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“My daughter is gone from a bullet that wasn’t even meant for her… because someone made a choice to fire a weapon,” her mother, Naikeeia Williams, lamented at Tuesday’s sentencing hearing for Antwan Jones.
Phillips is a former Black Disciples leader featured in an Emmy Award-winning “violence interrupters” documentary. He struck out twice. Plenty of people are backing him to make it this time.
The number of gangs which have fearsome reputations is extensive and the crimes they commit often go under the radar and are not punished. Other groups also operate from inside jails
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was swiftly criticized on Thursday after calling for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas as several pointed out his city could use one.
Jurors deliberated for 16 hours over three days before convicting Charles Liggins, 32; Kenneth Roberson, 30; Christopher Thomas, 24; Marcus Smart, 25; Tacarlos Offerd, 32; and Ralph Turpin, 34.