Category: Crime
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Downstate and Chicago, Brothers in Arms?
It’s an Op-Ed, but it’s also propaganda: Mayor Rahm Emanuel was in Peoria earlier this week talking about how Chicago and Downstate politicians need to stop fighting so much. “The politics of the past where we used to play Chicago versus downstate is over. It doesn’t serve the people of Illinois,” Emanuel said, adding, “It’s…
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Bus Driver Injured with Caustic Liquid by Passenger
A CTA bus driver was treated at an area hospital tonight after a woman threw a liquid believed to be rubbing alcohol in the man’s face when the two argued about an expired fare card, police said. via Chicago Tribune. One word yet on whether Rahm’s going to demand from Springfield a Rubbing Alcohol Registry.
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DC Metro’s Pervert Problem
[DC] Metro took several steps this week to address complaints that it wasn’t taking sexual harassment seriously enough. … “I was disturbed to hear their reports about assault and intimidation while riding trains and buses, particularly those accounts which involved our employees making disrespectful comments,” Sarles wrote to his more than 11,000 employees in a…
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Criminal Justice System Failing
A man who knocked out a woman’s teeth in the South Loop in 2008 when she refused to give him a cigarette became violent again, according to police, this time beating up his longtime female companion. The latest attack took place Monday night in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side, police said. It was…
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Gun Owners Need Not Provide ‘Good Reason’
Good news for those who believe in the Second Amendment: Maryland residents do not have to provide a “good and substantial reason” to legally own a handgun, a federal judge ruled Monday, striking down as unconstitutional the state’s requirements for getting a permit. … “A citizen may not be required to offer a ‘good and…
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Obama Offers Legal Backing for Targeted Killings
The Obama administration on Monday plans to outline how U.S. laws empower the government to kill Americans overseas who engage in terrorism against their home country, a source familiar with the matter said, months after a drone strike killed a U.S.-born cleric who plotted attacks from Yemen. … U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder plans to…
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Teenagers Pour Gasoline on Boy Walking Home From School
Is this really what we’ve come to? A 13-year-old boy who police say was doused with gasoline and lit on fire last week while walking home from school is recovering from first-degree burns to his face and head. The boy was just two blocks from his home in Kansas City Tuesday when two teenagers began…
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Killer Received Unemployment While In Jail
Authorities say a convicted killer who gained notoriety for having a murder scene tattooed on his chest received unemployment benefits while he was in jail. Sheriff’s Capt. Mike Parker said Saturday that Anthony Garcia, nicknamed “Chopper,” received more than $30,000 in fraudulent unemployment while in Los Angeles County jail from 2008 to 2010. via Fox…
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Dog Walker in Custody After Stabbing
This is the third or fourth stabbing in the last two weeks. A 61-year-old man is in custody after police said he stabbed another man this morning after the two had an argument that began when the victim tried to swat the dog away in the Longwood Manor neighborhood. … An argument escalated and resulted…
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Gun Control Measures Advance
Yes, this is a few days old: Two controversial gun control proposals advanced to the full House Wednesday. On a partisan vote, the Democratic-controlled House Executive Committee approved a measure requiring handgun owners to register their weapons with the state. The panel also signed off on legislation that would create a special 2 percent tax…