Civil unrest
Coverage of conflict, disorder and hostility between civilians and authorities in Chicago, Illinois and the U.S.
Sparked by the unrest that followed the killing of George Floyd, the Legislative Black Caucus will introduce four bills next month to address inequities and other issues in Illinois.
A vandal cut the word from the sign with a razor. Hours later, neighbors appeared with more signs.
Someone threw a rope that was attached to a car around the statue in an attempt to bring it down, police said.
The remodeled store will include a new health center that will include primary care services.
The 203-page lawsuit was filed on behalf of 60 people who claim they were victimized by officers during protests largely sparked by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and the shooting of Jacob Blake.
State posts National Guard personnel at McCormick Place “to be ready to respond if needed,” but the city currently has no plans to deploy them.
A Lake County judge Friday ruled Rittenhouse, 17, should be extradited to Wisconsin to face the charges.
Walmart made a a similar move in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd that set off sometimes violent demonstrations against police brutality.
Like many Black Catholics Sunday, I celebrated Pope Francis’ elevation of Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., to cardinal — making him the first African-American ever to serve on the Catholic church’s highest governing body. Our celebration, however, is tempered by our knowing why this first comes only now.
Marcellis Stinnette was killed and his girlfriend, Tafara Williams, was wounded during a traffic stop late Tuesday.
A Chicago-based nonprofit, Truth, Hope and Justice Initiative, will join with Grammy-winner Macy Gray’s My Good foundation at 7 p.m. CT Friday for a global, virtual event: “Rise Up And Stand — A Tribute To Our Mothers.” Facebook and Instagram will broadcast the event featuring celebrities, performances, clergy and more than 500 mothers of those killed by police during arrest/custody.
During a news conference Thursday, Chicago’s top cop said officials are planning for protests that could include “embedded agitators that might loot or cause violence or destroy property.”
One man faces seven counts of looting and six counts of burglary.
Director of ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7,’ which arrives Friday on Netflix, says he insisted on — and got — access to Grant Park and Michigan Avenue for his movie about a historic time of unrest.
Diego Vargas was also charged with two other men with trying to steal money from an Aurora ATM one day earlier.
In court records filed late Thursday, Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorneys argued that he was acting in self-defense and extraditing him to Wisconsin authorities would violate his constitutional rights.
The ranks of U.S. attorneys are less diverse than under his 3 most recent predecessors, with white men overwhelmingly in charge amidst a national reckoning over racial inequality and the fairness of the criminal justice system.
The Democratic governor’s “seven guiding principles” also include licensing police, increasing access to sentence credit and time-limited supervised release and only detaining defendants who are a threat to public safety, a “key element” in creating a state that “works for everyone.”
So far, there have been 74 felony arrests tied to the “lawlessness” that took place the night of Aug. 9 and into the next morning, Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said.
If Officer Rusten Sheskey had allowed Blake to leave and something happened to the child, “the question would have been ‘Why didn’t you do something?’” lawyer Brendan Matthews said.
Kyle Rittenhouse is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the killing of two protesters and attempted intentional homicide in the wounding of a third.
A video released this week by a group tied to Rittenhouse’s legal team said the 17-year-old, who shot and killed two people and wounded another during a protest in Kenosha over the shooting of Jacob Blake by police, “will go down in American history.”
Chicago Police use of no-knock warrants has come under scrutiny in recent years, with several lawsuits filed against officers who allegedly used them to search the homes of people who’ve done nothing wrong.
Chicago protesters Wednesday evening assail ‘travesty’ in Breonna Taylor police shooting and grand jury decision.
The five-count lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Milwaukee on behalf of four people who were in Kenosha late last month when Kyle Rittenhouse alleged killed two people.
Foxx was leading O’Brien, 48.1% to 33.8%, with 18.1% undecided. County GOP Chairman Sean Morrison said the poll shows “a real opportunity to upset Chicago’s corrupt political machine.” But Foxx’s campaign said “voters are smart and will see through [O’Brien’s] dangerous rhetoric.”
With the nation racing to come to grips with centuries of racial sins, officials plan to remove the Capitol lawn statue of Stephen A. Douglas.
Two senators say the Congressional Gold Medal is long overdue for the Till family, who lived in Chicago when the youth was lynched during a visit to Mississippi in 1955.
“That’s three years of fire loss for us in the span of about a week,” Fire Chief Charles Leipzig said.
Nita Tennyson, 22, organized a march, rally and candlelight vigil in Washington Park Friday.