Sam Charles

The Office of the Inspector General on Friday released some preliminary findings “[i]n light of the urgent need to prevent serious harm to Chicagoans in the execution of search warrants at the wrong addresses, and in recognition of pressing public concern around these issues.”

Michael Thomas Jr. was handcuffed and searched by officers sent to the area near Roosevelt Road and Sawyer Avenue in June 2018 after someone called 911 to say a boy had a gun.

Supt. David Brown filed administrative charges in November against Officer Thomas Sherry, who was assigned to the SOS from 2002 until 2006. The charges focus on two illegal raids conducted by the SOS on July 27, 2004, on the Northwest Side.

“We’re here because we know that this country is still facing innumerable crises,” said Victoria Cervantes, one of the rally’s organizers and a coordinator of the human rights group La Voz de los de Abajo. “We know that the inequity, the institutionalized racism, violence, poverty, problems from A to Z, are still facing us.

Kevin James Lyons is the second known person from Illinois to face federal charges as a result of last week’s U.S. Capitol breach.

Operators of the site — read by thousands of people and often referred to as “SCC” or merely “the blog” — restricted access over the weekend, preventing anyone without an invitation from reading future posts.

“In the wake of the recent incident at the Capitol, ensuring a peaceful transfer of power to the Biden administration is of the utmost importance,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in a statement.

Louis Capriotti, 45, of Chicago Heights, has been charged with transmitting a threat, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

En Facebook, una mujer que dijo ser hermana del sospechoso escribió: ‘Mi hermano no estaba ni había estado en su sano juicio durante mucho tiempo...’