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Chicago Woman Charged With Murder After Forcing Boyfriend to Drink Bleach
A Chicago woman has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held on $1 million bond in the death of her boyfriend, whom, police say, she forced to drink bleach during a fight. According to Rolling Out, 24-year-old Yasmine Elder was charged Wednesday in the death of 26-year-old Darrius Ellis after a physical altercation…
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Chicago Man Who Had Murder Charges Dismissed Is Killed While Leaving Jail
A Chicago man who had been facing murder charges that were dismissed after prosecutors failed to give him a speedy trial was gunned down as he was being driven away from Cook County (Ill.) Jail earlier this week. According to CBS News, Kamari Belmont was facing charges for the May 2015 shooting of 40-year-old Sorrell…
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The Distraction Of Racism And The Bipartisan Roots Of Chicago's Black Suffering
There’s a Toni Morrison quote I used to bristle at: “The function of racism is distraction.” I had never read the full context of this quote and initially, I thought this was another attempt to dismiss racism as a primary societal ill deserving of discussion, while prompting us to start paying attention to the “real”…
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Kanari Gentry-Bowers, 12, Dies From Injuries Suffered in Chicago Weekend Shooting
Kanari Gentry-Bowers became the third child victim to die from injuries suffered in a Chicago shooting over the past two days. Kanari died Wednesday afternoon, just a day after 11-year-old Takiya Holmes, another victim of a weekend shooting in Chicago, died. Kanari was shot in the back while playing basketball with friends at Henderson Elementary…
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2-Year-Old Chicago Boy Fatally Shot While Riding in Car
A Chicago toddler and a 26-year-old man were both fatally shot Tuesday as they were riding in a car, the second deadly incident involving a child in the violence-ridden city in the past two days. According to CNN, the 2-year-old was sitting in a car that was being driven by his aunt when he was…
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Takiya Holmes, 11-Year-Old Shot in Chicago Over the Weekend, Has Died
Takiya Holmes, one of two young girls shot on the South Side of Chicago over the weekend, has died, family has confirmed. The 11-year-old was struck by a stray bullet around 8 p.m. Saturday while sitting in a parked car with family members. Doctors had told relatives that her prognosis was “not good.” “She was…
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Chicago Activist Jedidiah Brown Doing ‘OK’ After Apparent Suicide Attempt: Report
Chicago activist Jedidiah Brown is reportedly doing well after an apparent suicide attempt in the city’s downtown late Sunday. Brown was transported to the University of Chicago Hospital Sunday night after police were able to talk him down after he posted a live video to Facebook, saying that he planned to kill himself, DNAinfo Chicago…
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2 Young Girls Among 27 People Shot in Chicago This Weekend
Gun violence in Chicago continues to outpace last year’s numbers as 27 people, including two young girls, were shot this past weekend. The Chicago Tribune reports that the girls, 11 and 12, remained in critical condition and on life support Monday after being shot in separate South Side attacks 30 minutes and 4 miles apart…
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Laurence Fishburne and Larenz Tate Launch Scripted Audio Series, Bronzeville
Laurence Fishburne and Larenz Tate are now taking on the world of podcasts with a new scripted drama about the numbers game in the 1940s neighborhood of Bronzeville in Chicago. The 10-part podcast, called Bronzeville, launched Tuesday morning and follows the lives of the people who ran the numbers and how it affected the black…
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Claims He Always Wins—but at What Cost?
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel spoke Monday at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and laid out his thoughts on the Democratic Party and its prospects for taking back national power again, saying that it needs to take a “chill pill” because the return to power won’t happen anytime soon. “It ain’t gonna happen in 2018,” Emanuel…