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[The Chicago Spectator @ChiSpectator]

This is the 2025 16th & 17th District Gun Crime Map. We track shootings (w/ people shot & no one shot), robberies, carjackings, sexual assaults (at gunpoint), agg assaults w/ guns, robberies. Updated periodically.

2025 will also track home invasions.

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[Libs Of Chicago @Libs_OfChicago]

I’ll never tell someone how they should vote, you need to do your own research & figure out who you think would represent you the best when you do please think about what the CTU stands for before voting for one of their candidates.
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[Dan Butters @DanButtersChi]

@ChiSpectator But but but affluent white voters in neighborhoods who’ve never had it said we don’t need it

[CWBChicago @CWBChicago]

Two days after being taken off an ankle monitor, he beat a homeless man to death on the Northwest Side, prosecutors allege.

Court records show he has been arrested 5 times this year — six if you count the murder.

https://t.co/VYbKVX9Rep

[The Chicago Spectator @ChiSpectator]

Seems like a no-brainer to us.

The mayor has ignored the neighborhoods that need this the most for long enough.

[Chicago Tribune Opinion @chitribopinions]

Editorial: Vote ‘yes’ on bringing back a gunshot detection service in Chicago https://t.co/Wash5wiciF

[ABC 7 Chicago @ABC7Chicago]

More than a dozen a businesses on Chicago's Northwest Side are cleaning up after a series of break-ins Wednesday morning. https://t.co/f13o84TLMF

[Nick Wojcicki @nickwoj98]

The number of drivers who don’t move for ambulances, fire trucks, and police downtown is frightening. That should be a $1,000+ fine. People’s lives are on the line.

[Jeff Orr @JeffO773]

Jason, not from Chicago & didn't even live in the city when Rahm was mayor, Lee doesn't know what he is talking about

[Ald. Raymond Lopez @RaymondALopez]

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[Illinois Policy @illinoispolicy]

.@GovPritzker raised Illinois' minimum wage in 2019.

You'll never guess what happened next.

Haha just kidding.

Unless you're new here, you know that:

>Illinois employment is again on the decline (after briefly rebounding to pre-covid levels)

>Illinois is now one of only seven states whose workers' real wages have shrunk with inflation since 2019

>the exact same thing happened the last time California did this

We called it and we kept the receipts.

[CWBChicago @CWBChicago]

Three people are wanted after graffiti taggers attacked and spray-painted a 65-year-old man on the Red Line downtown, a CPD report says.

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[The Chicago Spectator @ChiSpectator]

Masterpiece.

[whitesoxdave @barstoolWSD]

Tamale guy

[Christian Maxwell For Congress | IL-CD1 @themodpun]

I am honored to announce that I have received the endorsement of the @PapaChicago Polish American Police Association! 🇺🇸

As the wife of a police officer, this endorsement carries a deeply personal meaning for me.

I know what it means to have someone you love put on a uniform, walk out the door, and dedicate their day to protecting others. I also understand the sacrifices made by law enforcement families who stand behind those serving our communities.

Public safety is not just another issue on my campaign platform. It is personal.

My commitment to Illinois’ 1st Congressional District includes supporting law enforcement, strengthening community trust, addressing violent crime, and ensuring that federal public safety investments deliver measurable results.

Safer streets are one of the central commitments of my Results First agenda.

I am grateful to the Polish American Police Association for recognizing that commitment and extending its endorsement.

Thank you for your trust, your service, and your support.

Safer Streets. Stronger Communities. Results First.

Christian Maxwell
Republican Nominee for Congress | IL-01
https://t.co/ppotbdPU3Y

[CWBChicago @CWBChicago]

A 65-year-old man confronted them about tagging a Red Line train downtown.

They attacked him and sprayed his face with spray paint, CPD says.

Now, detectives need a little help figuring out who they are.

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[The Chicago Spectator @ChiSpectator]

Thanks to @StreetsSaf62989 for doing the work to share the judges that should receive a “no vote” for retention.

Check it out:

[SafeStreetsChicago @StreetsSaf62989]

Following are judges that the Safe Streets Administrators believe should receive a no vote for retention on the ballot in November for their weakness on public safety. After their name is a brief reason why this recommendation is made.
A voter will see many more judges on the ballot for retention than those listed here. The reason is Cook County has 8 divisions and most, such as Chancery for example, which handles business disputes, do not impact public safety.

Anjana Hansen – Released on electronic monitoring a felon who robbed and then beat someone. sentenced a defendant who put a Molotov cocktail into a school dumpster while wearing a disguise to mental health probation.

Ursula Walowski – Put a defendant arrested with a machine gun on pre-trial release. While on release, he fired into a crowd injuring two people. She also sentenced two men to probation after they killed a pedestrian while drag racing.

Laura Ayala-Gonzalez – reversed another judge's decision to detain a defendant who was arrested for carjacking someone at gunpoint. After the defendant was released, he disappeared.

Robert Kuzas – Released from custody 5 men arrested for possessing firearms without a license including some with extended magazines.

Teresa Molina-Gonzalez – Released a multiple convicted felon on electronic monitoring who then set a CTA passenger on fire.

Tyria Walton – Only sentenced a felon to two years for almost beating a man to death. Felon spent minimal time in jail as the judge put him on electronic monitoring awaiting trial. sentenced a defendant guilty of an antisemitic battery attack at DePaul University to probation. sentenced a defendant who was caught with 400 catalytic converters to probation.

Mary Catherine Rubio – failed to detain a driver who hit a pedestrian and ran over the victim while speeding off. Victim died. The driver had 3 prior traffic related offenses.

Patrick Coughlin – A man charged with first degree murder was allowed to remain on electronic monitoring despite 46 curfew violations while on electronic monitoring,

[The Chicago Spectator @ChiSpectator]

@Bearstradamus_1 @CPSOIG Good call out, thank you. We stand corrected - different office.

[The Chicago Spectator @ChiSpectator]

OIG, David Glockner, was appointed by Brandon Johnson. And Brandon Johnson asked for this investigation to be expedited.

Not shady at all…

[Tahman Bradley @tahmanbradley]

BREAKING: CPS Watchdog clears Hilario Dominquez in inappropriate conduct probe.

[Rafael A. Mangual @Rafa_Mangual]

Of course he’s a repeat gun offender…

[CWBChicago @CWBChicago]

After 7 years, CPD has reached at least preliminary compliance with 99% of the original federal consent decree governing department reforms, according to independent monitors.

The group praised recently retired top cop Larry Snelling.

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[Rafael A. Mangual @Rafa_Mangual]

My latest for @CityJournal reacts to the outcry over the ICE shooting of Oscar Belgal.

“Why have so many rallied around a figure as unsympathetic as Belgal?  There are only two plausible answers, and neither reflects well on the city’s progressives.”

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[Libs Of Chicago @Libs_OfChicago]

Migos Fine Foods on Montrose near Milwaukee was broken into this morning.

This isn’t new, it wasn’t even the only business this happened to in the past 24 hours. There’s a problem in Chicago & our “leaders” don’t want to address it until they can find out how it will financially or politically benefit them.

[CWBChicago @CWBChicago]

He just got paroled for a robbery that left a man dead.

Now he’s accused of trying to carjack two teenagers in front of Chicago cops.

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