Illinois Supreme Court To Re-Open Racist Police Torture Case 15 Chicago Inmates Say They Were Tortured Into Making Confessions SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Supreme Court justices challenged prosecutors Thursday about the strength of their evidence in the rape conviction of a man who says he was tortured into confessing by Chicago police officers. In oral […]
CHICAGO — A man who claims Chicago police tortured him into confessing to a brutal rape decades ago will seek a new trial Thursday from the Illinois Supreme Court in a case that could lay the groundwork for similar appeals by as many as 20 other inmates. Stanley Wrice, who has been imprisoned for more […]
For those who love to bathe in the nostalgia of the 1970s, Chicago’s Soul Train reunion party this Labor Day weekend rolled in to meet those expectations. In celebration of the show’s 40th anniversary, fans were treated to a Soul Train party Friday night; a showing of the VH1 documentary, “The Hippest Trip in America,” […]
CHICAGO — Duct tape covers a large crack in the premier booth at Hard Time Josephine’s Cooking, where waitresses call you “sweetie” and customers come for the steaming shrimp bisque and homemade peach cobbler that leaves a hint of cinnamon on the tongue. Not long ago, such an eyesore at one of Chicago’s top soul […]
CHICAGO-Tiawanda Moore was acquitted of a felony charge for recording two police officers who were trying to get her to drop a sexual harassment claim on her Blackberry. In Illinois, it is a felony to record police officers without their knowledge. The Chicago Tribune Reports: In the recording, which the one juror said was replayed […]
A one-year-old girl fell victim to senseless violence Tuesday when she was shot in the head by a gunmen in the Southside of Chicago. The girl was walking with her aunt and the family dog, when two gunmen, between the ages of 16 and 19, targeted a man riding a bicycle, according to reports. After […]
A Black college student who suffered numerous injuries after an attack by 3 white men Sunday, says that he was targeted because he talked to a white girl. Christopher Phillips, 19, says he was confronted by Thomas Randich, 19, at a late-night house party in suburban West Chicago, then attacked as he walked away from […]
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has approved a bill creating a commission aimed at researching disparities in the African-American community. The commission will study social and economic issues including health services, employment and education. “We know that disparities exist within the African-American community, preventing some from achieving their full potential,” Quinn said in a statement. “In […]
CHICAGO — Fifteen incarcerated men who claim they were sent to prison by confessions that were beaten, burned and tortured out of them by convicted Chicago police Lt. Jon Burge and his officers are getting some high-profile help – including from a former Illinois governor. In a friend-of-the-court brief to be filed Wednesday with the […]
A CBS news station is under fire after it misquoted a 4-year-old boy making him purposely sound violent on the air. In the video, the child tells a reporter from WBBM that the shootings don’t scare him and that, when he grows up, “I’m going to have me a gun.” The comment made it seem […]
CHICAGO — A 13-year-old boy was shot and wounded yesterday by Chicago police officers, who said he was holding a BB gun. Jimmy Cannon was taken to Stroger Hospital and is listed in critical condition. He was shot 8 times in the shoulders, hand, and legs. The family said they were at a cousin’s birthday […]
CHICAGO — According to Chicago Police, this past weekend a 35-year-old man put on a black wig and a pink halter top and shot another man at a dice-game over a woman they were both dating. The Chicago Sub-Times reports: Supermarket grocery bagger LePaul Williams, 35, allegedly donned a black wig, pink halter top and […]
