Council has already approved at least $145.3 million in taxpayer payments to settle lawsuits involving the Chicago Police Department, a record number that dwarfs sums from past years, according to a Tribune analysis. kAm%92E 2>@F?E — 72C 23@G6 E96 Sga]e >:==:@? |2J@C qC2?5@? y@9?D@?

1 week ago | dailyitem.com | Jake Sheridan |Joe Mahr

CHICAGO — Chicago’s spending on police misconduct settlements and other police lawsuits is soaring this year, and the steep price for taxpayers could rise hundreds of millions more. Through May alone, the City Council has already approved at least $145.3 million in taxpayer payments to settle lawsuits involving the Chicago Police Department, a record number that dwarfs sums from past years, according to a Tribune analysis. kAm%92E 2>@F?E — 72C 23@G6 E96 Sga]e >:==:@? |2J@C qC2?5@? y@9?D@?

2 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Caroline Kubzansky |Jake Sheridan |Olivia Olander

CHICAGO - Damien Morris was feeling "a little tense" Wednesday afternoon. It was the first day of a planned six-day sprint to prevent as much violence as possible in East Garfield Park and Morris, chief program officer for violence prevention and social services nonprofit Breakthrough, was staring down a packed calendar. Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer, historically marks the beginning of an annual spike in violence that the city has done its best to shake for decades.

2 weeks ago | swoknews.com | Caroline Kubzansky |Jake Sheridan |Olivia Olander

CHICAGO — Damien Morris was feeling “a little tense” Wednesday afternoon. It was the first day of a planned six-day sprint to prevent as much violence as possible in East Garfield Park and Morris, chief program officer for violence prevention and social services nonprofit Breakthrough, was staring down a packed calendar. Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer, historically marks the beginning of an annual spike in violence that the city has done its best to shake for decades.