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How Can You Be a Cop in a City That Hates You?
“We’re the pariahs of the civil service,” said retired Chicago police sergeant Rick Nigro. (All photos by Alec Basse for The Free Press.)
In Chicago, the number of police suicides is far higher than anyone knew: 53 in the past decade. ‘It’s so overwhelming because there’s all these outside people pointing fingers at us.’
By Olivia Reingold
05.08.25 — U.S. Politics
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Olivia Reingold
Olivia Reingold is a staff writer at The Free Press. She co-created and executive produced Matthew Yglesias’s podcast, Bad Takes. She got her start in public radio, regularly appearing on NPR for her reporting on indigenous communities in Montana. She previously produced podcasts at Politico, where she shaped conversations with world leaders like Jens Stoltenberg.
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