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In this video screenshot, Lt. Gary Contreras with the Cook County Sheriff’s Department shows the parts of a ghost gun, the frame, barrel and slide, that can be purchased separately and would then be put together by someone during a news conference on Oct. 14, 2021, where Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced new legislation to ban ghost guns in Illinois. None of the parts of the ghost gun have serial numbers, making them untraceable by law enforcement. (Shanzeh Ahmad / Chicago Tribune)
Ashrafi, 41, who said she worked at the station for more than a decade, alleged women employees are discriminated against regarding pay and job duties. She alleged women are mistreated, including at office parties, where spouses are not invited, and that “many men, not just Eric Ferguson, behaved inappropriately with the women employees,” her declaration said.
“We were just overcome with joy about that he’s survived, let alone made some improvements along the way,” said Yanez’s father, Carlos Yanez Sr. “The good thing we are most happy about is that his personality is still there, and his humor and his outlook on things.”
It is unclear how many officers will follow suit, and union officials did respond to questions Thursday afternoon on their next steps. But Lightfoot a day earlier did not blink at the possibility of a legal complaint from the FOP, responding, “bring it,” when asked about its saber rattle.
“She was vibrant. She was inquisitive and very, very intelligent. She was just a bright child, a bright spirit. She took to people, she would talk to everyone. I’d tell her, ‘Don’t talk to strangers,’ but she was always so open, bubbly and welcoming to anyone she came across. Everyone gravitated to her,” Regina Broughton said.
“Indeed, after news of the charges broke, several individuals in the community distanced themselves from Mr. Nitzkin,” the defense filing stated, saying he also had to explain the situation to his children, ages 12 and 16, “which has not been easy on them.”
“Given Illinois’ DUI laws, I do not understand why the City would encourage people to drive to and from taverns and nightclubs that don’t offer food. The only product being consumed there is alcohol and, usually, lots of it,” said Reilly, whose ward includes the River North entertainment district where bars are plentiful and parking is scarce.
Reilly’s proposal prohibits boaters in the river, in the Ogden slips southwest of Navy Pier and in the Playpen from using “any device or instrument that creates or amplifies sound, including, but not limited to, any loudspeaker, bullhorn, amplifier, public address system, musical instrument, radio, or device that plays recorded music to generate any sound, for the purpose of communication or entertainment, that is louder than average conversational level at a distance of 100 feet or more, measured vertically or horizontally, from, the source.”
It remains to be seen whether the aldermen can get Lightfoot to agree to make changes, or whether many of their colleagues will join in passing them. Thanks largely to nearly $2 billion in federal recovery funds, the mayor was able to spread around money and avoid large tax and fee increases or painful cuts in her 2022 proposal, in spite of the huge city funding shortfall exacerbated by the pandemic.
Jewish leaders Felix M. Warburg, of New York, from left, Louis Marshall, of New York, Julius Rosenwald, of Chicago, and David A. Brown, of Detroit, confer during a meeting at the Standard Club on Oct. 9, 1926, in Chicago. Editors note: this historic print shows some damage. (Chicago Tribune)