A Chicago man was charged with attempted murder after allegedly driving his car into a picnic, according to police. Witnesses said the man also made anti-Asian comments during the incident, according to local news outlets.
Timothy Nielsen, 57, was arrested Saturday and faces charges of four counts of attempted murder after he intentionally jumped a curb in his vehicle and drove at a group of pedestrians gathered for a picnic, according to the Chicago Police Department.
Police said Nielsen struck a 42-year-old woman with his truck before she was briefly trapped underneath the vehicle. The woman, who was seriously injured was transported to a nearby hospital and was treated for lacerations and other injuries and has since been released, according to the police department.
CHICAGO â More than 2,600 people have been in custody at the Cook County Jail or at home on electronic monitoring for more than a year as a massive backlog of felony cases has piled up at the Cook County Circuit Court.
The backlog is a direct result of restrictions that Chief Judge Timothy Evans put in place last year to limit the spread of Covid-19. Evans postponed all jury trials and scaled back most court operations. Even when court cases picked up again on Zoom, technical difficulties and some defendants lack of access to computers or internet delayed cases further, and some proceedings could only be done in person.
Backlog leaves 100s in Cook County Jail for more than year
CARLOS BALLESTEROS of Injustice Watch
Apr 30, 2021
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CHICAGO (AP) More than 2,600 people have been in custody at the Cook County Jail or at home on electronic monitoring for more than a year as a massive backlog of felony cases has piled up at the Cook County Circuit Court.
The backlog is a direct result of restrictions that Chief Judge Timothy Evans put in place last year to limit the spread of Covid-19. Evans postponed all jury trials and scaled back most court operations. Even when court cases picked up again on Zoom, technical difficulties and some defendants’ lack of access to computers or internet delayed cases further, and some proceedings could only be done in person.
Police in US have killed more than 100 children since 2015, data shows
Family of 13-year-old shot by police continue to grieve UP NEXT The deaths of 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago and 16-year-old Ma Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio, are just two of more than 100 instances of people younger than 18 killed by police since 2015. And 23 of those killed, like Toledo, were under 15. Bryant was fatally shot April 20 by Columbus police who were called to the scene about a fight and an attempted stabbing. Toledo was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Little Village on March 29. The body camera footage of each incident sparked local and national outrage.
Police have killed more than 100 children since 2015 in US, data shows
Family of 13-year-old shot by police continue to grieve
Replay Video UP NEXT The deaths of 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago and 16-year-old Ma Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio, are just two of more than 100 instances of people younger than 18 killed by police since 2015. And 23 of those killed, like Toledo, were under 15. Bryant was fatally shot April 20 by Columbus police who were called to the scene about a fight and an attempted stabbing. Toledo was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Little Village on March 29. The body camera footage of each incident sparked local and national outrage.