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The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by prosecutors to resentence a former Chicago police officer for the controversial shooting death of Laquan McDonald, a black teen whose killing exacerbated tensions between police and the African-Am…
At the time of the correspondence, Smollett was still considered by police as a victim of an assault. The actor was later charged with allegedly staging an attack to make him look like the victim of a brutal hate crime.
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Both candidates vying to become mayor of thenation’s third-largest cityaretransplants who are castingthemselves as progressives.
Dozens of security cameras played a key role in helping police unravel “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s alleged hoax attack, authorities say.
Fewer than halfof Illinois gun ownerswho lose their licenses prove toauthorities theyno longerown firearms. Police don’t do much about it.
A police source tells USA TODAY that investigators are attempting to interview Jussie Smollett again about an attack on the “Empire” actor.
A police source tells USA TODAY that investigators are attempting to interview Smollett again, so they can question him about the brothers’ account. Attorneys for Smollett say there is no truth to reports that the actor played a role in an assault.
The family that owns the Chicago Cubs was doing damage controlTuesday after a web site published a series of emails from patriarch Joe Ricketts that revealed racist and anti-Muslim sentiments.
Authorities released chilling footage ofthe chaos and anguish after a suburban Chicago police officer shotan African-American security guard outside a nightclub in November.
Police sayOfficer Nathaniel Hendren, 29, and Officer Katlyn Alix, 24,were playing Russian roulette when he shot her early Thursday