That two officers shot is tragic. Perhaps The Globe should report on that, perhaps not. In Chicago, police were involved in 435 shootings over a recent six-year span, with officers killing 92 people and wounding 170 others.
By the numbers alone, the Chicago story is of greater significance.  The fact that this is a federal report pointing out systemic policing problems in one the biggest cities in North America also makes it newsworthy. And this is a city often compared to Toronto. To suggest an anti-police bias is ludicrous.