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A later feature article in the Chicago Reader alleged police and political cover-up. [7] Additionally, the Uptown Rebels were also suspected in the murder. [citation needed] During their peak period, the Chicago Gaylords had sets (or sections) across the North Side, West Side, and the South Side of Chicago. By the early 1980s, the Gaylords ...
[21] Thus, black drivers were especially vulnerable to mob activity. The Chicago Police Department established units at the projects in the two weeks following the riot. Nearly 700 police officers remained in the area near Fernwood Park Homes to protect black residents from any violence, and the order of police protection was not removed for ...
These Streets are Watching is a 50-minute video on police accountability in three communities in the United States; Denver, Cincinnati and Berkeley. [1] The video documents incidents that its creators consider demonstrate the unnecessary use of force by the police. [2]
1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity - Protesters from the countercultural and anti-Vietnam War attempted to disrupt the Democratic National Convention and clashed with police for several days. 152 officers were wounded as were over 600 protesters and bystanders but no one was killed. 0 752+ October 8–11, 1969 Political
Approximately 10,500 police were sent in, and by April 6, more than 6,700 Illinois National Guard troops had arrived in Chicago with 5,000 soldiers from the 1st Armored and 5th Infantry Divisions being ordered into the city by President Johnson. [6]
North Lawndale Community News is a United States weekly community newspaper based in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood. It is published by Strategic Human Services, a local non-profit agency. The paper is financed through grants, as well as subscriptions and advertising revenue.
Police ShotSpotter detector technology registered shots fired and a squad car arrived at the scene. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] According to a statement from prosecutors, Toledo ran away from the officers that arrived, was chased into an alleyway, [ 40 ] turned back to the officers with a gun in his hand, and was then shot by officer Eric Stillman in the ...
The Simon City Royals, also known as the Almighty Simon City Royal Nation, are a street and prison gang which began in Chicago during 1952 as Simon City, a greaser gang. They named themselves for Simons Park, which is located on the corner of Drake and Wabansia in the Humboldt Park neighborhood where they originally formed.