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.’
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