The nine murders reported on the South and West sides between Friday night and early Sunday mark the deadliest single February weekend since 2002, according to a review of publicly available police data. All nine victims were men between 19 and and 39 years old. Another 14 people were wounded by gunfire, including a 7-year-old girl in Humboldt Park. Reporter Sam Charles has the story…
“It’s very upsetting that you can’t drop your kid off at school and expect that your daughter or son is protected,” an attorney said. “It changes these kids forever.”
Citing “catastrophic lakefront erosion,” citywide flooding and severe weather events that have suddenly become commonplace, Chicago aldermen on Monday declared a “state of climate emergency.”
Alicia Elena Martinez interned in Ald. Ed Burke’s 14th Ward office and helped Burke’s re-election campaign last year. Now, she’s trying to win the state House seat held by state Rep. Aaron Ortiz, who ousted Burke’s brother two years ago.
Tarance Etheredge was walking to work in 2012 when two plainclothes officers pulled over near 75th Street and Stony Island Avenue and, without identifying themselves, ordered him to “come here.” Fearing for his safety, Etheredge fled.
Those still living in the camp were generally happy with the operation; days earlier, city workers canvassed the tent city, next to the Dan Ryan Expressway at Roosevelt Road, and spray-painted the unoccupied tents with an “X.”
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