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Mark Konkol
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It's Christmastime in Chicago.

In response to a wild Saturday night downtown that left a 12-year-old shot in the back, a CTA bus driver beaten, and 20 young people arrested last week, Chicago's top cop David Brown decided to beef-up weekend patrols for the holidays.

"Chicago belongs to all of us, but if you come downtown or anywhere else to engage in disorderly conduct or other crimes, you will get arrested."

Chicago Top Cop Says More Cops Will Guard Downtown This Weekend

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown ( Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Chicago Police Supt. David Brown ( Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Sunday: Gusty. High: 48 Low: 37

  • Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's conviction on charges that he faked a hate crime against himself and lied about it to the cops isn't the end of his legal woes. City Hall is still suing Smollett for the cost of investigating the hoax, $130,106.15. (Patch)

  • Why aren't there any federal tribal lands in Illinois? Reporter Robert Loerzel takes a look back at the region’s history from the late 1700s through the 1830s — a period marked by armed conflicts, numerous treaty negotiations often made under pressure and through coercive tactics and more to push out Native peoples. (WBEZ)

  • In the wake of a graduate student's murder, Hyde Park residents feel the University of Chicago has created a divide between its campus and the community with protests that seem to be "rallying against Black residents," writes Chima Ikoro. (South Side Weekly)

  • An off-duty police officer was arrested after a 29-year-old woman was found dead from a gunshot wound to her chin in the Galewood neighborhood. Criminal charges were pending last Friday. (Patch)

  • Coronavirus cases are spiking in Chicago to more than 900 a day, but hospitalizations haven't' followed that trend, Chicago's top doctor says. (Patch)

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Saturday:

Whitney Cummings. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Whitney Cummings. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

  • Allman Family Revival at The Chicago Theatre (8 p.m.)

  • Salsa Sundays at Cubby Bear (7 p.m.)

  • Songs of Good Cheer at Old Town School of Folk Music (4 p.m.)

  • Watch Party! Bears vs. Packers at Epiphany Center for the Arts (5 p.m.)

  • The Chris White Trio Tribute to ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ at Lincoln Park Zoo (5 p.m.)

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  • Pet Portraits with Santa! (December 11)

  • 33% off a medical cannabis card certification until the end of 2021! (December 11)

  • FREE-Family Food Distribution (December 11)

  • Music Of The Baroque and Christmas Carols (December 11)

  • Pet Portraits with Santa! (December 12)

  • Chicago Artisan Market (Holiday Edition) in Fulton Market - Sun, Dec 12 | 10am-4pm (December 12)

  • Taxes In Retirement Webinar (December 14)

  • Music with the Rabbi (December 14)

  • Meet the Makers of Shop Evanston Made Holiday Market (December 15)

  • Late Night Shopping: Armitage & Halsted (December 15)

  • CCL 3-Hour Renewals / Illinois 16 & 8-Hour CCL Classes/ Intro to Handguns with $25 Discount (December 18)

  • USCCA Instructor Certification Class - valid in 36 states. (December 29)

  • Chicago Scene New Year's Eve Party at The Drake Hotel (December 31)

  • First Night Evanston is “Closer Than in Person” with a virtual 25th New Year’s Eve Variety Show (December 31)

  • Opening Reception: (un)disclosed with Bryana Bibbs (January 8)

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This article originally appeared on the Chicago Patch