CHICAGO (AP) — Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan said Thursday that despite assertions by Facebook when it banned him from its platform, he is not a hater of Jewish people, is not a misogynist, nor a homophobe. During a speech at a Roman Catholic church on Chicago’s South Side, Farrakhan asserted people shouldn’t […]
CHICAGO (AP) — An off-duty police commander was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon in downtown Chicago after he spotted a man matching the radio description of an armed suspect officers were chasing on foot, the city’s police superintendent said. Cmdr. Paul Bauer was shot multiple times after he “saw the offender and engaged in an […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A 5-year-old boy who was struck in the face last year by a stray bullet fired during a drive-by shooting accidentally shot himself in the hand this week with a gun his father had obtained illegally, Chicago police said Wednesday. Kavan Collins found the loaded, uncased gun under a mattress in an […]
CHICAGO (AP) — One by one, the men told the same story: A Chicago police officer would demand money from them. And if they didn’t pay, they would find themselves in handcuffs with drugs stuffed in their pockets. A Cook County judge on Thursday threw out the felony drug convictions of 15 black men who […]
Kenneka Jenkin‘s mother, Tereasa Martin, is convinced that authorities are covering up evidence in her daughter’s death. Looking at information authorities collected about Kenneka’s death has only raised more question for Tereasa. Newsweek reports that Tereasa believes that Chicago police did a poor job in their investigation. “I believe that it’s a cover up,” she […]
Look who’s about to do some jury duty. Why, it’s non other than Barack Obama. The former president will begin his civic duty next month in Chicago, his adopted hometown.According to Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans, county commissioners were told on Friday that Mr. Obama’s safety will be “upmost in our minds” when he serves. […]
New police reports and witness accounts surrounding the death of Kenneka Jenkins were released on Friday.
It’s never too late. For an 86-year-old Chicago woman, it certainly wasn’t too late to meet Denzel Washington. A lifelong fan, Juanita Hubbard got the visit she never expected – from the Oscar winner himself. In Chicago and driving around a once-familiar neighborhood, Washington stopped to get directions and was told that one of his […]
It’s never too late. For an 86-year-old Chicago woman, it certainly wasn’t too late to meet Denzel Washington. A lifelong fan, Juanita Hubbard got the visit she never expected – from the Oscar winner himself. In Chicago and driving around a once-familiar neighborhood, Washington stopped to get directions and was told that one of his […]
The 19-year-old was finally laid to rest weeks after being found in a hotel freezer.
Around the same time Kenneka Jenkins‘ mother denounced reports that there is video of her daughter wandering into a freezer the alone, Rosemont police have released footage of the dead 19-year-old. According to WGN, in the videos released by police, Jenkins appears to be stumbling in the hotel kitchen, hallways and out of an elevator. However despite community activist Andrew […]
On Crowne Plaza Hotel cameras, the 19-year-old was last seen alive staggering through the kitchen by herself.
