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Sex Offender Charged in 1991 Rape, Murder After 5 Men Were Wrongly Convicted
A 58-year-old convicted sex offender has been charged with the 1991 kidnapping and murder of a 14-year-old suburban Chicago girl, for which five wrongly convicted men spent at least a decade in prison, CBS News reports. As CBS notes, more than two years ago the five men, known as the Dixmoor Five, reached a $40…
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Chicago Police Move to Fire 5 Cops Involved in Shooting Death of Laquan McDonald
Chicago police are looking to fire five officers who were involved in the 2014 shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, The Guardian reports. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson has filed administrative charges against five officers, including Police Officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot Laquan 16 times. As CNN notes, with his criminal indictment, Van Dyke…
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2 Brothers Charged With Murder in Shooting Death of Nykea Aldridge
Two brothers are facing murder charges in connection with the shooting death of Nykea Aldridge, the cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade, ABC13 reports. Darwin Sorrells Jr., 26, and Derren Sorrells, 22, have both been charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with the case, which is only the latest to bring Chicago’s…
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Facebook Dispute Sparked Fight That Left 23-Year-Old Man Dead
A man and two women are facing murder charges after allegedly beating a man to death with a broom handle, a metal baseball bat and a two-by-four on Chicago’s West Side following a Facebook fight, the Chicago Tribune reports. The trio, identified as 41-year-old Lithia Henderson, 23-year-old Marshalla Kelly and 21-year-old Marshall L. Henderson, are each…
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Outraged Mom Sues Chicago Public Schools Claiming 6-Year-Old Daughter Was Handcuffed for Taking Candy
A Chicago mother filed a lawsuit Thursday against Chicago Public Schools, claiming that her 6-year-old daughter was handcuffed at school as punishment for taking candy off a teacher’s desk, WLS reports. The alleged incident, at Fernwood Elementary, dates back to March, but Marlena Wordlow says she felt no one at CPS was giving her justice,…
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Chicago Gang Leaders Allegedly Plotting an Attack on Police
After the fatal police shooting of Paul O’Neal in Chicago, police say that leaders of three West Side gangs met to discuss an attack on the Chicago Police Department. An alert was issued to the Chicago Police Department a day after the supposed meeting took place, insinuating that leaders of the Vice Lords, Black Disciples…
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Woman Shouts N-Word, Spits on Black Couple at Chicago's Margarita Festival
Ernest and Cassie Crim, both high school teachers in Chicago, said they were just looking forward to a weekend of adult fun at Chicago’s Margarita Festival, one “last summer hurrah before we went back to school,” according to Mic. However, the site reports, the July 30-31 event turned sour after the couple, who are black, said…
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Body Camera of Chicago Cop Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Teen Was Not Recording During Incident: Police
The family of Paul O’Neal, the 18-year-old who was shot in the back and killed by police last week, is filing a federal civil rights lawsuit, an attorney for the family announced Monday, CBS Chicago reports. The wrongful death lawsuit claims that officers effectively “executed” O’Neal, who was a suspect in a car theft. “Paul O’Neal’s…