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Imagine the life that Jonylah never had
Imagine Jonylah Watkins' life if she'd been allowed to have one. Imagine the happy version. Her father marries her mother — that part really happened shortly before Jonylah was shot to death this week at the age of 6 months — and she grows...
Tags: Shootings, Healthy Diet
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Reaction to death of 6-month-old girl in Chicago shooting
One story seemed to stick out Tuesday for readers on the Chicago Tribune's front page online: The death of a 6-month-old girl who was shot with her father as he changed her diaper in the Woodlawn neighborhood. It's little surprise the death of Jonylah...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Rahm Emanuel, Culture, Interior Policy, Sociology
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Chicago baby, shot with father during a diaper change, dies
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.In Chicago, certain names have become synonymous with a specific type of tragedy for girls, which can be recalled with bleak and brief synopsis: Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old majorette, shot in the back after coming home from President Obama's...Tags: Shootings, Crime, Law and Justice, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Injury Prevention, Hadiya Pendleton
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Chicago alderman says he asked gang members not to harbor fugitives
Clout StreetIn the wake of the murder of 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins, the ward’s alderman announced Tuesday that he has contacted gang members to ask them not to harbor the killers of innocent victims. Ald. Willie Cochran, 20th, a retired Chicago police...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Gang Activity, Rahm Emanuel, Willie Cochran, Howard Brookins
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Baby's shooting death leaves city stricken
Tribune reportersLittle more than a month after the slaying of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton drew international attention to Chicago's gun violence, city officials grappled Tuesday to address the shooting death of an even younger victim — 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins....Tags: Gang Activity, Rahm Emanuel, Criminals, Auto Trends, Interior Policy
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McCarthy touts 'broken windows' crime-fighting strategy
Tribune reportersChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said Monday that he wanted to bring a "broken windows" strategy to Chicago that would allow officers to arrest those who ignore tickets for routine offenses like gambling and public urination. "Fixing the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Transit Authority, Criminals, Police Arrests
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Proposed law would 'make you pay' for buying guns for others
Tribune reporterIt’s been nearly three years since Chicago police Officer Thomas Wortham IV was shot and killed with a gun purchased in Mississippi by a straw purchaser -- a person who buys guns for those who aren't allowed to. But on Friday, his sister Sandra...Tags: University of Chicago, Chicago Police Department, Susan Collins, Punishment, Elections
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Durbin telling top Democrats he'll seek re-election in 2014
Clout StreetDick Durbin, Illinois’ senior U.S. senator and the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber, is telling top Democrats he will seek a fourth term in 2014, sources familiar with his decision said Friday. Durbin’s re-election bid alleviates any concerns...Tags: Carl Levin, Illinois Governor, Elections, Dick Durbin, Republican Party
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Michelle Obama's reference to automatic weapons edited out by ABC
First lady Michelle Obama said in a "Good Morning America" interview Tuesday that an automatic weapon was used in the shooting death of Hadiya Pendleton, but that detail — which is not supported by police accounts — was edited out when the...Tags: Shootings, Michelle Obama, Good Morning America (tv program), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hadiya Pendleton
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Assault weapons ban debate starts in Springfield
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- Illinois lawmakers today opened a heated debate on whether an assault weapons ban should be approved, a discussion that featured an early clash between a sheriff's association that opposes the measure and the Chicago police and the Quinn...Tags: Chicago Police Department, Agriculture, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Edward J. Acevedo, FBI
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Emanuel says he backs McCarthy in face of aldermanic criticism
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel gave Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy his “100 percent support” Monday despite complaints from some aldermen fed up with the department’s inability to bring down violence in their neighborhoods. The mayor...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Rahm Emanuel, Howard Brookins, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Mayor
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Cops: Suspect in slayings said 'I murdered someone'
Tribune reportersChicago police officers were taking Thadeus Ridley to get medical attention after a fight inside his apartment, officials said Saturday, when he uttered three unexpected words: “I murdered someone.” The “someone” Ridley was...Tags: Chatham, Murder, South Shore
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