R. Kelly heard about the death of two young siblings from a fire in Kankakee, Illinois and decided to donate money toward their funeral costs. Four-year-old Justice Stewart and 2-year-old Ju’shaun Watson died after being injured in a fire on April 13. According to Kankakee’s Daily-Journal, R. Kelly donated $5,000 toward costs of the funeral: […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge in Chicago ordered former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds taken into custody at a hearing on Wednesday after finding Reynolds’ proposed place of residence while on bail in a tax case to be unacceptable. U.S. District Judge John Darrah ordered Reynolds taken into custody after determining that the proposed residence […]
The family of a Chicago man, who was tasered as he was dragged from his holding cell by Chicago police, is slated to receive $4.9 million from the city in a settlement reached with Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration.
CHICAGO (AP) — Eddie Johnson didn’t apply to become Chicago’s police chief, but his appointment as interim superintendent in line for the top job could address many of the issues facing Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a city reeling from a police shooting scandal. After firing the previous superintendent over the shooting, Emanuel has searched for […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel has rejected three finalists recommended by the Chicago police board for the city’s top police post and selected the force’s current chief of patrol as the new interim superintendent, his office said. The mayor’s office said in a statement late Sunday that Emanuel was appointing Chicago Chief of Patrol […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on Chicago fatal police shootings and other developments with the department (all times local): 11:40 a.m. The lawyer for a Chicago police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a black teenager says he has asked the court to allow the officer not to attend hearings. Attorney Dan […]
Roland Martin talks to the author of The Defender, Ethan Michaeli, about the legacy of the Chicago newspaper and it’s role in American and African-American history. “I spent five years at the paper. I learned a lot about Chicago’s role played in the United States. I felt like I needed to tell that story […]
The Chicago Police Department seems to be working overtime to prove to the black community that they are the enemy. The latest example of that happened earlier this week after they sent an 82-year-old Black woman to the hospital after they allegedly raided the wrong home. However, CPD is not apologizing for their actions. The […]
Racial slurs heard over the Chicago Police Department’s radio scanner may have come from sources outside the department, DNA Info Chicago reports. The incident occurred Sunday morning when a 911 dispatcher and an officer’s conversation was interrupted by other voices on the line. The dispatcher, who believed she was speaking to a police officer, then heard […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Voters ousted the Chicago area’s top prosecutor Tuesday, backing Democratic primary challenger Kim Foxx in a campaign dominated by questions about Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez’s handling of the shooting death of a black teenager at the hands of a white police officer. Foxx, a onetime chief of staff to the […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump canceled one of his signature rallies on Friday, calling off the event in Chicago due to safety concerns after protesters packed the arena where it was to take place. The announcement the billionaire businessman would postpone the rally until another day led a large portion of the […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s former police chief says he was the fall guy for Mayor Rahm Emanuel‘s administration as it faced protests over the shooting of a black teenager by a white officer. Emanuel fired police Superintendent Garry McCarthy on Dec. 1, a week after a judge forced the release of a video showing the […]
