Chicago Police

Chicago Police Chief David Brown, who leads 13,500 police officers in the city with the largest BG diaspora on the planet, awarded the member of the Bulgarian-American Police Association (BAPA) Officer Georgi Mavrov with the prestigious award and a medal for saving lives.

Three Bulgarians were shot dead in their home in Chicago while eating dinner. An American was also killed. A fifth wounded fights for his life in hospital. It is reported that The incident happened Saturday around 5:30 p.m. in the family's apartment on West Irving Park in Chicago. Authorities continue to gather information about what happened.

A Chicago police officer and two hospital workers were killed Monday by a gunman who carried out a grisly assault at a city hospital.

Chicago police have released a surveillance video from April 8 showing a shoot-out at petrol station that resulted in the killing of a 43-year-old man. Last month, police announced that no one would face charges after Ronald Morales, 43, was shot multiple times at a BP gas station at 7450 W. Grand Ave., Elmwood Park. Police had said the man who survived the shootout acted in self-defense.

A 2-year-old boy is the latest innocent victim of Chicago’s gun violence epidemic after a shooting in broad daylight was captured on Facebook Live.
Lavontay White Jr. was shot in the head while riding along with his 20-year-old aunt and her 26-year-old boyfriend Tuesday afternoon on the city’s West Side, according to police.

Four suspects facing hate crime charges made their first appearance in a Chicago court this afternoon after they allegedly kidnapped and tortured a man, whom a police official characterized as having “mental health challenges,” while streaming it live on Facebook.

Demonstrators marched in cities across the United States on Nov. 9 to protest against Republican Donald Trump's surprise presidential election win, blasting his campaign rhetoric about immigrants, Muslims and other groups. 

A grand jury cleared two Cleveland police officers on Dec. 28 in the November 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was brandishing a toy gun in a park, and a prosecutor said there were a series of mistakes but no criminal activity. 

The city of Chicago will be giving dozens of people tortured by police between 1970 and 1980 the total amount of 5.5 million USD, while it will also undertake other initiatives for said people, such as raising a monument to torture victims.