nato protesters want to march on a different day. >>after weeks of gang violence with more than 50 shootings on chicago's streets, we put new focus on a highly touted gang book that claims to identify who the leaders are. tonight, wgn investigates. >>good evening, i'm mark suppelsa. >>i'm micah materre. after one of those shootings killed a 6 year old, the mayor and police superintendent accelerated their revamped gang strategy. yesterday dozens were indentified as gangbangers and arrested. >>but what happens when a book praised by all of top law enforcement for its detailed portrayal of the gangs in chicago gets some of its information - dead wrong? . >> it's a new 300.

encyclopedia of chicago police department hoped to put it together. and bold colors the tattoos and hand signs of gangs. our investigation found that there was page after page of mistakes enough to bring this room full of men here. >> danny is not an innocent. at 18 him into a gang member were involved in a murder and he spent 26 years in prison. >> i want to raise my family i do not want to be shocked at. >>tim white joined a

gang and got caught with heroin he was sent to prison. >> i've been at the street for for 20 years over 20 years... that's. why i am here to try. >> i was ashis professor i can vouch for a lot of these guys. they've all been doing positive things in the community. >> which is working in the ministry and going back to school. >> i do not know what to do. >> i am working two jobs. >> the book says you can't change it and once you something bad you

are going to be full forever. people have changed around here. >> we don't know what evidence the crime commission has to put these men in the books but all we can say for these men is that they say they're gang years are over. >> all of these years i've put an end the ministry have changed me and now you put me back in a book and it looks like i'm presently involved in a gang and i am not. >> on this page 185 matthew williams is listed as a leader and he has been dead for several years. page 60, another man listed as a leader that has been dead for several years. and antonio born in 1978

listed as a leader, here is his picture again with a different name. elum on page 191 willie lloyd. >> he was a leader on the streets.... >> he was without a doubt the leader even though he spent most of his life in prison when he walked out he drove off with five limousines. is he still a gang leader? the crime commission says yes but eight years ago he was paralyzed after being shot eight times. at 62 he's a quadriplegic living in minnesota. here he is listed as the chicago leader. >> am sorry to hear that if in fact there

were mistakes that were made when i was published... >>jim whatcom reese to run the crime commission and put out the first crime book with no questions raised. >> i don't know how quickly they put this together how many people refuted. those things need to be looked after. >> three weeks ago jody introduced the new book to the public and he resigned from the crime commission. he never returned our calls. the chicago crime commission released a statement saying they assume the responsibilities and pointed to figures at the chicago police department. >> i do not point fingers and i don't think anybody else should point fingers. >> having law-

enforcement sensitive information for the public can be sensitive. >> none of it is good enough for these men that said it then left gangs and moved on to new laughs. >ives. >> i'm not a gang member. . >for it's part the cook county sheriff also wrote a letter of endorsement published in the book. it says it works with chicago police gang units in providing the crime commission with information. it insists its intelligence shows danny spain and willie lloyd are still influential gang leaders. but said it was the commission's decision to publish the pictures of the dead

men. as for the book, it can be found on commercial bookstore websites. when the crime commission introduced the book, it was called a training tool for law enforcement, parents educators and business owners who may know little about street gangs operating in the city and suburbs. >>is health care reform on life support? >>what the supreme court justices said today that has some legal analysts thinking the court may strike down a key provision. >>the parents of trayvon martin take their plea for justice to capitol hill. road to recovery. a chicago police officer shot last week returns home from the hospital. and temperatures about to go south again. but tom skilling says more 70 degree temperatures are in the near future.

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>>a chicago cop shot in the line of duty rushed to the er but survives. today officer del pearson was released from the hospital with his brothers in blue praising the medical

team that saved his life. wgn's sean lewis joins us live with the story sean? >>when he got home this afternoon, officer del pearson asked for two things, a can of diet pepsi and to talk with his sons. fitting requests for someone, who neighbors call a good family man who still has a long recovery ahead. . >> he was wheeled out of the hospital with his wife and brother and long at his side. officer del pearson this afternoon, wheeled out of christ hospital. his wife and brother in law by his side. just a few miles away, blue ribbons and balloons greeted pearson when he arrived back at his south side home. >>we were all out here to support him of course. >>neighbors like retired officer bill marose, thankful the 47 year old is out of the hospital just 8 days after being critically wounded.

>>we were shocked and we were praying and hopeful and our prayers were answered. 14 >>today, the medical team, credited with saving pearson recounted how the bullet which struck the veteran officer last monday night, just above his protective vest came very close to taking his life when it hit an major artery. 20 year old paris sadler is charged with shooting pearson, as he was being chased by the officer. >>cpd superintendent garry mccarthy grateful not only for the doctors and nurses, but the sergeant who made the life and death call to take pearson to the hospital in a squad car, and not wait for paramedics. . >> this is a great day for all of us. it's good to have him home. >>doctors say it may be

months before pearson will be back to work as he looks at a long recovery and possibly one more surgery to remove the bullet, which is still lodged near his spine. on chicago's southwest side sean lewis wgn news . >>life in prison without parole. that's the sentence for a drug dealer turned cop killer. lamar cooper received his sentence today for the 2008 murder of chicago police officer nathaniel taylor. taylor was shot and killed as he approached cooper ready to execute a search warrant on cooper's home. taylor's family says they're relieved justice has been done but it's bittersweet. . >> he loved people and he cared about what happened. >>cooper had already served time for the

attempted murder of another police officer. he showed no emotion in court today. the protesters want to make sure they are seen and heard and the city has concerns about manpower some said this is also a first amendment issue. >> i think the main thing that today's testimony shows is that city has no rational reasons for rejecting a permanent application. >> protest organizers are confident that the man the right arguments but are not necessarily kafka of politicaly confident about legal factory. >> there are people

coming from around the united states and around the world to raise concerns. >> they want to get their permanent revised. it's a difference for them of just one day from saturday may 19th to sunday the 20th. the city says that the changes everything. protesters said the mayor is just trying to smuffle free speech. >>we can handle the nato summit as others have handled like london and pittsburgh we can do it at the city of chicago. >> from day one of the city has said that it has the resources to keep the city saved during summit which is why protestors are offering a reminder of

chicago protests long past. >> people have to remember the problems in 1968 started when an richard daley refused all reasonable permit applications. that's how it started. >> the decision on this yet. the judge has a few days to rule on this and if they lose the proposition could be taken to higher courts. . >> a pilot crosses the panic on a flight. how passengers help. >> the third highest jackpot and history is coming up next. ♪ ♪ [ dog barking ] ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] life is full of little tests

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pollen that's in the air coming up. i was told by a tree expert that trees come out to and flower in stages, but they all came out at once. look at the clouds. 28 degrees warmer tonight than we were 24 hours ago. 70 degrees right now. it's our 12th day above 70. normally by now we have had 170 degree temperature. here

are the temperatures tonight. it's a great night to have it out the land is sustained at 20. the temperature was 20 degrees warmer to mind. it was like moving from march 14th to may 30th in one day. we had a

friend sittingront sitting outside all day. the clouds were at 44,000 feet, that's a respectable thunderstorm. these are the tracks of some of the heavier snow. here's a three dimensional. they reached almost 10 mi. into the atmosphere. they're moving northeastward once they are passed its all offer for a while. the next storm is out west. there's going to be

heavy rain and how to there. our model takes the showers to this position and out of here and set this up for court to sunny day here is the jet stream. tomorrow we are going to have a mild day and sunny weather. a second front passes tomorrow night. it's the warmest on record so far. this warm pattern is going to continue. the weekend is going to warm up we will come back and show you that. with opening day for the cubs' next week.

it is nine days away so stay tuned. partly cloudy with scattered showers. tomorrow it's going to be mostly sunny. . >>

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someone came into your house you are going to protect your family. >> his had this tavern for four decades. >>friends and family members of an 80 year old man are coming out to show their support. the elderly man is facing weapons charges after he shot a burglar who broke into his south side home. morgan for 4 decades. the 80 year old known as tank and his 75 year old wife live in an apartment in the back of the building neighbors say the couple moved there because of constant break-ins at their business. early monday morning wright's wife woke him up for another burglary in progress. the intruder came in through a window. wright confronted him and shot him in the leg. police arrested 19-year old anthony robinson. but, wright was arrested too. he was convicted for weapons violations in 1968 and 1994, and robbery in 1990 and convicted felons lose their right to own

a gun. >>everybody makes mistakes but everybody is not supposed to be pushed around and let them do what they want to them. >>i'm an ex-felon, he can't fight. >>wright was released this afternoon on an i- bond he's charged with one count of unlawful use of a weapon. neighbors, friends and relatives are outraged, and they want the charge dropped. >>had he not had a gun we would be gathering here for another reason. >>somebody coming in your place, in your window, you do what you have to do. >>robinson was charged with burglary, after he was treated and released from the hospital. a judge set his bond at 150-thousand dollars. gaynor hall, wgn news. >>demolition is underway at the abandoned motel made famous by a pastor who camped out on the roof for more than three months. pastor corey brooks of new beginnings church wants to build a community center. he lived on the roof and refused to leave until he raised $450,000 dollars. donations from the community, and cash from movie mogul tyler perry, helped meet the goal. now, he's asking

basketball star derrick rose to help with the cost of building the center $15 million dollars and he'll call it the "rose center." >>dedicated to service and dedicated to each other. a married couple in the army is welcomed home to cicero. a motorcade of police fire and warrior watch riders paid tribute to army sergeants james and yuying masuca returning from overseas. they were showered with hugs, handshakes and thanks. james is a bronze star recipient who's served in japan, hawaii dubai, korea, germany, iraq and afghanistan yuying served in germany and was awarded "the soldier of the cycle." it was a surprise for her. she thought all the hoopla was just for her husband. they were escorted to the town hall for a ceremony in their honor. . >>why dennis rodman

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mild day tomorrow. we're only going to drop to the '50s. we are going to rise to the upper 60s and the wind turns northeast it should be cooled by thursday morning. the low pressure is going to move off to the east. it's going to be windy tomorrow. this next little system is coming in from the west coast and there could be showers and thunderstorms. that's early on them morning of friday. they could produce a little moisture. here's the

rain that come sent thursday and friday. the big story is the warm up over the weekend. shoreline temperatures on saturday ... sunday we get an extreme when this situation. ind situation. 80 could be the high. '70s on monday and it cools down after that. >>sick, broke, and facing jail time. tough times for former bulls forward dennis rodman. rodman's attorney says the former n-b-a star is barely capable of paying for his living expenses. he's currently wrapped-

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in the big ten never to have hired an african- american head coach in football or men's basketball so the drama continues, they'd better hope john groce doesn't get tired of waiting. . >>kayla mcbride had a double digit lead. 40-21 at the first half and right now 66-38 in the 2nd half. the nfl's opening night is confirmed, wednesday. they moved it up one day to avoid a conflict with pres. obama's speech.

>>cubs and the reds in the desert today and more damage done by cubs first baseman bryan lahair in the first inning, another extra-base hit, a double to center field that scored darwin barney and gave the cubs the early lead. then later on alfonso soriano chipping in an rbi single for him, cubs have swung the bats pretty well in arizona, soriano included and they beat the reds today, 7 to 4. >>sox were also winners today, in a big way over cleveland. the indians had a 1-0 lead in the fourth but the captain wiped that out paul konerko using the whole ballpark rbi double tied the game and then for the first time this spring, brent morel has left the building morel's first cactus league homer sent the sox to a 7-1 win and about the sports illustrated projection of 95 losses for the white sox??? come on, man. . >> that's not going to happen i promise. we're going to play the right

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