The grand jury charged fired Officer Brett Hankison with three counts of wanton endangerment for firing gunshots from a parking lot through an obscured window into two apartments adjacent to Taylor’s home. When asked about protesters' calls to defund police, Lightfoot demurred as she has done before in recent days. put the Illinois National Guard in “a state of readiness”. (NOTE: Watch the press conference live in the player above beginning at 2:30 p.m. CST) Illinois Gov.
"What I’m hearing in my city and what I’m watching across the country is this desire and demand for resources.
Sign up for our morning newsletter to get all of our stories delivered to your mailbox each weekday. Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces new precautionary measures after George Floyd protests, Illinois Facebook users can apply for up to $400 settlement as part of privacy lawsuit. NOTE: The 1 p.m. press conference will be streamed live in the player above. Hankison, Sgt. #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left;width:100%;font-weight:normal;}, a Kentucky grand jury declined to indict three police officers, Officials Plead for Calm Amid Anger Over Breonna Taylor Case, Progressive Aldermen Renew Push to Create Elected Board to Oversee CPD, Spotlight Politics: Chicago Responds to Breonna Taylor Decision, In Breonna Taylor Case, Limits of Law Overcome Calls for Justice, Police Officers Not Charged For Killing Breonna Taylor, Head of Police Oversight Agency Defends Operations After Critical Audit, Prosecutors: Horse Ridden by ‘Dreadhead Cowboy’ on Dan Ryan May Not Survive, What’s It Like to Be a Black Cop in Chicago in 2020? Lightfoot, who was greeted by protesters Sunday morning outside her Logan Square home, affirmed that the curfew will remain in place “until further notice.”. "I’m hoping that we're going to announce soon some pretty monumental reforms that we pushed for and we've won, and to set the stage for what I know is going to be a long fight around police reform," Lightfoot said on "Kasie DC" on MSNBC, highlighting police contracts as "a significant part of the problem.". ", "We know that people will need public safety, but they also need jobs, they need opportunity.
Video: Reaction to the grand jury decision on “Chicago Tonight” with Aislinn Pulley of the Chicago Torture Justice Center and Black Lives Matter Chicago; Charlene Carruthers of the Black Youth Project 100; and David Stovall, a University of Illinois at Chicago professor. Copyright © 2020 WLS-TV. Before charges were brought, Hankison was fired from the city’s police department on June 23. "And that's what we have to bring as cities. The grand jury on Wednesday indicted a single police officer for shooting into neighboring apartments but did not move forward with charges against any officers for their role in Taylor’s death.
Connect with friends faster than ever with the new Facebook app. (NOTE: Watch the press conference live in the player above beginning at 2:30 p.m. CST). The warrant used to search her home was connected to a suspect who did not live there, and no drugs were found inside. Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks at a press conference after a Kentucky grand jury released its findings on the police shooting of Breonna Taylor on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced $56 million to go towards a request for proposal to expand contact tracing in Chicago. Lightfoot activated the safety plan developed in the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody that turned violent in late May and early June. And we have an obligation to answer that demand, and that's precisely what we're doing in Chicago and will continue to be doing that. “We’re not there, but if we need to be there, we’ll be there,” Lightfoot said. Pritzker on Tuesday put the Illinois National Guard in “a state of readiness” ahead of the grand jury's announcement. And what needs to lead is making investments in communities around public safety, making investments in mental health, closing health care disparities, and giving people the opportunity to have a pipeline to legitimate jobs in the economy.".
Contact Heather Cherone: @HeatherCherone | (773) 569-1863 | [email protected]. A 33-year-old man barricaded himself in a room with his 4-year-old child and the 25-year-old mother, police said. Details of the announcement - scheduled to take place at a news conference beginning at 1 p.m. at City Hall - were not immediately clear.