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Family of Laquan McDonald Demand for Federal Charges Against Former Chicago Officer Jason Van Dyke
Jason Van Dyke only served less than half of his near seven-year prison sentence
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First Look: Ava DuVernay's The Red Line Tackles Segregated Chicago—and Finds Unexpected Connections
I’m a South Side Chicago born-and-bred native, and the Red Line was my main train line. As a product of both the Woodlawn area (via my grandma) and the Southwest Side’s “Wild Hunnids” (via my mama), I would often find myself traipsing around the 95th and 87th stops of the Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) Red…
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Chicago Man Arrested for Hitting Bus Driver, Passenger with Bag of Frozen Chicken
A Chicago man was arrested after reportedly attacking a bus driver and a passenger with a bag of frozen chicken, CNN reports. Authorities say that the incident, which happened last week, started when 27-year-old Caleb Russell tried to flirt with a woman on a Chicago Transit Authority Bus. Russell reportedly became angry when the woman…
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Chicago Woman Stabbed to Death on CTA Red Line
Police have taken into custody a person of interest after the fatal stabbing of a woman on a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train on the South Side, WLS reports. The still-unidentified woman was stabbed in the neck around 12:30 p.m. Thursday and was pronounced dead at the scene. Passengers who witnessed the gruesome attack…
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