OUTRAGE
After several hours of peaceful protest, clashes erupted between demonstrators and police.
Jonathan Ballew is a Chicago-based freelance journalist, Marine Corps veteran, and citizen of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. He previously worked with Block Club Chicago, NBC 5 Chicago, South Side Weekly and The Highland Park Landmark.
GUT PUNCH
“There was no need to shoot a 13-year-old. He was just a little kid. He still had a life to live.”
‘NOT GOING TO STOP’
Rusten Sheskey fired seven shots at Jacob Blake in the back, leaving him partially paralyzed and igniting another wave of unrest over police brutality.
HOMICIDE CHARGES
Prosecutors filed five felony charges against 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse on Thursday.
‘PURE CRIMINALITY’
Officials are vowing “consequences” after a midnight mass ransacking of the city’s priciest shopping district, which led to hundreds of arrests, gunfire, and 13 injured cops.
SPRING FLING?
“I want to enjoy my summer, but safely,” one resident said of plans to capitalize on a state Supreme Court ruling despite COVID-19 infection looming.
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The Next Frontline
“A quarter of our office is not coming in because they don’t want to die,” one employee at the agency that handles claims in Illinois told The Daily Beast.
Not Playing Along
“I’m not a doctor. I’m one guy with a bar. If it kills two million people, then most of what we are talking about won’t matter, there will be nothing left.”
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Repeat 'Monster'
Bruce Lindahl was recently identified by cops as a suspect in the 1976 death of Pamela Maurer. Another woman who says he raped her tells her story.