Chicago
White Supremacist Group Patriot Front Showed Up at an Anti-Abortion March
This isn’t the first time that Patriot Front has appeared at an anti-abortion event.
Jussie Smollett Found Guilty of Lying to Police About Fake Hate Crime
The ex-‘Empire’ actor was found guilty of five out of six charges.
Jussie Smollett Testified He Did Drugs and Masturbated With His Attacker
Jussie Smollett’s defense has tried to paint the brothers he’s accused of hiring to attack him as untrustworthy and having a personal vendetta.
Jussie Smollett’s Trial Just Got a Few More WTF Moments
Attorneys for Smollett accused the judge of “lunging” and “snarling” at them during the proceedings and asked for a mistrial.
Jussie Smollett’s Trial Is Not Going Great
Jussie Smollett is on trial for allegedly faking his own hate crime, and things are not looking good.
Scathing Report Reveals NHL’s Blackhawks Ignored Sexual Assault Complaints
An independent investigation concluded that Blackhawks management ignored a player's sexual assault complaint against a coach for several weeks, allowing the coach to partake in Stanley Cup celebrations.
This Black Cop Got Kicked Out of Her Union for Supporting BLM
Carmella Means posted a photo of herself kneeling with a fist raised and holding a “Black Lives Matter” sign. Chicago's FOP Lodge 7 suspended her.
QAnon Anti-Vaxxer Whose Followers Harassed Hospital for Ivermectin Dies of COVID-19
QAnon influencers led a harassment campaign on behalf of Veronica Wolski, accusing hospital staff of “murder” when they wouldn't give her the unapproved drug.
QAnon Is Harassing a Hospital Into Giving Bogus COVID ‘Cure’ Ivermectin
Veronica Wolski, who is known for boosting anti-vaccine and QAnon conspiracies from a bridge in Chicago, was hospitalized two weeks ago.
DaBaby’s Apology for Being Homophobic Definitely Has Nothing to Do With Him Losing Tons of Money
The Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, the Governors Ball in New York City, and the Day N Vegas festival all dropped the rapper from their line-ups.
Gunshot-Detecting Tech Is Summoning Armed Police to Black Neighborhoods
A Motherboard investigation found that ShotSpotter frequently generates false alerts—and it's deployed almost exclusively in non-white neighborhoods.
Contractor Exposed the Movements of People Wearing Ankle GPS Bracelets
A company that sells GPS ankle bracelets and helps Chicago law enforcement run a program to monitor people under house arrest leaked “an enormous amount of private information.”