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Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage is a 1937 newsreel of the strike at Republic Steel on Memorial Day, May 30, 1937, which escalated into a massacre when Chicago police fired on protestors (1937 Memorial Day massacre). Ten protesters were killed by the police and thirty others suffered gunshot wounds.
According to initial reports, 82 people were shot, 19 fatally, in Chicago over the May 30–31 weekend. The weekend surpassed the previous May 23–24 weekend, which was the most deadly Memorial Day weekend in Chicago since 2015 with 49 individuals shot in total and 9 deaths, becoming the most deadly weekend of the year to that date. Over half ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson and other city officials unveiled a summer safety plan Friday ahead of Memorial Day weekend, including increased youth programs and expanded police presence across Chicago.
Hundreds of towns and cities across America host local parades to celebrate Memorial Day. If you happen to be in Washington, D.C., check out the National Memorial Day Parade, the nation's largest.
[14] [15] [16] However, police made arrests in about 5% of protest events (deploying chemical irritants in 2.5% of events); 3.7% of protest events were associated with property damage or vandalism (including damages by persons not involved in the actual demonstration); and protesters or bystanders were injured or killed in 1.6% of events. [15]
Two suspects are in police custody after 13 people, including a 16-year-old, were injured in a shooting at a Chicago memorial party shortly after midnight on Sunday, police say.
Authorities say the accused Highland Park, Illinois parade shooter confessed and considered carrying out a second attack in Madison, Wisconsin. CBS News correspondent Adriana Diaz reports on the ...
George Floyd Global Memorial is a 501(c)3 organization in Minneapolis with a headquarters' office on the 3500 block of Chicago Avenue. The organization acts as a curator of the demonstrator-installed art exhibits at George Floyd Square.