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“Chicago is a blue city and Illinois is a blue state but people are starting to wake up,” Brooks told The Post last week at his church. “It’s not about the person, it’s about the policies.
In all, 74 people were arrested between Monday and Thursday, according to Chicago police. The department estimated protest attendee numbers were in the low thousands, far below the tens of ...
September 14, 2024 at 8:26 AM. CHICAGO - Two men were shot near Chicago's Magnificent Mile early Saturday morning, according to Chicago police. The shooting happened in the Loop in the first block ...
1816: The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri. Ft. Dearborn is rebuilt. 1818: December 3, Illinois joins the Union and becomes a state. 1820 Chicago. 1821 Survey of Chicago. 1830. August 4, Chicago is surveyed and platted for the first time by James Thompson. Population: "Less than 100".
Between 1870 and 1900, Chicago grew from a city of 299,000 to nearly 1.7 million and was the fastest-growing city in world history. Chicago's flourishing economy attracted huge numbers of new immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe, especially Jews, Poles, and Italians, along with many smaller groups.
The George Floyd riots in Chicago were a series of civil disturbances in 2020 in the city of Chicago, Illinois. Unrest in the city began as a response to the murder of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. The demonstrations and riots, supporting justice for Floyd and protesting police brutality, occurred simultaneously ...
Fox local. Nic Flosi. August 19, 2024 at 5:44 PM. CHICAGO - Chicago protesters breached a security fence outside the United Center on Monday as thousands inside prepared for the first night of the ...
History. The first gangs in Chicago were loosely organized groups of European immigrants in the late 1800s. In 1910, Big Jim Colosimo founded the Chicago Outfit on the South Side. In the early 1950s, immigration to Chicago had picked up considerably, namely to the west side and parts of the south side with many coming from Puerto Rico.