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December 21, 2020
Mayor Lori Lightfoot reportedly accepted Corporation Counsel Mark Flessner's resignation, effective immediately, and promised a review.
Lori Lightfoot speaks at her election night party Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Chicago. Lori Lightfoot elected Chicago mayor, making her the first African-American woman to lead the city. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) thegrio.com
December 16, 2020
Anjanette Young, the victim of a police raid, was handcuffed naked in her home. Officials tried to block the release…
Anjanette Young www.theGrio.com
December 15, 2020
Anjanette Young secured and released footage from an incident where local police raided her house while she was naked and…
October 19, 2020
The unidentified man, who streamed himself on Facebook Live, was loaded into an ambulance Monday morning after a 13-hour standoff.
October 17, 2020
R. Kelly was beaten up by a Latin Kings gang member in a Chicago jail and no one did anything…
September 5, 2020
A 10-year-old is dead and 5-year-old in critical condition after the car their father was driving to get a school…
August 30, 2020
Hampton's work as leader of the Chicago's Black Panther Party, landed him on the FBI COINTELPRO list of "threats" to…
August 8, 2020
A video of witness Olabinjo Osundario and his lawyer accidentally landed in the hands of Smollett's lawyers during a routine…
National Guard theGrio.com
July 21, 2020
President Donald Trump is preparing to send as many as 150 federal agents to Chicago in efforts to reduce violence…
July 19, 2020
Miracle Boyd, a young Black activist known for using her voice to help stop the violence in Chicago, became a…
Anti-Racism Protests Held In U.S. Cities Nationwide
June 12, 2020
A group of Chicago police officers were caught on camera lounging in the burglarized office of a U.S. congressman amid…
April 26, 2020
The state of Illinois extended its stay-at-home order until the end of May, but some residents in Chicago allegedly partied…
Eddie Johnson theGrio.com
October 21, 2019
Chicago’s top cop may have had one too many drinks, and was caught sleeping on the job in a car,…
Martinez Sutton Rekia Boyd's brother theGrio.com
October 15, 2019
Ex-Chicago cop who killed Rekia Boyd and was acquitted of manslaughter four years later, is now trying to clear his…
August 6, 2019
Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago had to stop accepting patients on Sunday morning because they were at capacity following a…
Laquan McDonald
July 19, 2019
The officers were found to have falsified police documents to make Laquan McDonald look like the aggressor and make the…
Illinois
June 30, 2019
U.S. District Court Judge Jorge L. Alonso of Chicago this week ruled to reopen discovery in the teen's wrongful death…
Jussie Smollett thegrio.com
June 27, 2019
Why would either Ola or Abel Osundairo google the name 'Jussie Smollett' over 50 times following the alleged attack of…
Jussie Smollett thegrio,com
May 31, 2019
After an Illinois judge ordered that the files in the Jussie Smollett assault case be unsealed, the Chicago police released nearly 500…
Kim Foxx thegrio
April 23, 2019
Chicago’s Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has recused herself from a case involving a community activist Jedidiah Brown.