She's naked, handcuffed in her own living room, surrounded by 10 male officers (who kicked in the wrong door, raided the wrong home) and a cop says, "Okay. Okay. You don't have to shout." She's sobbing, another cop says, "Ma'am, ma'am, just relax, alright?"
Inhumane, infuriating
Wow: Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s law department went to court to try and stop
@cbschicago
from airing video of Chicago police raiding a social worker’s home. She was changing and naked; police refused to give her the video until a judge ordered them to.
This is where we're at in buying PPE.
An Illinois official sped on a highway to get to a meet-up in a McDonald's parking lot, where she handed off a $3.4 MILLION CHECK to buy N95 masks from China with 20 minutes to spare, beating other bidders.
A very large crowd is gathering at 71st/Chappel, where Chicago Police say they shot and killed a person this evening. It's hard to put in words how tense the scene is. Witnesses say a female officer shot the man in the back while he was running away. He was a local barber.
Breaking: Chicago Teachers Union members vote to defy Chicago Public Schools' reopening plans and continue working from home tomorrow because of health and safety concerns, a source says. About 86% of CTU members voted, and 71% of those members approved the collective action
NEW: Chicago Public Schools has suspended its meal distribution program "based on the evolving nature of activity across the city." The district has given out more than 12.5 million meals since start of the coronavirus pandemic. Remote learning continues, though. Story tk.
I wonder if instead of "violent protests over the police shooting of a Black man" we in the news media could start to say "protests over the violent police shooting of a Black man"
Hundreds of high school students across Chicago walked out of their schools Tuesday to demand City Council pass a Gaza ceasefire resolution.
"We don’t want to see any hypocrites."
Here's the rest of the escalation, including multiple Chicago Police officers on top of one man, hitting him, and then dragging another man. This is also the start of where I get shoved to the ground. That video is coming next.
One elderly woman: "We ain't trying to hurt nobody. We just trying to live decent."
Another woman: "We just want to live. Our black kids keep getting killed. We just want to live!"
To recap, during a pandemic that has hurt low-income black and brown residents by far the most, Chicago has cut off the following social services:
- public transportation
- food for students
And has then called in additional law enforcement during police brutality protests.
Breaking: Two Palestinian American citizens with Chicago roots were taken by Israeli soldiers in an early morning raid on their shelter in Gaza today, months after U.S. officials approved them for evacuation but have since failed to secure their exit.
A heartbreaking op-ed from a Chicago Public Schools principal that mirrors almost every recent conversation I've had with educators: "Children are not okay. Teachers are not okay. Schools are not okay."
NEW: The Chicago Teachers Union's governing body has issued a vote of no confidence in Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools leadership. The measure passed with 90% approval.
"Snoop," the barber who was killed by Chicago Police tonight, has a 5-year-old daughter. One of his customers says he usually brings his daughter with him wherever he goes, but she wasn't with him today.
The man killed by police was named Tommy, but he went by "Snoop," per people at the scene. The woman pictured here, Gloria Rainge, says Snoop has been her barber for five years. She watched him get shot.
"He was cool, laid back, very intelligent."
Internet is bad so it's taking a minute for this video to upload, but Chicago Police just rushed the parking lot and started hitting people. I have my press badge on and identified myself as a reporter but I got shoved to the ground by two cops who smacked my phone out of my hand
CBS News dropped the dog whistle for straight racism today
"This isn't a place, with all due respect, like Iraq or Afghanistan, that has seen conflict raging for decades. This is a relatively civilized, relatively European, I have to choose those words carefully too, city."
Witnesses say the female officer who fired the shots was immediately put in a squad car and taken away from the scene. By my count, there are between 80-100 officers at the scene right now. Probably as many or more protestors.
Hold up.
The city goes into homeless encampments, throws away tents and personal belongings and upends people's lives in a matter of hours.
But the park district has been **"TRYING"** (???) to get these people to remove their shrubs from public land for FIVE YEARS?!?!?
Northwestern President Michael Schill changed the student code of conduct *THIS MORNING* to ban tents from campus as students set up their Palestine protest encampment. And he threatened students with suspension, expulsion or criminal charges.
NEW: Mayor Johnson says in an interview with
@Suntimes
/
@WBEZ
that he will give the Board of Education the green light to end its $10.3M contract with Chicago police.
That'll effectively remove cops next fall from 39 schools that still have them.
Witnesses say the incident started when the officer told him not to sell loose cigarettes. He supposedly told the officer he wasn't selling them, just handing a couple to his aunt. An argument started, and he began to run. That's when the officer fired, per police and witnesses.
Just awful, devastating news. Caleb Reed, a powerful teenage activist who has been active in the push to remove police from CPS, died today after he was shot Friday.
He said in June: "One thing I’m here to say is I’m proud to be a Black young man."
Thousands of families will now have to look for another way to get food for their kids after Chicago Public Schools suspended its meal distribution program "out of an abundance of caution ... based on the evolving nature of activity across the city."
Breaking: The Illinois legislature has passed a bill creating a 21-member elected Chicago school board starting in 2024. This is Chicago's first-ever fully elected school board.
Some graphic new updates: Police suspect a Southwest Side woman lured a young expectant mother, 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui, to her home before the pregnant woman was slain and the child was cut out of her body.
NEW: The Chicago Teachers Union is convening an emergency House of Delegates meeting early next week to call for a strike vote as Chicago Public Schools heads into a potential return to classrooms in the fall, a source says.
This thread got messed up somewhere along the way because of the bad internet reception, so I'm going to tie up some loose ends. Here's the video of Chicago Police officers knocking my phone out of my hand and shoving me.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot says her administration is asking Lyft and Uber to help take kids to school after 73 bus drivers quit, supposedly over Chicago Public Schools' vaccine mandate
It'd be a highly unusual move and could cause a whole other set of dilemmas
NEW: The Chicago Teachers Union says its planned vote tonight would see members refuse in-person work until Jan. 18 or until the city's COVID-19 wave falls below the threshold Chicago Public Schools set last year, whichever happens first.
NEW: Chicago is hosting its first-ever, virtual citywide high school commencement celebration this June, and it'll be hosted by Oprah Winfrey. Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced the graduation ceremony by dancing on TikTok.
Witnesses at the scene said the man who was killed by Chicago Police had a gun in a holster, but wasn't reaching for it and was running away. Others who knew him say he had a concealed carry permit. That's not verified, we'll try to find out more.
Breaking: Illinois Gov J.B. Pritzker on Thursday plans to announce a statewide indoor mask mandate for everyone 2 and older, as well as a vaccine requirement for all K-12 and higher education employees, sources tell me and
@rrhinton
.
NEW: Chicago Public Schools is canceling classes Nov. 12. Officials say it'll be a "vaccine awareness day" to give families time to take their kids to get COVID-19 shots now that children ages 5-11 are eligible. The move comes with eight days' notice
Makes you wonder what types of social programs that $20M could be used for if it was taxed instead of shelled out by Illinois' richest man to fight a ballot initiative that would tax the state's richest people
Well, now. Some big bucks being dropped — $20M by billionaire Ken Griffin — in the fight over how to tax people in Illinois. It’s expected to be the costliest ballot initiative in the country, pitting billionaires against each other.
The now-famous alligator wrangler named Alligator Bob says people shouldn't be rooting against him catching this gator, which he says is likely sacred and could die if left alone in the lagoon. Alligator Bob loves alligators very much. He's been a volunteer since the 70s.
NEW: Nearly every Chicago Public Schools student will have access to free condoms and menstrual products starting in the fall.
"Young people have the right to accurate and clear information to make healthy decisions."
Here's
@chancetherapper
on the
@CTULocal1
strike: "Honestly to the teachers in Chicago, I know you are on strike right now. I fully support you. I just wish when I was in school my teachers had gone on strike."
Important to note this came late Sunday night just a few hours after the district had already sent an email to families saying meal distribution would continue.
The Chicago Police narrative for tonight's incident is that the confrontation and shooting happened after the officer saw a man "exhibiting characteristics of an armed person."
On this beautiful Wednesday evening that marks day two of alligator watch, our elusive gator is being treated to a live band and dancing on salsa night at the Humboldt Park Boathouse. No wonder our new friend doesn't want to leave.
can't forget this is what lori lightfoot said 10 days ago: “Let’s be clear. An adult put a gun in a child’s hand. A young and impressionable child. And one who should not have been provided with lethal force. A weapon that could and did irreparably change the course of his life"
BREAKING: In addition to finding Chicago Police Officer guilty of second-degree murder, the jury finds Van Dyke guilty of all 16 aggravated battery counts and not guilty of official misconduct.
Charlotte FC sold 10,000+ tickets on Wednesday for when Messi comes to town. The Chicago Fire sold 7,000+.
Prices for LAFC's game vs. Messi? $500 get-in price. $10,000 field suites.
The
#Messi
𓃵 effect in MLS, with
@EliasBurke
.
NEW: Mayor Brandon Johnson is replacing nearly every Chicago Board of Education member, bringing on advocates with grassroots organizing and nonprofit experience.
@JiananShi
, executive director of parent group
@ILRaiseYourHand
, is the new board president.
BREAKING: Chicago teachers are officially going on strike tomorrow morning for the first time in seven years and only the second time in more than three decades.
An inaccurate Daily Mail story claiming Chicago is closing its selective enrollment schools is going viral and causing unnecessary fear.
It simply is not true. Chicago education reporters have covered this with nuance all week. Read us, not a UK tabloid.
BREAKING: A judge has set R. Kelly's bail at $1 million as the R&B singer faces charges of aggravated sexual abuse of four alleged victims, including at least three underage girls.
The first question to President Joe Biden this afternoon is on the Chicago Teachers Union's standoff with Chicago Public Schools
"I believe we should make school classrooms safe and secure," Biden says. "Teachers want to work, they just want to work in a safe environment."
BREAKING: Gov. J.B. Pritzker is ordering the closure of all Illinois schools in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus, keeping home more than two million students.
NEW: Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools officials say they will lock out preschool and some special education staff from remote work if they don't return to schools Monday.
Authorities have now IDd a body found in a garbage can in the suspect's backyard as that of the pregnant 19-year-old, Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui, who was reported missing three weeks ago. They said she was strangled, and the death was ruled a homicide.
Hundreds of high school students across Chicago walked out of their schools Tuesday to demand City Council pass a Gaza ceasefire resolution.
"We don’t want to see any hypocrites."
Chicago Public Schools noted this morning that families who have signed up for meal delivery will continue to receive their food. Anyone looking to set up that service can call (773) 553-5437.
Brandon Johnson slams Paul Vallas for his schools record, saying he "ran the teachers pension fund into the ground" and "closed Black schools" as Chicago Public Schools CEO, then privatized New Orleans public schools after Hurricane Katrina, leading to an exodus of Black teachers
BREAKING: Two people are charged with murder in the death of pregnant 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, and a third person is charged with concealing her death.
More Palestinians live in Cook County than any other county in the nation,
@amyqin12
reports.
“To discuss the history of Palestinian migration or displacement to the United States requires discussing the history of Israel."
It's a big day for Chicago's school board, which will decide whether to keep uniformed police officers in 55 high schools or listen to Black students who don't feel safe learning amid a police presence. The board meeting is underway. Follow it with me here
Great fact-checking from
@TomSchuba
and
@andymboyle
: City data shows Chicago had already seen a 68% rise in carjackings in the first two months of 2020, weeks before Chicago Public Schools students went remote because of COVID-19
NEW: Chicago Public Schools has joined a federal lawsuit with 12 other states, cities and districts against U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over her insistence that public school districts share their federal coronavirus relief funding with private schools.
Chicago Public Schools officials say there's a "potential cluster" of COVID-19 cases developing at McCutcheon Elementary, one of the schools that reopened this week. There are now two confirmed cases among McCutcheon staff with eight people quarantining
Breaking: Chicago's Board of Education has unanimously voted to remove police officers next fall from 39 high schools that still have them, a decision that will end the district's school resource officer program after years of protests.
“I’m not about to put my life on hold because this is going around,” said a **NURSE** from Colorado who flew in to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with his Chicago friends. 🤔🤔🤔
Laurentio Howard says it’s a “slap in the face” that Marshall H.S. has decided to keep its police officers. Last year, two cops dragged his daughter Dnigma down a set of stairs and shocked her with a stun gun because she used a cellphone in class.
Breaking: Chicago Public Schools classes are canceled Wednesday after the Chicago Teachers Union voted to refuse in-person work, defying district plans because of post-holidays COVID concerns.
This is the third time CPS classes are disrupted by labor strife in the past 27 months
It was emotional but necessary to mourn and honor the 70+ journalists who have been killed in the war in Palestine the past two months.
And it was heartening to see so many Chicago journalists and supporters show their support tonight.
My big takeaway on the CPS-CTU dispute right now is that nobody has learned a single thing over the past two years. Each negotiation since 2019, from the strike to reopening to this, has taken the EXACT same path
R&B singer R. Kelly just surrendered himself to Chicago police as he faces charges of aggravated sexual abuse of four victims. He was handcuffed and led away.