As Domestic Violence Awareness Month begins, the Chicago-based nonprofit organization Between Friends commemorates the occasion with its annual candle-lighting ceremony on October 1. For the past 26 years, the organization has worked to raise awareness about domestic violence, which remains a pervasive issue across the […]
A viral video showing a group of Chicago police officers aggressively arresting a Black man reveals a white officer punching the man three times in the face while holding a black object in his hand. The cop then pulls out a gun and holds it […]
In today’s episode of Black People Can’t Have Nice Things Because The Beneficiaries Of White Supremacy Can’t Mind Their Own Business, a Chicago suburb is being sued for becoming America’s first government-funded reparations program for Black Americans. In 2021, Evanston, Illinois, officials announced the city’s reparations plan, which came after […]
Melvina Bogard, a Chicago police officer, was found not guilty Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, in the February 2020 shooting and wounding of an unarmed man during a struggle at a downtown commuter train station. CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police officer was found not guilty […]
*R. Kelly was convicted on three child pornography charges at his federal trial in Chicago on Wednesday. Prosecutors accused the Grammy-winning superstar of recording his sexual encounters with underage girls. The conviction reportedly comes with a mandatory 10-year prison sentence. According to WGN News, the jury began […]
A man alleging to be a Chicago police officer has been caught on camera pinning a young teen to the ground with his knee, leading to a plethora of questions and concerns over the situation. The ordeal unfolded in front of a Starbucks in the Chicago suburb of […]
Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was released from prison on Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year prison sentence for the murder of Black teen Laquan McDonald. A jury convicted Van Dyke in 2018 of second-degree murder and 16 counts […]
By Victor Omondi Authorities say a 6-year-old Chicago boy’s mother and two of his siblings were detained in connection with the child’s death after his body was discovered near an abandoned house in Indiana on Saturday. Three adult family members suspected of being involved in Damari […]
The Chicago police officer seen struggling with a Black woman walking her dog along the city’s lakefront was placed on administrative leave on Monday, pending an investigation by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability. The move comes as more details about the officer’s pattern of misconduct emerge. […]
Kanye West is turning up the dial on nostalgia as he prepares for a third listening event for his upcoming album “DONDA.” The event is set to take place Thursday, Aug. 26,l at Chicago’s Soldier Field, and if all goes according to plan, it will precede […]
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