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“On Friday, she declared racism to be a public health crisis in many Chicago communities disproportionately burdened with poverty, unemployment, housing insecurity and violence. Today, she’s destabilizing those same communities by laying off educators at neighborhood schools,” Sharkey said.

The city Law Department filed a complaint on March 5, 2020, in the Circuit Court of Cook County against Badillo, who does not live at the property. Last week, after the shooting, the Police Department relieved Badillo of his police powers, meaning he was reassigned to paid desk duty without the ability to carry a badge or gun for work purposes while disciplinary investigators look into any potential misconduct involving him. The department would not say why they relieved Badillo of his powers.

The children of friends Jen Wegner and Katie Napp, both of Naperville, rake leaves in the 1500 block of Hampton Court on Monday, June 21, 2021, as a way to help out people in their neighborhood. This was the fourth house the children and a couple of their friends visited to offer assistance. (Suzanne Baker / Naperville Sun)

Since then, the case has taken highly unusual twists and turns. For a time, George Jackson was removed from representing his brother altogether and, separately, banned from entering the courthouse. He sometimes has failed to show up in court for trial dates. But Monday, as jurors were selected, it was the closest the case has come to an actual retrial in years.

Gabriel Lopez, 12, a Chicago Public Schools student at Skinner North Classical Elementary School, gets a little help getting online from his father, Ramiro Lopez, on the first day of remote learning at their Chicago home, Sept. 8, 2020. (José M. Osorio/ Chicago Tribune)

During a news conference Monday at Chicago Police Department headquarters, Brendan Deenihan, chief of detectives, described the video and said the killing stemmed from a “very minor” traffic crash. After that incident, Deenihan said, a group of people approached the vehicle.

Some aldermen said the city should sue the men who harassed the women, to try to get them to pay the settlements from their Fire Department pensions. But city attorney Renai Rodney said the city wouldn’t be successful in trying to recover the money, and would only spend more money trying in vain to do so.

Experts recommend going to a shelter’s lowest floor, like a basement, a bathroom, a closet or center hallway. It is imperative to avoid sheltering in a room with windows, as they can easily be blown out by high winds, according to the CDC. It is not recommended to take shelter in a mobile home or car. Outside, avoid bridges or highway overpasses.

The announcement, shared by email Monday, comes after large private colleges in Chicago and the suburbs already moved to mandate the shots. Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, Loyola University, DePaul University and others have already shared those intentions with students.

Also unknown was whether Vrdolyak, who did not participate in Monday’s hearing, has been vaccinated against COVID-19. His attorney, Catharine O’Daniel, told the judge his doctors had recommended he not get a vaccine due to his compromised immune system. She also said he’d suffered from yet another fall at home last week and chipped bones in his hip.