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The amateur video footage of the beating, obtained by Chicago television station WFLD, was widely broadcast in both traditional and online media. [8] Largely resulting from the widespread circulation of this video, the story attracted much national attention within the United States, leading President Barack Obama to send U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan ...
Pendleton, a 15-year-old girl from Chicago, Illinois, was shot in the back and killed while standing with friends inside Harsh Park in Kenwood, Chicago after taking her final exams. [1] As a student at King College Prep High School, she was killed only one week after performing at events for President Barack Obama’s second inauguration.
(He failed to win the majority and was elected by 56 percent in a runoff election—the first in Chicago's history— against Jesús "Chuy" García.) [42] [133] The delayed timing of release of the video, the Chicago City Council's awarding the family $5 million within weeks of McDonald's death, [42] and Emanuel firing Police Superintendent ...
Chicago teen wrongly convicted of murder based on blind witness finally walks free after 12 years ... Darien Harris was only 17 years old when he was wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder in ...
A teenager was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old Chicago boy who was not the intended target of gunfire earlier in the week, police said. “There is no excuse for this ...
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In January 2017, four perpetrators: Jordan Hill, Tesfaye "Teefies" Cooper, and Brittany and Tanishia Covington committed a hate crime and other offenses against a mentally disabled man in Chicago, Illinois. The attackers, two black men and two black women, laughed as they kidnapped and physically, verbally, and racially abused the white victim.
A 17-year-old Chicago teenager shot and killed a 16-year-old boy near the Bean sculpture in downtown Millennium Park, according to police.