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Federal authorities arrived in Chicago's Parkway Gardens homes, known to Hip-Hop fans as O-Block, and charged five alleged gang members.

Five members of the notorious Chicago O-Block street gang were arrested on Wednesday on charges including the murder of a 21 Savage-associated rapper FBG Duck a year after his death.

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Why does the Chicago Police Department protect its most dangerous cops and retaliate against officers who tell the truth?

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Cities Barack Obama has exploited his youthful stint as a Chicago community organizer at every stage of his political career. As someone who had worked for grassroots “change,” he said, he was a different kind of politician, one who could translate people’s hopes into reality. The media lapped up this conceit, presenting Obama’s organizing experience as a meaningful qualification for the Oval Office. This past September, a cell-phone video of Chicago students beating a fellow teen to de...

Judas and the Black Messiah is based on the true story of FBI informant William O’Neal and his role in the 1969 killing of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. It took years for the facts around Hampton’s killing to become public, thanks to a vigorous government effort to cover them up. While the movie, directed by Shaka King from a screenplay he wrote with Will Berson, stays relatively faithful to history, it does take some liberties with the historica...

Chicago Pastor Corey Brooks impact that profoundly changed their criminal ways CHICAGO – When I first met Pastor Corey Brooks in Chicago several years ago, I was somewhat caught off guard by his gentle and peaceful nature. I admit I expected him to be more in the mold of a fiery, in-your-face type of preacher. After all, this was the pastor that established his New Beginnings Church and Project H.O.O.D., a community center, in the heart of Woodlawn, one of the most violent of 77 communities t...

Havent forgotten. >> you see a big hole like this, im like hell no. the girl said they shot like six times. they started it. >> commander schmitz works to keep the conflict from erupting. >> this is a big, heavy area right here of the bds, black disciples. the gangster disciples start over here, and this is where the fight comes in right along here. seventh district, we have all the challenges because we still have a lot of other things to cover at the same time as these safe passages. its tough...

>> we he have got to do more graduations than funerals to turn this around. >> a lot of gangs here. >> basically what you have two primary gangs. black disciples. >> are there a lot of shootings in this neighborhood. >> definitely. right here we are on king drive. supposed to be a symbol of peace. unfortunately we have a lot of violence right here on king drive. >> i got shot one day. its all good though. im still alive. >> people dont talk to nobody. lucky enough if you can make it across the s...