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Four men, between the ages of 22 and 47, were struck by gunfire as they stood outside, police said. The most seriously injured among them was the 47-year-old man. He suffered gunshot wounds “throughout the body” and he was taken to Stroger Hospital where he had been listed in critical condition, officials said.
“We heard from many community members who expressed new fears, frustrations, confusion, pain, and anger regarding their experiences with officers during protests,” the report states. “We heard from community members who participated in protests—some for the first time—who said that officers were verbally abusive toward them; pushed and shoved them; tackled them to the ground; pushed them down stairs; pulled their hair; struck them with batons, fists, or other nearby objects; hit them after they were ‘kettled’ with nowhere to go or after being handcuffed; and sprayed them with pepper spray (OC spray) without reason.”
Police work the scene where a 2-year-old boy was shot in the leg and a 32-year-old man was shot in the face on the 1500 block of North Tripp Avenue in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood Tuesday July 13, 2021 in Chicago.(Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
Police work the scene where a 2-year-old boy was shot in the leg and a 32-year-old man was shot in the face on the 1500 block of North Tripp Avenue in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood Tuesday July 13, 2021 in Chicago.(Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
As the Tribune’s Paige Fry reminded last week, under President Donald Trump’s administration, Chicago and other cities last year received a surge of federal agents to fight violence as part of Operation Legend, named in honor of 4-year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was shot and killed in Kansas City, Missouri. In Chicago, the operation involved a few hundred federal agents from the ATF, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Marshals Service. More here.
“No animal should have to live in such terrible conditions, without proper food, veterinary care, or housing,” Jason Mier, the director of Animals Lebanon, told the AP. “ … For the first time in their life they can actually be bears, with large natural enclosures, and the ability to experience and enjoy their days.”
When Loury tried to climb a fence in an alley, a gun dropped from his waistband. Loury then fell from the fence atop the weapon, and the officer shot Loury after the teen turned toward him with the gun in his hand and pointed it at the officer, Levine said.
Patrice Campbell, a constituent services representative in Lincolnshire and the office’s only Black employee, according to the federal lawsuit, claimed that on March 3, supervisor Karyn Davidman, while talking about using lanyards to secure face masks, told her, “You are going to have to get a rope and put it around your neck.”
Chicago police Superintendent David Brown, center, leaves after speaking to the media at police headquarters in Chicago on July 13, 2021. He gave an update a day after meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
Gov. J.B. Pritzker holds a press conference at South Elgin High School announcing Illinois K-12 school districts will receive $7 billion in federal funding to support students as they return to the classroom after distance and hybrid learning due to COVID-19, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 in South Elgin. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune) (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)