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Just days after an Illinois judge ruled in favor of a private suburban Christian school whose status was revoked for flouting Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s school mask mandate, the State Board of Education this week changed course on a policy that had instantly labeled noncompliant private schools “nonrecognized,” while granting public schools defying the order a 60-day probation period.
“I am very focused on the safety and security of the city of Chicago, the state of Illinois,” Pritzker said. “I’ve increased significantly the resources, trying to build back from what Bruce Rauner did — with the support of Ken Griffin — to our state by increasing dollars to violence interruption, violence prevention programs, by investing in our communities.”
Three of them — Nathaniel Ostapchuk, now 23, of Lake Station, Casey Hall, of Merrillville, and Adam M. Martin, 20, of Lake Station — returned to Mora’s car, which Hall and Martin described as a light blue Ford Crown Victoria or Mercury Grand Marquis, the affidavit said.
McGurren said she frequently complained to management about Ferguson’s “terrible behavior.” According to a Nov. 24, 2020, email she sent to human resources included in the amended lawsuit, she wrote: “I’ve been mentally and verbally abused, harassed, put into tears, yelled at, belittled, ignored, mocked and my job has been threatened multiple times.”
Gaines alleges that in August 2019, Ruffin, the executive director of community corrections, stated, “words to the effect, that (Gaines) was too old to be working at CCSO,” according to the suit. She also pointed out the pension he stands to collect from Chicago police, his previous employer, and asked why he didn’t retire, Gaines alleges.
On Friday, four people exited two vehicles and shot into a home on North Mason Avenue, and people inside fired at them, according to authorities. One person was killed and the gunmen outside the home fled during the incident, which was also witnessed by police officers and caught on a city street camera.
Then their attention turns to the officers in front of them. The man in the white shirt appears to yell at one of the police officers, who approaches. Not all their words are clear, but as one officer and the man in the white shirt begin focusing on one another, the man in the white shirt appears to challenge the cop, suggesting the officer won’t do anything.
Smollett is accused of orchestrating the phony hate crime on himself with the help of the two Osundairo brothers, now key witnesses in the case. Cook County prosecutors initially charged Smollett with disorderly conduct, then abruptly dropped the case outright about a month later, with little explanation.
Tuesday’s change means there are now 47 states and three territories under Chicago’s travel advisory. California and Puerto Rico are the only other areas not subject to the recommended COVID-19 mitigations for unvaccinated travelers. Washington, D.C., Massachusetts and Louisiana may get off the list within two weeks.
“It’s like someone going on their dating profile and saying they’re 6-foot-3 with abs of steel when they look like me,” attorney Steve Greenberg said in his opening statement in the terrorism-related trial of his client, Thomas Osadzinski. “He’s puffing…he’s saying stuff, but it’s not enough.”