Shots Fired at Police as New Riots, Looting Trash Downtown Chicago

It’s pretty frustrating to see this labeled “BLM.” I don’t think these people are “protesting” anything. I think they’re just “assholes.” https://t.co/GaAQA11Aad — Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) August 10, 2020 From the AP: Hundreds of people smashed windows, stole from stores and clashed with police early Monday in Chicago’s Magnificent Mile shopping district and other parts … Read more

Paroled Felon in the Back of a Chicago Cop Car Pulls a Gun, Shoots Three Officers

While handcuffed in the back of a CPD SUV, Lovelle Jordan was able to maneuver his hands in front of his body and pull an “extremely secreted” gun from his “private area” before opening fire on officers, CPD Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said today. https://t.co/kVcjp4QnX9 — Sam Charles (@samjcharles) July 31, 2020 You’d think … Read more

Chicago Police Release Video of Officer Shooting Subway Rider in the Back

[ED: In February, two Chicago police officers attempted to subdue a man they observed “jumping from train to train” in a Chicago Transit Authority station. Bystander video showed the man wriggle free and the officers shooting him as he attempted to run. See our original report with videos here. See all of the videos just … Read more

Family of Murdered Chicago Cop Sues ARMSLIST

If at first you don’t succeed, sue, sue again. You may remember that ARMSLIST was the target of a Brady Campaign-backed lawsuit after a man shot up a Wisconsin beauty salon in 2012, killing his wife and two others. He’d bought the gun he used in the crime in a private transaction that had been … Read more

Hate and Vitriol, CPD Video and Disappointed in Massachusetts – TTAG Daily Digest

Marion Hammer Files Lawsuit over ‘Hate and Vitriol’ This doesn’t seem like a winning proposition . . . The federal lawsuit said the conduct of the defendants — Lawrence “Lol” Sorensen of California, Christopher Risica of Connecticut and Howard Weiss, and Patrick Sullivan, whose places of residence are unknown — has caused emotional distress, humiliation, … Read more