CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police have violated the constitutional rights of residents for years, permitting racial bias against blacks, using excessive force and shooting people who did not pose immediate threats, the Justice Department announced Friday after a yearlong investigation. The practices endanger civilians and officers, cause avoidable injuries and deaths and erode community trust […]
Chance the Rapper has been named as a new board member at the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, reports Pitchfork. Chance’s father, Ken Bennett, has also been added to the board, the museum announced. They are among five new Board of Trustee members. The DuSable was founded in 1961, and its goal […]
A BLM activist plans to open a youth training center in Chicago. Fundraising is underway.
CHICAGO (AP) — Jurors who heard the biggest gang trial in recent Chicago history on Wednesday convicted the core leadership of the Hobos, a group described by prosecutors as an “all-star team” of criminals whose ruthlessness reflected the kind of violence that led to the city’s alarming spike in homicides. To extend their power on […]
CHICAGO (AP) — One of the most violent years in Chicago history ended with a sobering tally: 762 homicides, the most in two decades in the city and more than New York and Los Angeles combined. The nation’s third largest city also saw 1,100 more shooting incidents last year than it did in 2015, according […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago authorities say all police officers will be equipped with body cameras by the end of 2017, a year ahead of schedule. Mayor Rahm Emanuel says in a Wednesday statement announcing the speeded up schedule that body cameras “improve transparency while building trust.” Scrutiny of police intensified after the release of a […]
Sixty one people were shot in the Windy City this holiday weekend and of those marked by gun violence, 11 died from their wounds.
Chef Quentin Love, owner of the Turkeychop Gormmet Grill talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about his $10,000 holiday giveaway on Chicago’s West Side just in time for Christmas “We gave away 1000 Turkeys for Thanksgiving so we decided to go triple forward, let’s go hats, scarves, socks and gloves and let’s make Chicago […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago released thousands of email messages from Mayor Rahm Emanuel‘s personal accounts on Wednesday as part of a settlement with a government watchdog organization. Emanuel’s office said it was making public any messages pertaining to city business that were sent to and from Emanuel dating to 2011, when […]
A Cook County judge has ruled that Antonio Brown is not guilty of gun charges stemming the fatal shooting of his son, Amari, 7, in 2015.
CHICAGO (AP) — A prominent Chicago alderman has been indicted on charges that he extorted money from a liquor store owner and pilfered funds from a local government activities fund to pay for gambling and his daughter’s college tuition. An indictment filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago charges Willie Cochran with 15 counts. […]
In 2007, Blair Holt died covering Tiara Reed during a school bus shooting. She has vowed to spend her life paying his bravery forward.
