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CWBChicago
11 months
“They’re young. Sometimes they make silly decisions.” #Chicago
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For those who have forgotten the horrifying injuries, this man suffered in a two-on-one attack...
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You may have seen the horrifying video of a man and woman being dragged from their car and shot yesterday evening. Man died, woman critically injured. This is the last photo the man, Gyovanny Arzuaga, posted to Facebook yesterday afternoon. He was 24. #Chicago
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Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. NO MASK. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask. Mask.
@mayorlightfoot
Archived: Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot
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What a moment. Congrats champs! 🎉 A first but not the last for @chicagosky .
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Just announced: Marion Lewis, 18, charged with shooting and killing a 7-year-old girl at a McDonald's drive-thru. Murder, 3x attempt murder, carjacking, 6x discharge of firearm, 3x gun possession, 3x unlawful restraint, agg assault. Bond court Sunday.
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Warning: Graphic video. 3 dead, 1 injured after a driver appears to intentionally strike a group of men in the street near 71st and Jeffery in #Chicago around 5 a.m. Sunday. Offender remains at large.
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1 year
Just in: Charged with the murder of Chicago Police Officer Areanah Preston are Trevell Breeland, 19 Joseph Brooks, 19 Jakwon Buchanan, 18 and a 16-year-old male to be charged as an adult
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Mayor Brandon Johnson's SUVs have now racked up 19 red light and speed camera citations since he took office on May 15. His latest violations include going 55 mph and 53mph in school and park zones. Total unpaid fines: $1,725.
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Two felons accused of luring children into a van where cops found condoms, lubricant and a mattress were NOT detained on the charges because prosecutors and a judge wrongly believed attempted child abduction was not detainable under the SAFE-T Act.
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3 years
Looks like the Chicago Police Department's emphasis on "positive community interactions" is taking off! Great to see!
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2 years
The look of a "man" upon being told he's charged with TWO murders. #Chicago
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1 year
A concealed carry holder has shot TWO more suspected carjackers this morning... Developing
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2 years
Second biggest wiener in Chicago 👇
@Derek_A_Peters
Derek Peters
2 years
We have a wiener on the Kennedy. I repeat, we have a wiener on the Kennedy!
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You may be reading about 5 men who prosecutors refused to charge after a gang-related gunfight left 1 dead and 2 injured Friday. Here's the video. You won't believe it. #Chicago
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Happy New Year from somebody's mom in #Chicago .
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2 years
@ChicagoCritter Nice assist by the Lollapalooza attendee.
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8 months
BREAKING: A TV news crew was robbed at gunpoint in West Town this morning while preparing to report on the latest wave of armed robberies. At least 30 robberies in about 12 hours: Bucktown, Wicker Park, Old Town, the Loop, Lincoln Park, West Loop...
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2 years
The best thing we've seen in a long, long time. Straight ahead, Dakotah!
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7 months
City surveillance footage shows a neon-vested "peacekeeper" helping a group attack and rob a driver in Little Village on May 26. After initially refusing to release the video to us, the city caved yesterday under pressure from the Illinois Attorney General's office.
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We're beginning to think that the "root cause" of a carload of guys committing 62 armed robberies might be not arresting them after they commit, say, FIVE robberies.
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Remember the guy accused of leading troopers on a high-speed chase in a stolen car that crashed and hit a pedestrian in Lincoln Park last month? He was released under the SAFE-T Act and robbed a clothing store two days later, prosecutors say.
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His mom recognized him and drove his sorry a** straight to the police station. 🤣 That's a good mom.
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2 years
"I just robbed a guy at gunpoint. I think I'll strike a pose for this hi-def security camera." #Chicago
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3 years
Someone who stole the Ferrari.
@6thFloorBrewing
6th Floor Brewing
3 years
Some dude just crashed his @Ferrari at the corner of LaSalle and Kinzie, got out, grabbed his bag, and left. Who does that?!
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7 months
Shortly before 3 o'clock Monday afternoon, two men attacked and robbed another man as he walked down a Bucktown alley. It was caught on video. (Discretion advised) #Chicago
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8 months
Yet ANOTHER robbery was caught on video last night. They hit the woman, order her to stop screaming. Then demand her PIN while pointing a gun at her face. Don't worry. The Chicago Police Department won't do anything risky like chasing these guys. #Chicago
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2 years
Nobody believes this, Lollapalooza. #Chicago
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They'll be trying to scrub that river stench out of their pores for weeks.
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3 years
It's notable that she tweeted about an actor's death within hours of his passing on a major holiday, but it took her 3 days to send a boilerplate tweet after a CPD officer was killed in the line of duty recently.
@KimFoxx
Kim Foxx
3 years
I had the privilege of meeting Michael K. Williams twice. He was generous with his time as we talked about pain, trauma, redemption and love. His mission was to make sure that those who bore their scares were seen, lifted, and appreciated.
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7 months
Just in: Social media video shows an altercation that ended with a 16-year-old girl fatally stabbed in the Loop on Tuesday night. #Chicago
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3 years
Video of the mass shooting tonight at 66th/Halsted. Seven shot, including a one-month-old girl, by gunmen who emerged from a black Jeep Cherokee with rifles. #Chicago
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11 months
BREAKING: Latrell Allen, the man shot by Chicago police in August 2020, sparking a wave of looting across the city, was found guilty tonight on all charges, including four counts of attempted murder of police officers.
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8 months
Congratulations to Chicago's mainstream news outlets who have suddenly discovered the out of control robbery problem we've been reporting on since April or May. Funny what happens after a three of their own get rolled at gunpoint.
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Just in: This is Xavier Tate Jr, wanted for the murder of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca. He is on the loose. Know where he is? Call 911.
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The city has issued seizure orders against two of Mayor Brandon Johnson's motorcade SUVs for failing to pay red light and speed camera tickets. Johnson's SUVs now have outstanding fines and penalties totaling $2,130.
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2 years
OK, Lori. We'll report the numbers. Since you took office: 📈 Overall major crimes are up 16% 💀 Murder up 33% 💰Robbery up 5% 🛍️ Theft up 32% 🚗Motor vehicle theft up 62% Happy now? 🙃
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Gregory Royal Pratt
2 years
Lightfoot is now blaming the media for people feeling unsafe, challenges the press to "Report the numbers" that crime is down. We always include those numbers @chicagotribune -- but also the context that crime remains high, even with improvements.
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Dispatch: Jeff says his car, electric car, ran out of power and he needs assistance. Cop: OK. I'll pick up a gallon of electricity and head over there. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
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2 years
"Legal Help Firm" did quite the crop job on that pic. #Chicago
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9 months
Chicago: Police witness armed robbery, don't chase the criminals. Atlanta: Wrecks squad, PINs truck, pulls driver out at gunpoint for doing donuts in an intersection.
@ATLUncensored
ATL Uncensored
9 months
GSP stops street takeover in Midtown 🚔🚫🛣
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Those robbery crews got really quiet after a victim stabbed one of their guys to death...
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7 months
A shocking attack and robbery was caught on video in Bucktown this afternoon. It's a gut-wrenching look at a scenario that has unfolded far too many times this year as robberies in the area are up 53% this year. And up 96% from 2019.
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Does anyone else get the feeling that there is a complete lack of urgency on the part of the city to address the migrant housing issue and the months-long robbery problem? Who's in charge of fixing those? Seems like nobody.
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Did anybody in Chicago NOT get robbed or shot overnight?
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11 months
Prosecutors say a pot dealer pulled a gun on a guy who declined to buy weed from him on the Red Line. The guy disarmed the pot dealer and held him for police.
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Once again, Chicago's youths cower in fear of the city's police department, withering under the boot of over-policing😉.
@Davechiman
Tik Tok Videos The Go Hard
4 months
Cops last night tried to shut down a street take over were forced to retreat #Chicago
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Mayor Brandon Johnson's SUVs have been racking up red light and speed camera tickets at a breakneck pace: about one every two weeks. The city is currently owed $850 for the unpaid citations.
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2 years
A short reminder because some folks seem to have forgotten this. If you see someone wearing a ski mask in June, you should stay away from them.
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Judge Linn: "I repeat. You put the noose around your own neck."
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...For the critics who are saying the police "did nothing," it's worth noting that they drove into the middle of a gunfight, seemingly protected a fallen man, and arrested five suspects. That's a whole lot of "nothing."
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I mean, seriously. We could fit a good 200 migrants in this one corridor at City Hall alone.
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Cashless bail: A judge yesterday decided that a Chicago man accused of shooting a dog in the head and having two 50-round ammunition magazines is not a threat to public safety. She rejected a prosecutor's request to keep him in jail and sent him home.
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Congratulations to the insane people who are now arguing that a woman being placed in a chokehold is not an attack. Good job, everyone.
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Carjacking prevention tip #2 :
@Xeriland
Xeriland
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Never stop for a car jacker. 🚗
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That moment when you realize the Mayor of Chicago thinks the crime known as "mob action" implies that someone is a mobster. 🤦
@royalpratt
Gregory Royal Pratt
9 months
Mayor Brandon Johnson criticizes reporter for referring to South Loop incidents as “mob actions.” Says it’s not appropriate to call children “baby Capones.”
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Here's a phenomenon Chicago news consumers may notice from time to time. Why are the corporate news outlets in a huge city like Chicago all running stories about the exact same 8 robberies today? Here's the answer. 👇 ... The Chicago Police Department has a website for media…
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A Venezuelan migrant has been arrested 3 times since arriving in Chicago three weeks ago, prosecutors said Tuesday as he was accused of shoplifting clothes worth $725 from Macy's But his bond court judge had another concern: "Who are these individuals?"
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If you saw the video yesterday of a group of people, two armed with 2x4 boards, tussling with Chicago cops... This is what brought the police to the scene.
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Neal Edelstein
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Chicago, Chicago, Chicago. When does it stop? The West Side…
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Keeping you up to speed: ✅ Crowds jumping on cars, robbing passersby, and looting stores are kids being kids. Don't "demonize" them. ❌ A crowd of angry constituents surrounding an alderman at a protest, getting a little handsy, is "condemned in the strongest terms"
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Mayor Brandon Johnson
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Any violent act against an elected official in our city is unacceptable and must be condemned in the strongest terms. My office and the Chicago Police Department are currently investigating this incident, and we will provide updates as they become available.
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Pretty neat how holdup crews can rob more than 40 people in 3 days, but all it takes is one concealed carry holder to end that nonsense. No robbery sprees since yesterday morning in the crews' trolling grounds.
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More good news: State troopers chased down and arrested a man who is suspected of committing 6 armed robberies in West Ridge last night and Tuesday night. It's the second time this week that ISP's less-restrictive car chase policy reaped rewards.
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There's a curb. There's a CURB. THERE'S A CURB!!
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15 armed robberies were reported in about 4 hours between about 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. today. Not much else to say, really...
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The man accused of throwing a log like a javelin into a woman's head on the Mag Mile was ordered detained to await trial this afternoon. The victim, a flight attendant from out of town, remains unresponsive with significant brain and head injuries.
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A federal agent was robbed at gunpoint on the Magnificent Mile overnight, one of several victims targeted by the city's roving bands of armed robbers since yesterday evening…
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A top Cook County prosecutor abruptly quit today and blasted Kim Foxx in an email. Among many things, he says she was more concerned about "heat...from her backers" because of his bond court presentation rather than the fact that a woman had been killed
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Two men have been charged in connection with the carjacking in Beverly that was caught on video this month. One was on parole for 2 carjackings in Lincoln Park. The other was on bail for a felony gun case.
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3 years
A 77-year-old retired firefighter neutralized an armed robber who got out of a carjacked vehicle and confronted him in his garage. Offender dead at the scene. Best wishes to the retiree.
@Chicago_Police
Chicago Police
3 years
TODAY - offender’s weapon recovered when he was shot by the victim during an attempt robbery in @ChicagoCAPS06 . Offender was also using a vehicle that was carjacked yesterday. #CPDMediaCar
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Just a couple of fathers setting a good example for the kids at Lincoln Park High School today. #Chicago
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11 months
The Chicago Pride Parade is an annual reminder that we have way too many elected officials.
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This guy, charged with felony trespassing to a place of amusement, will have to post $500 to get out of jail. By comparison, 6 of today's bond court defendants will have to post that amount or LESS to get out on felony gun cases. (2 of them were released with no bond required)
@mandophotos
armando l sanchez
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He almost made it...Fan on the field at the White Sox.
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3rd-degree black belt jiu-jitsu instructor pins Uptown shoplifter until cops arrive — and sends it all out on Facebook live. "He assaulted a 7-Eleven employee, so I jumped in and took him to the ground and did a gift wrap hold."
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Quick math: Let's say a total of 300 people under 18 were responsible for the problems downtown. That's a *very* generous number. The city has 700,000 residents under the age of 18. Why not address the 300 numbskulls who can't behave like 699,700 of their peers?
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Shocking video shows West Loop restaurant patrons diving for cover as a gunman opens fire on them Friday evening. "VOTE THESE CLOWNS OUT OF OFFICE OR WE WILL ALL BE PAYING THE PRICE FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS," says the woman who was shot.
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A gangbanger demanded to know a newly-arrived migrant's gang affiliation, then shot him when he didn't answer, Ald. Ray Lopez says. “These are not ‘misguided youth’...They are criminals who choose a lifestyle that’s rooted in evil.”
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Now, here's the guy we should pay $100 million to clean up the CTA.
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February: Charged with possessing a stolen Kia at his high school. April: Charged with possessing a stolen motorcycle in the Loop. This week: Charged with carjacking an Uber driver at gunpoint.
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Outrageous video shows 4 gunmen, at least 2 equipped with machine guns, firing at a crowd Wednesday They killed a 14-year-old boy and injured at least 3 others A 16-year-old who shot at arriving CPD officers is charged with attempted murder of police
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Nice day for a walk. Or a run. #Chicago .
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