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To many, police officers simply are not equipped to respond to calls of people experiencing mental health-related distress. They argue the very presence of police, with sirens, flashing lights and guns, can increase anxiety and tension. In communities of color, the concern over how police will respond to a person in crisis is even greater, considering the long-standing mistrust minority communities have for officers and the fact that recent high-profile police-abuse deaths have involved Black victims.
Morrison is quarantining at home while working remotely, according to the statement, which added that his wife, a nurse, and two daughters have both tested negative but are also quarantining, based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance.
On a hot and humid afternoon in Chicago, fans switch out of street clothes and into baseball jerseys in the bleachers before the first game of a doubleheader between the Rockies and Cubs at Wrigley Field on Aug. 25, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)
The lawsuit details an incident from Oct. 17, 2019, “in which two freshman members of the football team were surrounded by older team members, pinned to the ground with a broomstick forced between their buttocks resulting in penetration that caused the broomstick to break,” attorneys with the Chicago law firm Romanucci & Blandin said in a statement.
Their approach to tutoring has been thoughtful and honed. Kathleen O’Connor, a former professor and teacher with a doctorate in child development psychology, noticed that although many kids spoke multiple languages, they lacked basic literacy and numeracy skills. In what is called high-dosage tutoring, kids get anywhere from two to four hours a day of tutoring in math and reading, five days a week, with at least one tutor for every two students.
The former player, identified as “Jane Doe” in the complaint, said that her former head coach had an inappropriate relationship with her from 2014, when she was 14, till 2018, when she was 17, according to the lawsuit. The alleged abuse included sexual molestation, oral sex and rape.
The association urged greater COVID-19 vaccinations, saying 98% of coronavirus-related hospitalizations since January have been unvaccinated patients. About 52% of Indiana residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the 16th lowest rate among the states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Alessandrini said the teen was driving east on Laraway Road at about 5 a.m. and the semitractor-trailer was traveling west when the crash occurred. The teenager, who is a New Lenox resident, was heading to a sports practice at his school, Alessandrini said.
Though the turnout at Wednesday’s rally was relatively small, one of the groups that organized it, Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education, said two online petitions seeking a virtual learning option — one started by Raise Your Hand and another aimed specifically at Indian Prairie District 204 in the Aurora-Naperville area — have gained more than 6,000 signatures.
Having effectively torpedoed her career as an evangelical role model, Rodgers moved on, writing her book, appearing in the documentary, and marrying a woman, from whom she has since separated. Now 35 and living in Washington, D.C., she said she’s been flooded with responses to the documentary, most of them very positive.