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Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times Dozens of loved ones gathered Tuesday evening on the Near North Side to remember Erica Gibson, a 12-year-old girl who was shot to death over the weekend in south suburban Hazel Crest. Blue and purple balloons were released in front of the Cambridge Street row houses where much of the family lives. “She’s a dancing doll, and we’re going to continue to dance for her,” Erica’s aunt Samyra McDonald. Erica’s closest cousin, Tykeena McDonald, 14, said the two were always dancing together and had been preparing for an upcoming competition. “We both couldn’...

Erica, who was from the Gresham neighborhood in Chicago, had been shot in the head and was taken to South Suburban Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 10:53 p.m., police said. An autopsy ruled her death a homicide, the medical examiner’s office said. But the police department’s investigation and a legal review by the Cook County state’s attorney’s office determined no criminal charges will be filed against the juvenile involved, Davis said. “At this time, the investigation shows this to be another case of young people having access to an unsecured weapon in a home that had a ...

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Illinois law enforcement wants changes in criminal justice bill Raymon Troncoso Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Law enforcement groups have decried the Monday signing of a massive criminal justice reform bill into law by Gov. JB Pritzker, referring to the legislation as anti-police with provisions that will lead to unintended consequences. House Bill 3653, referred to as the “Safe-T Act,” ends the use of cash bail by 2023 and grants increased state oversight of police agencies statewide, among other provisions. Law enforcement and Republican lawmakers opposed the legislation, citing...

Law enforcement groups respond to criminal justice reform Raymon Toncoso Capitol News Illinois Feb. 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail SPRINGFIELD — Law enforcement groups have decried the Monday signing of a massive criminal justice reform bill into law by Gov. JB Pritzker, referring to the legislation as anti-police with provisions that will lead to unintended consequences. House Bill 3653, referred to as the “Safe-T Act,” ends the use of cash bail by 2023 and grants increased state oversight of police agencies statewide, among other provisions. Law enforcement and Republican lawmakers opp...