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CHICAGO (AP) — The latest on scrutiny surrounding Chicago police shootings, including one in 2014 in which an officer has been charged with murder for killing a teenager (all times local): 10:30 p.m. The city of Chicago has paid out $5.5 million to 57 people whose claims that they were tortured by police decades ago […]

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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police fatally shot a 19-year-old man and 55-year-old woman over the weekend, again putting a spotlight on one of the nation’s largest police departments and raising questions about whether its officers are too quick to use deadly force. The double shooting, which already has led to a civil lawsuit filed Monday, […]

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CHICAGO (AP) — Grieving relatives and friends of two people shot and killed by Chicago police said Sunday the slayings raised concerns about why officers “shoot first and ask questions later,” saying the city failed residents even as a federal civil rights investigation has begun scrutinizing police practices. Quintonio LeGrier, 19, was killed early Saturday […]