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The boy, who had not been identified Tuesday, was in a white Jeep Renegade as it traveled through neighborhoods including Horner Park and Lakeview. He was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the head where he was pronounced dead at 12:26 a.m. Tuesday.
Acknowledging Black may be able to provide expertise on Rittenhouse’s gun handling or reaction times, Schroeder set a pretrial hearing for Tuesday to discuss the testimony. Black, who has testified in several police use-of-force cases, is slated to appear by video conference, according to court records.
A transcript is kept as board members listen to residents share their feelings on the potential move of the Chicago Bears from Solider Field to Arlington International Racecourse during a board meeting Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, at Arlington Heights Village Hall. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune) (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)
After getting out of his car, Friedmann is accused of yelling slurs at the victim and her daughter, Ruedig told the court. When the victim attempted to open her own door, Friedmann allegedly slammed her door shut and spit in her face, telling her he spit “because he does not like Black people,” Ruedig said.
Thanks to changes in the law, patients now can print their own certificates, and can get lifelong certifications from a doctor, for a $50 fee every three years. Application fees were cut in half, patients may have up to three caregivers, and those 65 and over qualify for reduced fees, along with veterans and people with disabilities.
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 cop won’t do anything.
Prosecutors charged Lathem with first-degree murder in what they say was a vicious premeditated attack on his young lover, Trenton Cornell, in July 2017, saying he and accomplice Andrew Warren ambushed Cornell in Lathem’s apartment and then went on the lam. Warren testified last week that he and Lathem had plans to kill each other in a premeditated death pact, and that Lathem was speaking generally about killing others as well. Lathem began the attack on Cornell, then Warren ultimately joined in, he testified.
“But even the victims who were shot refused to talk to the police, invoked their right to remain silent, and that’s where it made it difficult for the detectives to present a case saying, ‘Well, this is a person who had a gun in their hand, and they were discharging it. This person had a gun in their hand,’” Deenihan said. “Because the video does not clearly show … who was the actual discharge. And when we did arrest people, we were unable to put guns in people’s hands. So this one is a little more convoluted.”
Demitrus R. Ross, of Harvey and Donny Starkes, of Blue Island, each face felony charges of unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a firearm on school grounds, according to a news release issued by the Western Springs Police Department on Monday. The two men, who knew one of the football players on the Lyons Township High School team, appeared before a Cook County judge where bond was set at $10,000. The men also would be placed on electronic monitoring when they post bond, according to the news release.
President Joe Biden speaks with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Mayor Lori Lightfoot at OHare International Airport in Chicago and on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. President Biden will travel to Crystal Lake to amplify his Build Back Better agenda. (Jose M. Osorio/ Chicago Tribune) (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune)