A jury deliberated for just over two hours Saturday, finding 27-year-old Donnell Flora guilty of first-degree murder, attempted murder and aggravated battery in the death of Endia Martin.
Chicago Commander Glenn Evans is on trial after allegations have surfaced of him assaulting a man with a gun. The Chicago Tribune reports: Prosecutors have alleged that Glenn Evans, one of the department’s 22 district commanders before he was charged and placed on paid desk duty, chased Rickey Williams into an abandoned South Side building, […]
Veteran filmmaker Spike Lee‘s latest joint, Chiraq pays an unfortunate homage to the gang and gun violence in the city of Chicago, when the girlfriend (Teyonah Parris) of a Chicago gang leader (Nick Cannon) persuades other frustrated women to withhold sex until their men agree to end the senseless cycle of violence. “That premise comes from […]
The funeral of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, the Chicago boy who was fatally shot last week, still leaves the family numb and stunned by the what some are calling one of the worst crimes in a long time. The BBC.com reports: The Reverend Michael Pfleger told mourners it was “a new low for Chicago” and that the […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Two mothers who lost sons to gun violence joined ministers and an activist group Tuesday in an unusual lawsuit against three Chicago suburbs, alleging that weak oversight of gun stores has allowed criminals to easily obtain weapons flowing into a metropolitan area besieged by gang violence. The lawsuit accuses the communities of […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A summer jobs program that engaged mentors to help troubled kids stay on track is linked with a big reduction in youth arrests for violent crimes. The results suggest that a low-cost public program can reap big benefits. But they also support arguments that employment alone cannot resolve poverty-related ills. Study author […]
Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy has said that a gang member, recently released from prison, shot and killed a young boy because he thought he was playing the role of ‘lookout’. The Chicago Sun Times reports: “This didn’t have to happen,” McCarthy told reporters as he announced charges in Antonio Smith’s murder. The four men […]
A man is planning to sue a Chicago police commander who he said shoved a gun into his mouth and threatened to kill him. The Chicago Tribune reports: A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of Rickey Williams comes about two weeks after the commander, Glenn Evans, was criminally charged for allegedly putting the barrel of his […]
Chicago is a violent city but it’s not the murder capital of the country. That’s according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center. A…
Every time a black man is shot on the streets of Chicago, I think of my friend, Michele Dowdy, who lost her son to gun violence in 2012 and how justice continues to elude her. Malcom Dowdy, 33, was not in a gang; he was not involved in a fight at the time of the […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Extra police officers on Chicago’s streets were not enough to quell a long weekend of violence that ended with 14 people shot to death and dozens more injured. During a Monday news conference, just hours after two more people were shot to death earlier in the day, Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said […]
CHICAGO (AP) — With their brightly colored mats spread along a sidewalk, Tameka Lawson’s yoga students try to follow her instructions: concentrate on their breathing and focus on the beauty of their surroundings. But this is Englewood, one of Chicago’s most dangerous neighborhoods, where streets are dotted with boarded-up houses and overgrown lots, and residents […]
