Tenn. legislature's special session on public safety won't address guns
Rocked by a deadly school shooting in March, Tennessee lawmakers kicked off a special session on public safety, but measures to restrict gun access are off the table.
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Rocked by a deadly school shooting in March, Tennessee lawmakers kicked off a special session on public safety, but measures to restrict gun access are off the table.
CHICAGO — Adam Toledo’s mother stood in front of a makeshift memorial in an alley where her 13-year-old son was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer. Elizabeth Toledo, 44, wore dark glasses and didn’t speak to the half-dozen onlookers. But Toledo, who lives a few blocks away in the neighborhood of La Villita, Little Village, has said through her attorney that she feels judged by the community since her son’s death last month. So she surveyed the candles, bouquets and signs calling for justice on Saturday, cried quietly, and left. Elizabeth Toledo, far right, surveys a memorial...