The family of Adam Toledo on Tuesday night viewed the police body camera video showing last month's fatal shooting of the 13-year-old by an officer […]
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‘People Feel Betrayed’: Chicagoans React To Fatal Police Shooting Of 7th Grader | All In | MSNBC
Protestors have gathered in Chicago after the city released harrowing bodycam footage showing the moment when a Chicago police officer fatally shot 13-year-old boy Adam […]
Continue readingPolice Didn’t Wait 10 Seconds Before Opening Up On Adam Toledo Like It Was A Drive By | The ReidOut
Tensions are high in Chicago where police today released bodycam footage in the fatal shooting of a 7th grader last month. 13 year old Adam […]
Continue readingEvanston, Illinois, becomes first U.S. city to pay reparations to Black people
Evanston, Ill., is now the first U.S. city to approve a plan to pay reparations to Black residents whose families suffered from decades of discriminatory […]
Continue reading14-Year-Old Benjamin Kagan Helps Seniors Get Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments | Craig Melvin | MSNBC
MSNBC’s Craig Melvin speaks with Benjamin Kagan, a 14-year-old who founded “Chicago Vaccine Angels” after watching his grandparents struggle with the Covid-19 vaccination process. Aired […]
Continue readingLightfoot: We Had A Federal Government That ‘Refused To Take The Pandemic Seriously’ | Deadline
Mayor of Chicago Lori Lighfoot reflects on the Trump administration’s covid response and speaks to the opportunity our country now has ‘to move forward in […]
Continue readingTeachers fight return to classrooms without proper safety measures
Teachers in Chicago fight for proper coronavirus safety measures as Chicago Public Schools is pushing to have kindergarten through eighth grade students return to classrooms. […]
Continue readingLightfoot: 2019 Bodycam Video ‘Shatters Any Confidence’ Of Progress In Police Reform | MSNBC
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot joins Rev. Al Sharpton to unpack a botched police raid from two years ago. 2019 video from the operation surfaced earlier […]
Continue readingMayor Lightfoot On Wrongful Police Raid: ‘If I Wasn’t Mayor, That Could Have Been Me’ | The ReidOut
Regarding the wrongful police raid of Anjanette Young, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says, "I know if I wasn't mayor, that could have been me." Aired […]
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