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ByTammyWebberand Don Babwin The Associated Press CHICAGO ASouthSidepo- lice commander and his of- ficers tortured black sus- pects into confessing to crimes they didn't commit. Another rogue unit shook down drug dealers on the West Side for drugs and money. A different group of officers accepted payments from drug dealers to warn them of police raids. And for years, whenever Chicago officers did some- thing wrong, their col- leagues covered for them. The city's longstanding reputation for police mis- conduct and brutality shat- tered relations with the black community long be- fore the federal government announced this week that it was launching a wide-rang- ing civil-rights investiga- tion of the Chicago Police Department. The probe was prompted by a video show- ing a white officer shoot- ing a black teen 16 times and revelations that other officers filed false reports about what happened. "There is a deep mis- trust, and it really becomes a cancer here in Chicago because it eats away at re- spect for authority and re- spect for the law ... that be- comes toxic," said the Rev. Marshall Hatch of New Mt. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church. He said some com- munities feel like they're being occupied by police rather than protected by them. Craig Futterman is an attorney who helped win the release of video show- ing the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan Mc- Donald. He said the foot- age underscored two things: A pervasive code of silence at all levels of the department has allowed misconduct and brutality to fester, and previous re- form efforts have done lit- tle to solve the problem. "Political leaders never had the political courage to address underlying is- sues that allow a minor- ity of police officers to abuse the most vulnerable among us, disproportion- ately black folk, with im- punity," said Futterman, a professor at the Univer- sity of Chicago, which last month released an anal- ysis that found of 56,000 complaints against Chi- cago police, only a fraction led to disciplinary action. The department first earned a widespread repu- tation for brutality during the 1968 Democratic Na- tional Convention, when officers were seen on tele- vision beating demonstra- tors. In the years that fol- lowed, that belief was ce- mented by one scandal after another. From the 1970s to early 1990s, a police unit led by former Commander Jon Burge used electric shocks, suffocation and beatings to get black men to falsely confess to crimes, some of which landed them on death row. So far, 18 have been exonerated and re- ceived tens of millions of dollars in reparations from the city. Burge was convicted of lying about the torture and served 4½ years in prison. CHICAGO POLICE Misconduct has frayed relations with blacks M.SPENCERGREEN—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE Rev. Marshall Hatch, of the New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church speaks to the media in Chicago. By Nomaan Merchant and Brian Slodysko The Associated Press DALLAS Syrian fami- lies have been settled in Texas and in Indiana, the groups helping them said Tuesday, defying ef- forts by the conservative states' governors to stop their arrival. A family of six went to live Monday near rel- atives already living in the Dallas area, said Lucy Carrigan, a spokeswoman for the International Res- cue Committee. "They seem very happy," Carrigan said, noting that they were put up in an apartment with basic furniture and a stocked refrigerator. "And it was almost like breath- ing a sigh of relief that they have arrived. This has been a long journey for them, and it's been a long journey for a lot of Syrian refugees." Carrigan declined to make family members available for an interview, but she said they were not fazed by the state's fight or concerns that they might not be welcome in Texas. Fifteen more Syri- ans are expected to arrive in Houston this week, ac- cording to court filings made by federal officials. Meanwhile, a Syr- ian couple and their two small children arrived safely Monday night in Indianapolis, where they have relatives, the Ro- man Catholic Archdio- cese of Indianapolis said in a statement. It said the family fled Syria three years ago and under- went two years of secu- rity checks before being allowed to enter the U.S. Archbishop Joseph To- bin said he considered Gov. Mike Pence's recent request to not bring the family to Indiana until Congress had approved new legislation regard- ing immigrants and ref- ugees. But he said he wel- comed them anyway be- cause helping refugees "is an essential part of our identity as Catholic Christians." IMMIGRATION Syrian refugees resettled in resistant Texas, Indiana Washington 58/45 New York 52/47 Miami 79/67 Atlanta 66/49 Detroit 49/38 Houston 74/53 Chicago 51/38 Minneapolis 45/39 Kansas City 60/46 El Paso 66/41 Denver 66/39 Billings 59/37 Los Angeles 78/56 San Francisco 62/55 Seattle 51/41 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans:0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: THURSDAY 59° 44° FRIDAY 56° 39° Mostly cloudy with a shower Periods of rain SATURDAY 53° 42° Sun and clouds SUNDAY 53° 38° Wi ndy with ra in TODAY 60° 54° Breezy with periods of rain. Breezy and mild with heavy rain developing tonight. High ....................................................................... 56° Low ........................................................................ 52° Normal high ......................................................... 55° Normal low ........................................................... 38° Record high ............................................. 73° in 1979 Record low .............................................. 19° in 2009 Humidity noon today ........................................ 92% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 1.02" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.94" Season to date .................................................. 2.39" Normal season to date .................................... 5.00" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ........................................................... Moderate Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ............................................. Not available Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass .................. Absent Mold .........................Low Trees .................. Absent Weeds ................ Absent 1 Highest at 11 a.m. Today 7:19 a.m. 4:43 p.m. 5:26 a.m. 3:57 p.m. Thursday 7:20 a.m. 4:43 p.m. 6:23 a.m. 4:41 p.m. 9 hr., 24 min. Dec11 New Dec18 First Full Dec25 Last Jan1 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........1.30 .......none atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......129.10 ......+0.10 atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.60 .......none atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......238.00 .......none atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......200.70 .......none atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......166.50 ......+0.10 BlackButte ....................437.09..............26,712 .....18.6% LakeOroville..................649.95............911,668 .....24.4% LakeShasta ...................912.19.........1,320,193 .....29.0% LakeTrinity..................2179.17............470,335 .....17.8% Whiskeytown...............1198.81............206,595 .....85.7% Weather Trivia ™ On average, does more snow fall at night or during the day? At night since winter nights are longer. Today Thursday Anaheim 78/49/pc 70/54/pc Bakersfield 65/43/pc 68/47/r Chula Vista 75/49/pc 69/59/pc Crescent City 59/50/r 53/43/r Death Valley 72/42/pc 75/43/pc Eureka 60/51/r 54/45/r Fremont 65/54/c 60/49/r Fresno 62/46/pc 59/44/r Glendale 78/52/pc 69/52/pc Huntington Beach 73/54/pc 67/58/pc Irvine 75/49/pc 69/57/pc Lake Tahoe 52/39/c 42/26/r Long Beach 76/55/pc 69/57/pc Los Angeles 78/56/pc 69/55/pc Mammoth Mountain 58/33/pc 49/23/sn Modesto 66/52/pc 61/46/r Monterey 63/50/pc 62/48/r Moreno Valley 79/40/pc 71/50/pc Napa 61/56/r 61/43/r Needles 75/47/pc 75/51/pc Oakland 62/54/c 60/46/r Oxnard 72/52/pc 68/54/pc Redding 59/53/r 57/43/r Riverside 80/41/pc 73/50/pc Sacramento 64/54/c 62/45/r San Bernardino 80/45/pc 72/52/pc San Diego 74/55/pc 69/60/pc San Francisco 62/55/c 60/49/r San Jose 66/52/c 62/47/r San Luis Obispo 75/49/pc 66/50/r Santa Ana 74/51/pc 68/57/pc Santa Barbara 73/49/pc 69/51/pc Santa Clarita 79/48/pc 69/47/pc Stockton 66/52/c 62/45/r Ventura 72/51/pc 69/54/pc Yosemite Valley 62/34/pc 46/32/r Today Thursday Albuquerque 60/34/pc 62/38/pc Atlanta 66/49/s 68/52/pc Baltimore 56/40/pc 60/40/pc Boston 47/42/pc 57/45/c Buffalo 54/43/c 53/46/pc Chicago 51/38/pc 57/37/c Cincinnati 51/42/c 55/47/pc Dallas 71/51/s 76/48/pc Denver 66/39/pc 63/43/pc Detroit 49/38/sh 51/42/pc El Paso 66/41/s 72/43/s Fargo 45/31/c 39/25/sh Honolulu 84/74/sh 84/74/pc Houston 74/53/pc 78/64/pc Indianapolis 53/40/c 57/43/pc Kansas City 60/46/pc 65/39/pc Las Vegas 68/46/pc 72/51/pc Louisville 56/45/c 60/51/pc Miami 79/67/t 80/66/c Minneapolis 45/39/pc 47/31/sh New Orleans 73/56/pc 74/63/pc New York City 52/47/pc 58/50/pc Oklahoma City 70/45/s 68/41/s Following patchy fog, most areas from the Gulf Coast to northern New England can expect at least partial sunshine today. Showers will dot South Florida and the Keys. Very spotty showers are in the offing from the Tennessee Valley to the central Great Lakes. West of this area, from Min- nesota to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and South- ern California, sunshine is in store with a warm afternoon for the second week of December. The latest in a series of storms will bring more heavy rain along the coast from northern California to western Washington. High ................................. 85° in Chino, CA Low ...................... 8° in Sunset Crater, AZ High ........... 110° in Marble Bar, Australia Low ............................ -59° in Nera, Russia Bogota 70/46/pc 71/43/r Buenos Aires 85/63/s 92/69/pc Caracas 87/76/s 87/75/s Ensenada 77/45/s 73/55/pc Mexico City 68/44/pc 71/43/pc Montreal 42/35/c 48/39/c Rio de Janeiro 85/74/pc 89/75/r Tijuana 77/48/s 71/57/pc Toronto 51/42/c 50/46/pc Vancouver 51/41/sh 48/42/r Orlando 79/60/pc 78/58/pc Philadelphia 56/45/pc 60/45/pc Phoenix 78/49/s 78/52/pc Pittsburgh 56/45/c 55/46/pc Portland, ME 41/33/pc 52/37/c Portland, OR 56/44/sh 52/41/r St. Louis 59/45/pc 67/40/pc Salt Lake City 55/39/pc 56/31/sh Seattle 51/41/sh 51/41/r Tucson 81/44/s 82/49/s Washington, DC 58/45/pc 61/45/pc Cairo 70/53/s 69/54/pc Casablanca 72/51/pc 70/48/c Johannesburg 84/63/pc 87/62/pc Kinshasa 88/72/c 89/72/pc Lagos 90/73/s 91/74/s Nairobi 77/60/pc 76/60/pc Tripoli 67/53/pc 65/53/r Baghdad 64/39/s 64/40/s Beijing 42/29/c 47/23/s Hong Kong 68/63/t 72/63/s Jerusalem 59/39/s 57/38/s Kabul 42/29/sh 43/16/s Manila 90/75/s 91/75/s Melbourne 76/54/pc 77/56/s New Delhi 75/55/pc 80/54/pc Seoul 48/36/pc 51/36/c Singapore 90/77/c 90/76/t Sydney 92/70/t 81/66/sh Tehran 48/29/s 45/23/s Tokyo 54/46/s 61/56/c Amsterdam 49/42/s 47/44/pc Athens 59/45/c 58/47/c Belgrade 39/36/sh 39/36/sh Berlin 48/36/sh 43/37/s Budapest 35/35/sh 45/29/sh Dublin 53/42/r 46/37/sh London 52/49/pc 53/44/r Madrid 61/43/pc 56/44/pc Moscow 35/29/c 36/31/c Paris 50/35/s 45/40/pc Rome 60/43/pc 60/38/s Stockholm 45/37/sh 49/38/pc Vienna 44/38/c 43/29/s Zurich 46/28/r 39/29/pc 55/41 66/40 59/46 55/45 61/38 64/54 61/57 61/56 60/52 60/57 59/56 46/37 48/40 49/43 59/53 60/54 57/49 60/54 59/54 60/51 59/51 52/43 54/43 59/50 55/43 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 741Main Street,Suite#2 Red Bluff, CA 96080 1-800-287-2187 (530) 527-2187 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK www.redbluffcoldwellbanker.com See All Tehama County Listings at IfyouareConsidering Selling Your Home, Now is the Time! 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