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Dorothy Day, who was present, wrote: "On Memorial Day, May 30, 1937, police opened fire on a parade of striking steel workers and their families at the gate of the Republic Steel Company, in South Chicago. Fifty people were shot, of whom 10 later died; 100 others were beaten with clubs."
Lincoln is a city in Logan County, Illinois, United States. First settled in the 1830s, it is the only town in the U.S. that was named for Abraham Lincoln before he became president ; he practiced law there from 1847 to 1859.
The hiring practices of the sheriff's office came under fire from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who last week formally called for Campbell to resign. Campbell, who has been sheriff since 2018, did ...
Police responded by firing tear gas and shooting rubber bullets at the crowd, which reached about 500 people in size at its height. The demonstrators, in turn, hurled pieces of concrete and other items at officers. Besides plundering local businesses, the crowds set fire to three police vehicles, a bank drive-thru, and a Family Dollar location ...
A local police department in Illinois has released portions of several body camera videos capturing the moments police shot and killed a man inside his apartment bedroom. The videos fill in some ...
Police arrested a suspect in a shooting on Friday at a manufacturing plant in Aurora, Illinois, but the area remained under lockdown, officials said.
Computer Learning Center shooting: 18-year-old Neil Liebeskind of Chatsworth, California entered a Los Angeles computer school and opened fire on his class with a 12-gauge shotgun, killing 24-year-old Fernando E. Alcivar and wounding 6 others, in an attempt to kill another student. After Liebeskind left the classroom, he was confronted by an ...
The Sheriff's Office then contacted the Joliet Police Department. Officers checked a second house on the same block because it was inhabited by some of Nance's family members. Inside they found 37-year-old Christine Esters, 31-year-old Joshua Nance, 20-year-old Alexandria Nance, 14-year-old Angel Nance, and 16-year-old Alonnah Nance all dead ...