Chicago cop who knocked out protester’s tooth resigns
Officer Nicholas Jovanovich previously faced termination for punching teenager Miracle Boyd during a 2020 protest.
Officer Nicholas Jovanovich previously faced termination for punching teenager Miracle Boyd during a 2020 protest.
The arrest brings relief to a family that couldn’t understand why police didn’t make an arrest quickly when the evidence was handed to them.
“I had them all come in, I closed the doors, I turned off the lights” said one store’s manager, of the moments after shots were fired into the crowd.
They say the state lacks resources to house some troubled kids but they’re working to fix the complicated problem.
A June 16 fire forced the Diaz family out of their Little Village apartment. Money for their motel runs out Saturday.
The state’s child welfare agency says it has nowhere else to put the children. Opponents call it cruel, and a civil rights violation.
Assault rifles, including the infamous AR-15 are banned under a new law that’s being challenged in court.
The man allegedly said he was incensed by news coverage of violence in his neighborhood, worried it was “too close to home.”
The well-funded initiative aims to reduce crime and reform departments by improving police supervision.
Police have blamed young people seeking joyrides for the uptick, but a researcher points to perpetrators with economic motivations.