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  1. SummerMadness

    Illinois police release bodycam video of fatal shooting of Black woman in her home

    Illinois police release bodycam video of fatal shooting of Black woman in her home
  2. SummerMadness

    How Systemic Racism Continues to Determine Black Health and Wealth in Chicago

    How Systemic Racism Continues to Determine Black Health and Wealth in Chicago An enlightening article. If you want to participate in this discussion, please actually read and discuss the topics written in the article or in the linked New York Times Magazine article that discusses this topic...
  3. KarateCowboy

    Illinois Judge Grants Restraining Order to Block Stay at Home Order

    Judge Issues Restraining Order Exempting Downstate Lawmaker From Pritzker’s Stay-at-Home Order I'm just disappointed he only gave it to the one guy.
  4. KarateCowboy

    We need a mask and wash order, not a stay at home order

    So, I went to O'hare last week and picked up someone flying in from Tokyo. Tokyo is a city with a population of ~13 million. For perspective, the state of Illinois has a population of ~12 million. During her 2.5 week stay she went out to bars, restaurants, on the *packed-like-sardines* JR train...
  5. SummerMadness

    Buffalo Wild Wings asked a group to move b/c customer didn't 'want black people sitting near him'

    Buffalo Wild Wings asked a group to move because a customer didn't 'want black people sitting near him.' The staff has been fired. Their staff did it all wrong. Learn how to handle customers like this with class: From the video above, my favorite line is still: "We aren't ingorant [sic]."
  6. SummerMadness

    1 Year After Van Dyke Conviction, How is Chicago Handling Police Misconduct?

    1 Year After Van Dyke Conviction, How is Chicago Handling Police Misconduct?
  7. SummerMadness

    Illinois gas station worker suspended after telling Latino customers 'ICE will come'

    Illinois gas station worker suspended after telling Latino customers 'ICE will come'
  8. SummerMadness

    IDOC Director On Book Removal: Lack Of Policy, Oversight At State Prisons

    IDOC Director On Book Removal: Lack Of Policy, Oversight At State Prisons
  9. SummerMadness

    A black hospital patient went on a walk with an IV drip. A security guard accuses him of stealing

    A black hospital patient went on a walk with an IV drip. A security guard thought he was stealing medical equipment Maybe if he wasn't attached to the medical equipment, you might have foiled a crime. But he's a patient, the needle is in his arm, the equipment is beeping, this security guard...
  10. SummerMadness

    Jason Van Dyke, Ex-Officer Who Killed Teenager, Is Beaten by Inmates, Lawyers Say

    Jason Van Dyke, Ex-Officer Who Killed Teenager, Is Beaten by Inmates, Lawyers Say
  11. SummerMadness

    Hate Crime: "Empire" actor attacked by masked men shouting 'MAGA country'

    Jussie Smollett, Star of 'Empire,' Attacked in What Police Call a Possible Hate Crime
  12. SummerMadness

    3 Officers Acquitted of Covering Up for Colleague in Laquan McDonald Killing

    3 Officers Acquitted of Covering Up for Colleague in Laquan McDonald Killing As soon as I saw the acquittal, I knew the verdict was probably rendered by a judge as opposed to a jury. The blue wall is also propped up by judges and prosecutors, unfortunately.
  13. SummerMadness

    Man falsely reported baby kidnapped after drug deal allegedly went wrong

    Man falsely reported baby kidnapped after drug deal allegedly went wrong
  14. SummerMadness

    Officer shoots, kills armed security guard outside south suburban bar

    Officer shoots, kills armed security guard outside south suburban bar
  15. SummerMadness

    Holocaust-denier Arthur Jones loses in Illinois, but still gets more than 25% of the vote

    Holocaust-denier Arthur Jones loses in Illinois 3rd District, but still gets more than 25 percent of the vote
  16. SummerMadness

    'Coupon Carl': Woman says CVS manager called police over wrong coupon

    'Coupon Carl': Woman says CVS manager called police over wrong coupon
  17. SummerMadness

    Illinois Senate candidate apologizes for decade-old blackface photo

    Illinois Senate candidate apologizes for decade-old blackface photo Metro-North Supervisor Was Promoted Despite Photos of Him in Blackface, Complaints From Employees They're still out here doing blackface. Folks it's the 21st century, you've been behind for over 50 years if you're still...
  18. SummerMadness

    Up to 200 gravestones vandalized with swastikas just before Memorial Day event in Illinois

    Up to 200 gravestones vandalized with swastikas just before Memorial Day event in Illinois
  19. SummerMadness

    Man returns to old job after wrongful conviction sent him to prison for 23 years

    After 23 years in prison as an innocent man, former White Sox groundskeeper returns to his old job
  20. SummerMadness

    City settles police misconduct lawsuit after new evidence surfaces — again

    City settles police misconduct lawsuit after new evidence surfaces — again