CHICAGO—Murders here surpassed the 700 mark Thursday, a somber tally not seen since the drug wars of the 1990s as the police department continues reforms aimed at regaining public trust.
Brooklyn, NY – Two people were shot to death Monday at a carnival celebrating Caribbean culture in the hours before the city’s annual West Indian Day Parade.
Chicago saw its deadliest month in two decades in August, recording 90 homicides for the month, the city’s police department said Thursday.
The fatal police shooting of an armed man ignited violent protests in Milwaukee Saturday night.
Nearly 100 people have been shot in Chicago in less than a week, pushing the number of shooting victims so far this year to more than 2,500 about 800 more than this time last year, according to data kept by the Tribune.
The radical “Black Lives Matter” movement released a formal platform on Monday, singling out Israel for what it calls the “genocide” against Palestinian Arabs and “Israeli Apartheid”.
Pennsylvania – The mother of one of two central Pennsylvania teenagers charged with shooting at police officers last week contends the Black Lives Matter movement is to blame for his actions.
Black Lives Matter activists in Syracuse protested the arrest of an anti-violence advocate taken into custody while videotaping police frisking a handcuffed motorist.
Organizers of the Black DNC Resistance March in Philadelphia were seen Wednesday on video segregating their protest by ordering white people to the back of the line.
Five people were killed and at least 42 more have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday evening, according to Chicago Police.