National

SEATTLE—On Monday, July 17, the Seattle Police Department announced that six officers were injured during Sunday's night protest which was declared a riot. According to a report from the SPD, rocks, bottles and explosives were thrown towards officers during the anti-police union protest. They said that after 10:00 p.m. someone in the crowd attempted to break a police car window...

CHICAGO—Three more people have been charged for looting in Chicago, including a woman who already appeared in court for another looting incident days before.  According to the Chicago Sun Times, Gabrielle McGriff, 29, arranged to sell a pair of stolen $1400 Brunello Cucinelli boots for $1,100 online, but didn’t realize she was speaking with an undercover officer, who later arrested...

NEW YORK—New York City city hall has announced plans to lay off as many as 400 EMTs and Paramedics, according to EMS Local 2507 union leader Oren Barzilay. In an August 19th statement, Barzilay claimed 10 percent of NYC's 3,700 EMTs and Paramedics would be cut under Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to cut 22,000 municipal workers. "Even with the threat...

LOUISVILLE—The story of Breonna Taylor's death on March 13 has spread all over the world, and at the same time misinformation has been circulating on social media. The police who were investigating Taylor’s apartment for drugs had a "no-knock" warrant, and her boyfriend had shot the police before Taylor was killed by the police. After Breonna Taylor was killed by...

CHICAGO—Aaron Neal, a 20-year old Englewood man who had posted a video recording himself breaking into an ATM machine in Chicago on Facebook said he feels "remorseful and apologetic" for his actions in NBC's interview on August 19. Aaron Neal announced on Facebook Live video “I’m going to find some place to loot”, while  breaking into an ATM Gold Coast...

PORTLAND—Marquise Love, accused of assaulting a man at a Portland protest, turned himself in on the morning of Friday, August 21. Detectives and the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office coordinated with his attorney the morning before his arrest.  Love, 25, was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on felony charges of second-degree assault, riot, and coercion. His bail is set at...

PORTLAND—Portland Police Bureau declared a riot as protesters gathered outside of North Precinct’s Bureau, and made 9 arrests on Friday night August 21. At the Portland Protest, which has been continuing for more than 80 straight days, approximately 200 people began marching from Irving Park to police North Precinct, around 9:30 p.m. on August 21. Many of them wore wooden...

SEATTLE —Detectives arrested a 62-year-old man for the murder of two people after their remains were found in Alki Beach in June, according to a Seattle Police report released on Thursday, August 20. At a residence in Burien on Wednesday afternoon, detectives arrested the suspect in the homicide case of 35-year-old Jessica Lewis and 27-year-old Austin Wenner whose remains were...

CHICAGO—21 people were shot and wounded Wednesday in shootings across the city, the Chicago Sun Times first reported. In one attack that occurred in Gresham, on the South Side, six people were shot and hurt. According to a report from the Chicago police, a group of people “at a large gathering” we outside about 11:30 p.m., when someone fired shots....

CHICAGO—On Wednesday, August 19, six people were shot in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. According to the Chicago Police Department (CPD), the shooting occurred in the 8500 block of South Parnell Avenue around 11:30 p.m.The six victims were outside at a gathering while someone was firing gunshots. The incident left a total of six people...