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Chicago mayor takes police union head to court over vaccines

By DON BABWINOctober 15, 2021 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday that she took her fight with the head of the city's police officers union to court, arguing that his call for officers to ignore the order to report their COVID-19 vaccination status was illegal.

Chicago police union head urges cops to defy vaccine mandate

By DON BABWINOctober 14, 2021 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — The head of the Chicago police officers union has called on its members to defy the city's requirement to report their COVID-19 vaccination status by Friday or be placed on unpaid leave.

Union: Officers told to ‘stand down’ before campus shooting

September 9, 2021 GMT

TOWSON, Md. (AP) — The Towson University police union condemned the suspension of an officer after a shooting over the weekend, claiming that university leadership told officers to “stand down” as a crowd gathered, an assertion the university’s police chief called “reckless.”

Police, firefighters sue Gov. Brown over vaccination mandate

September 4, 2021 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A coalition of police and firefighters are suing Gov. Kate Brown over her mandate requiring COVID-19 vaccination for state workers.

9-year-old bicyclist struck by pickup driven by Chicago cop

July 17, 2021 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — A 9-year-old riding his bicycle along a Chicago street was struck and killed by a pickup truck driven by an off-duty Chicago police officer.

Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara said the officer, who hasn’t been identified, says he didn’t see Hershel Weinberger before hitting him Wednesday evening.

Homicides are up, but GOP misleads with claims about blame

By DAVID KLEPPER and GARY FIELDSJune 10, 2021 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — “SKYROCKETING MURDER RATES,” claimed the National Fraternal Order of Police. “An explosion of violent crime," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. “Democrat-run cities across the country who cut funding for police have seen increases in crime,” tweeted U.S.

Police union files suit over approval of review board

May 20, 2021 GMT

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Less than a day after a West Virginia city approved the formation of a civilian board to review complaints against law enforcement officers, a police union filed suit to halt the process.

Michael Mukasey, Derrick Johnson on Bill Barr confirmation hearing witness list

Jeff Mordock The Washington TimesJanuary 15, 2019 GMT

A former attorney general, the president of the Fraternal Order of Police, and the CEO of the NAACP's Baltimore chapter will be among those testifying at the Senate confirmation hearing for attorney general nominee William Barr, which starts Tuesday.

CALLS FOR WILLIAMS TO RESIGN

Layla A. Jones Tribune Staff WriterMarch 28, 2017 GMT

At 8:45 a.m. on Monday, Black Lives Matter and other social justice groups including the Black is Back Coalition and Walter Hudson, Sr. of the National Awareness Alliance held a rally outside of the District Attorney’s Office near City Hall to call for the resignation of embattled D.A.