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‘Shut Up, Slave!’: White Man Hurls Insults, Compares Black Man to Livestock During Altercation at Chicago Starbucks
We apparently have not yet hit our racist-tirade quota for the day. A white man at a downtown Chicago café was captured on camera launching into a rant, calling a black man a slave and comparing him to livestock after becoming angry that the man apparently spilled some coffee on his light-colored suit. Maybe instead…
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Cops in Charge of Laquan McDonald Case Must Testify About Night of His Shooting Death, Judge Rules
A Cook County, Ill., judge said he wanted to hear from the police officers involved in the Laquan McDonald shooting case, including conversations they had with the police officer charged with the premeditated murder of the 17-year-old from Chicago. NBC Chicago reports that Judge Vincent Gaughan ruled Friday that he seeks testimony from former Deputy…
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Watch: The Root’s Young, Fabulous and Female and manCODE Chicago Completely Redefined Success
Big house + big job = great life? Maybe, but maybe not. Maybe it’s time to take a different look at what success really means for us, personally and professionally. In our joint Young, Fabulous and Female and manCODEevents Tuesday, May 16, in Chicago’s Zhou B Art Center, we did just that. The Root and…
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Chicago Man Charged With Aggravated Battery After Punching Female Security Guard: Report
A Chicago man who was seen on camera viciously punching a female security guard who was trying to assist him after he vomited has been arrested, police confirmed. According to the New York Post, 23-year-old Matthew De Leon was charged late Tuesday with three felony counts of aggravated battery after being identified as the man…
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Video Shows Man Punching Security Guard in Her Face
A Chicago security guard is recovering after being brutally punched in the face during an attack early Sunday morning that left her with serious injuries. “He fractured a bone right below my eye,” Zoa Stigler, a security guard at the Six30 condo complex, told NBC Chicago. “He punched me and threw his water bottle all…
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The Root to Redefine Success With the Young, Fabulous and Female and manCODE Panel and Networking in Chicago
If there’s one thing The Root loves, it’s an event! Clearly, there are a ton more things we love here at The Root, like watching The Five Heartbeats, Issa Rae’s very existence, dreams about former President Barack Obama being president again that feel real … and the list goes on! But there’s just something so special…
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2 Killed, 8 Wounded in Shooting at Chicago Memorial for a Man Killed Earlier the Same Day
Two people were killed and eight were left wounded in a Sunday shooting in Chicago that police believe to be the result of a gang-retaliation hit that targeted the memorial for another man who had been killed earlier in the day. According to USA Today, the victims were at an outdoor memorial service Sunday evening…
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Police Capture Man Charged as Shooter in Death of Chicago Judge Raymond Myles
A second man has been charged in the death of Chicago Judge Raymond Myles, who was killed outside his home last month. ABC News reports that Earl Wilson, 45, has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of the 66-year-old Cook County Circuit Court judge. Police allege that Wilson was the one who…