No Charges Filed Against Kenosha Officers In Jacob Blake Shooting
Meanwhile, Kyle Rittenhouse, the Antioch teen who shot and killed two people during the Jacob Blake protests, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Kyle Rittenhouse, the Antioch teen who shot and killed two people during the Jacob Blake protests, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.
The archdiocese said it received an allegation that Pfleger sexually abused a minor more than 40 years ago.
Recreational cannabis is now legal in Illinois, but old marijuana-related charges still create barriers to housing, education and jobs.
Blake, who is Black, was reaching into his car as officers tried to arrest him Aug. 23. A white officer fired multiple shots into Blake’s back, leaving him partially paralyzed.
City officials are also bracing for protests as a decision on whether to charge the cop who shot Jacob Blake is expected soon.
More than 760 people were shot and killed in Chicago in 2020, making it one of the deadliest years in decades.
For every person killed in a city shooting, five are shot and survive. Those victims — about 50,000 since 2000 — are marked for life.
Violence in Chicago this year was reminiscent of 2016 — which saw 778 murders that year — but experts say history is not repeating itself.
The massive court system has been at various stages of shutdown for nine months because of the pandemic.
About 750 people have been murdered this year in Chicago — the second time in five years the city’s hit that number.