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The family of a North Chicago man who was beat to death by a policeman was told the officer was fired for the incident. But that officer was actually let go for other reasons –like living outside of the city’s limits. 

The Cafe Society in Chicago will be meeting on Wednesday, March 12 at Ron’s Barber Shop 6058 W North Ave. at 5pm and Friday March 14 at NiteCap Coffee Bar 1738 W 18th St. at 6pm to discuss the implications of the controversial Stand Your Ground law. This is community conversation, set to take place […]

According to a police report, former NFL player Darren Sharper told several witnesses that he and an acquaintance had non-consensual sex with two women in New Orleans last fall. Sharper is currently in jail in Los Angeles, where he is also facing charges. 

  War has been a nearly constant feature of American life since 9/11. The ongoing dispute between Russia and Ukraine over the Crimean region has once again raised questions about the U.S. role in the world.

  War has been a nearly constant feature of American life since 9/11. The ongoing dispute between Russia and Ukraine over the Crimean region has once again raised questions about the U.S. role in the world. Some critics of the Obama administration, such as Senator John McCain, argue that the U.S. needs to demonstrate its […]

The daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. urged her brothers to reconsider their plan to sell the civil rights icon’s Bible and Nobel Peace Prize. King’s estate is governed by his two sons, Martin Luther King III and Dexter King. Lawyers for the estate filed court papers Jan. 31 asking a judge to order Rev. […]

As a way to avoid the harsh effects of a racially biased justice system, Minister Louis Farrakhan is proposing that blacks in America set up their own court system.

In May, prosecutors will re-try Michael Dunn, the Florida man who fired into a car full of teens during a loud music dispute. Dunn killed Jordan Davis the day after Thanksgiving in 2012. He was convicted on February 15 of three counts of second-degree attempted murder and one count of firing a weapon into a […]

A Florida jury has found a man charged with attempted murder guilty, but could not reach a verdict on a first-degree murder charge stemming from an altercation over loud music at a gas station in 2012. Michael Dunn, 46, shot and killed 17-year-old Jordan Davis after getting into a dispute. He will be retried for […]

The jury in the murder trial of a Florida man accused of killing a 17-year-old unarmed teenager during a dispute over loud music resumed deliberations Thursday. The jury initially requested to see surveillance video from the gas station where Michael Dunn fired 9 shots into Jordan Davis’ vehicle in November 2012. The 20 minutes of […]

Police say a total of 9 bullet holes were found in Jordan Davis’ SUV after Michael Dunn, 46, fired into the teen’s vehicle during a dispute over loud music. Dunn faces up to life in prison for the 17-year-old’s 2012 death. 

In a rare weekend court session, the girlfriend of a man on trial for killing a 17-year-old black teen over loud music took the stand. Rhonda Rouer testified Saturday in the Florida murder trial of Michael Dunn. Dunn fatally shot Jordan Davis in front of a convenience store in November of 2012.