by Forest Parks | Dec 17, 2015 | News, Politics News
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was visiting Urban Prep Charter Academy in Englewood. He wasn’t given the warmest of welcomes and students showed protest leading to him making a sharp exit. Many of the well dressed students seemed uninterested and continued openly...
by Forest Parks | Dec 1, 2015 | News
It’s just broke that at around 8am this morning the head of the Chicago Police Department Superintendent Garry McCarthy was called into the office by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and fired. Mayor Rahm Emanuel confirmed this in a press conference today, Tuesday 1st...
by Forest Parks | Dec 1, 2015 | Blog, News
Protesters took to the streets of Chicago on Saturday to disrupt the Holiday shopping weekend. Blocking entrances for a while to stores in Chicago’s famous North Michigan Avenue shopping area to raise concerns over the killing of a black teen by a white police...
by Forest Parks | Dec 1, 2015 | News
Last week protests erupted after dashcam footage showed Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shooing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times. The officer was charged with first-degree murder and taken into custody. Now, around a week later, he has been released on a...
by Forest Parks | Nov 30, 2015 | News, Politics News
The national movement for awareness and change over the treatment is gaining serious momentum as pressure for change is growing in Chicago with the protests related to the release over the video showing the cold blooded murder of black teen #LaquanMcDonald. Now Civil...
by Forest Parks | Nov 30, 2015 | Celebrities, News
Dwayned Wade is making a strong statement and laying down solid support for #justice by speaking up about #LaquanMcDonald. He took to Instagram to show his weekend gameday signature sneakers adorned with handwritten hashtags: #LaquanMcDonald #Justice #Chicago After...
