Rittenhouse fled and was pursued by a crowd. Rittenhouse shot Rosenbaum four times at close range. Joseph Rosenbaum, a 36-year-old unarmed Kenosha man, chased Rittenhouse into a parking lot and grabbed the barrel of his rifle. Rittenhouse was armed with an AR-15 style rifle and had joined a group of armed people in Kenosha who said that they were in Kenosha to protect businesses. media commentary, although Rittenhouse and those he shot were white. The shootings occurred during the protests, riots, and civil unrest that followed the shooting of a black man, Jacob Blake, by a white police officer. On August 25, 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, fatally shot two men and wounded another man in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Wrongful death lawsuit by one of the deceased's father against Rittenhouse and others Failure to comply with an emergency order from state or local government ( dismissed by trial judge).Possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18 ( dismissed by trial judge).First degree recklessly endangering safety (2 counts).Attempted first degree intentional homicide.Mayor Lori Lightfoot said getting a casino off the ground in Chicago will “usher in a new and exciting era for our city.”Ĭhristian Farr, NBC 5 News | Charles, WGN News | Page, Chicago Tribune | Cherone, WTTW News | you miss us? Check out more episodes of The Week in Review.Kyle Rittenhouse armed in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 25, 2020Ĥ2☃4′49″N 87☄9′17″W / 42.58028°N 87.82139°W / 42.58028 -87.82139 Coordinates: 42☃4′49″N 87☄9′17″W / 42.58028°N 87.82139°W / 42.58028 -87.82139 16 to give each team a chance to make their pitch for their proposal while a team of city officials from a cross section of departments and consultants weigh the plans and make a recommendation to Mayor Lori Lightfoot, setting up a final pick in early 2022. Gilbert Villegas (36th Ward) said the map drawn by the Latino Caucus reflects the results of the 2020 census, which found that Chicago’s Latinos population rose 5% in a decade, while Chicago’s Black population dropped 10%.Īnd the city released the five pending casino proposals with hopes for a quick decision.Īll five proposals submitted by three firms to build a casino and resort in Chicago would boost the city’s economy and funnel approximately $200 million into the city’s police and fire pension funds, significantly easing the pressure on the city’s finances, while creating “thousands” of jobs, city officials said Friday.Ĭhicagoans will get their first look at the details of the five proposals at a meeting set for Dec. Since Chicago’s population in 2020 was 2,746,388 residents, each ward should have 54,928 residents, according to data presented to the Chicago City Council. State law requires Chicago wards to be “nearly equal as practicable” while being as “contiguous” and “compact” as possible while complying with the Voting Rights Act, which is designed to protect the voting rights of Black, Latino and Asian residents. “I’m disappointed that one protected class would go after another protected class,” Ervin said. The Latino Caucus drew a map with 16 wards with a majority of Black voters and 15 wards with a majority of Latino voters by “gutting” wards that now have a majority of Black voters, Black Caucus Chair Ald. 1 - which means alderpeople have 12 days, including the Thanksgiving holiday, to resolve their differences or put the decision in the hands of Chicago voters. The deadline for the City Council to approve a new ward map is Dec. Meanwhile, there are less than two weeks to go on ward map deadline, but the numbers don’t quite add up. Lightfoot said the run would be “a gift.” “It was never gonna happen.” Catanzara then announced that he will run against Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the Chicago Tribune reported. “There was never a possibility under God’s green earth that I was ever going to give this mayor the ability to utter the words ‘I fired you,’” he said. Following the hearing Monday, he called the proceeding a “charade” and expressed his intent to run for mayor against Lightfoot in 2023. David Brown to quell violence here soon or lose his job, the Sun-Times reported.Ĭhicago’s police union president, John Catanzara, quit the force during his termination hearing.Ĭatanzara intends to remain on as FOP president. In city news, there are new calls for Chicago Police Department Supt. The jury took three days to reach the not guilty verdict, but questions remain about whether prosecutors should have brought different charges. But some 500 National Guard members called up by the governor may have helped to quash potential unrest. Demonstrators were outside the courthouse throughout the trial and tensions ran high, NBC Chicago reported.
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