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Officer who killed 2 could be fired
Police Board to rule on future of Chicago cop plinarycaseagainstRialmo. INSIDE:CPDoutlinesreform
Delgado,whoworksingovern- goalsfor2018.Page7
in controversial fatal shooting of teen, bystander
mentandcommunityrelationsfor
PeoplesGasandwasappointedby
ByJeremyGorner ThedecisionbyEva-DinaDel- Mayor Rahm Emanuel to the recommendation to fire Rialmo.
andDanHinkel gadocomesafterpoliceSuperin- Police Board in 2016, announced DelgadodeterminedthatJohnson
ChicagoTribune tendentEddieJohnsondisagreed her decision shortly after the didnotclearthatbar.
with the finding by the city’s board’s regularly scheduled “This finding does not mean
A Chicago Police Board mem- police disciplinary agency, the monthlymeetingbeganThursday that the conclusions reached by
berhasruledthatOfficerRobert CivilianOfficeofPoliceAccount- nightatpoliceheadquarters. (COPA) are correct and that the
Rialmowillfacepotentialfiringby ability, that the shooting was Inkeepingwithcityordinance, superintendent’s conclusions are
the full board for the fatal 2015 unjustified and that Rialmo Delgado was the Police Board incorrect,” Delgado said in an- NANCYSTONE/CHICAGOTRIBUNE
shootingofateenagercarryinga shouldbefired. member randomly chosen to as- nouncingherdecision. OfficerRobertRialmohasbeen
baseball bat and an innocent She could have sided with sess if Johnson had met “his strippedofhispolicepowers
bystander. Johnson and ended the disci- burden of overcoming” COPA’s TurntoRialmo,Page7 andplacedonpaiddeskduty.
Dorothy
Brown
set to run
for mayor
Clerk’s campaign would
come amid long federal
corruption investigation
ByHalDardick
ChicagoTribune
Cook County Circuit Court
Clerk Dorothy Brown has been
thefocusofalong-runningfederal
investigation into an alleged
bribes-for-jobs scheme. On
Thursday,sheindicatedshe’llask
voters to elect her mayor of
Chicagonextyear.
Eveninaplacewherecountless
aldermen and several governors
havedoneprisontimeforpolitical
corruption, the move’s sheer
chutzpahcameasashocker.
Ald. Roderick Sawyer said he
sawBrownatafuneralThursday
JIMLOSCALZO/EPA morningbutthatshesaidnothing
U.S.Sen.TammyDuckworth,D-Ill.,carriesher10-day-olddaughter,MailePearlBowlsbey,ontotheSenatefloortocastavoteThursday. tohimaboutherpoliticalplans.
“Ifshewouldhaveaskedme,I
Newborn in Senate marks new day
would have suggested she look
longandhardatwhat’sgoingonin
her life about making that deci-
sion,”saidSawyer,6th,chairman
Rule shift lets Duckworth bring baby to chamber, though some wonder about reach of progress of the City Council’s Black Cau-
cus.“Butagain,Iwasn’tasked.”
ByKateThayer spreadfamily-friendlypolicies. shearrived.“It’sabouttime.” bring their children younger Brown, who repeatedly has
ChicagoTribune Duckworthdidn’twasteany “Imayhavetovotetoday,so than 1 year old onto the floor. denied any wrongdoing and has
time taking advantage of the Maile’s outfit is prepped,” Duckworth, who became the notbeencharged,didnotreturna
Following the birth of Sen. newrule. Duckworth tweeted Thursday firstsenatortogivebirthwhile calloremailseekingcomment.A
Tammy Duckworth’s baby last On Thursday, she arrived at morning before the vote. “I in office when her daughter campaignspokeswomandeclined
week, the U.S. Senate took a the Senate, with 10-day-old made sure she has a jacket, so wasbornApril9,calledforthe to address how Brown plans to
historic step Wednesday by Maile Pearl Bowlsbey on her she doesn’t violate the Senate change.Becausesenatorsmust runformayorwhilenavigatingan
votingtoallowitsmembersto lap, to cast a vote against the floor dress code (which re- be present to cast their votes, ongoingcriminalinvestigation.
bringbabiesontothechamber appointment of Rep. James quires blazers). I’m not sure the old rules made it virtually “Shewantstoaddressthatallat
floor.Whilemanyarecelebrat- Bridenstine as NASA adminis- what the policy is on duckling impossible for a mother on once in front of everyone on
ing the move as a positive trator,whichultimatelypassed. onesies, but I think we’re maternityleavetodoherjobas Sunday,” spokeswoman Patricia
change for working mothers, “It feels great,” the Illinois ready.” anelectedofficial. Andrews-Keenansaid,areference
others say there’s still a long Democrat told reporters gath- Theunanimouslysupported toaschedulednewsconferenceat
way to go to achieve wide- ered outside the Capitol when resolution allows senators to TurntoDuckworth,Page8 adowntownhotel.“She’sgoingto
layeverythingoutthen.”
Despite the pall hanging over
her office, Brown so far has
Immigration win Downstate Republican launches weatheredthestorm.Thecounty
DemocraticPartyabandonedher
for Chicago mayor
in 2016, and she still won a fifth
third-party bid against Rauner
Thefederalgovernment TurntoBrown,Page6
cannotwithholdpublicsafe-
tygrantsfromcitiesthat
refusetocooperatewith ByRickPearson label,andinanopeningvideohe ourstatedownthewrongpath.
PresidentDonaldTrump’s ChicagoTribune criticized Rauner for helping Higher taxes, backward morals
immigrationenforcement Chicago Democrats control the anddisregardfortheruleoflaw
policies,afederalappeals ADownstateRepublicanlaw- state. istheIllinoisthey’vecreated.It’s
courtruledonThursday. maker launched a third-party “I’m the only person in this timeforarealtransformationfor
Chicagoland,Page4 bid for governor on Thursday, racewhohasconsistentlystood thestateofIllinois,”hesaid.
exacerbatingthechallengesfac- up to Rauner and (Democratic The union-allied lawmaker’s
ing Gov. Bruce Rauner’s re- House Speaker Michael) Madi- entryintotheracerepresentsa
election as he seeks to heal gan and their machine when it form of political payback to
Landmark Loop divisionswithinhisparty’sbase cametimetofightfortherights Rauner, who two years ago
to take on Democrat J.B. ofworkingpeopleinIllinois.As backedachallengertoMcCann,
building to be
Pritzker. yourgovernor,Iwillcontinueto after McCann split with the BRIANCASSELLA/CHICAGOTRIBUNE
converted to hotel Sen. Sam McCann of central leadthatfight,”McCannsaid. governor over a major labor CookCountyCircuitCourtClerk
Illinois announced he’ll run “Theyhavefailedus:Rauner DorothyBrownplanstoannounce
Business underanewConservativeParty andChicagoDemocratshaveled TurntoMcCann,Page6 hermayoralcandidacySunday.
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CookCountyCircuitCourtClerkDorothyBrown,thesubjectofafederalinquiry,hasindicatedsheplanstorunformayor.
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CHICAGO INC.
ByKimJanssen,TracySwartzandPhilThompson
Kim Foxx draws Old rivals
kudos in D.C. but
Gingrich,
mum on ambitions
Dean team
Shehasbeeninofficeforonlya
little more than a year, but Cook up in Elgin
County’s top prosecutor Kim
Foxx is already attracting atten-
tiononthenationalstage. Former House Speaker
FoxxonWednesdaynightwas Newt Gingrich and former
fetedbytheDemocrats’Washing- Vermont Gov. Howard Dean
ton, D.C., elite at a gala dinner mayhavespentthebetterpart
whereshereceivedtheGabrielle of their lives fighting each
GiffordsRisingStarAwardfrom other,butinajointappearance
Emily’sList,themajorcommittee atElgin’sJudsonUniversityon
that works to elect pro-choice Thursday,theymadeapleafor
womennationwide. lessuglypolitics.
The state’s attorney shared a They’reoldernow,andthey
tablewithU.S.Sen.CoryBooker worked together at the same
and met with House Minority HIROKOMASUIKE/NEWYORKTIMES law firm, have contracts with
LeaderNancyPelosiattheevent. MeganTwohey,left,andJodiKantoraddresstheNewYorkTimesnewsroomafterMonday’sPulitzerwin. competing cable news net-
That’s the kind of clout that worksandhavelucrativespots
wouldbeveryhelpfulinarunfor Add Time accolade to Pulitzer for onthepublicspeakingcircuit,
higheroffice. so they barely registered a
ButaskedbyChicagoInc.about disagreement during an on-
Evanston native who drove #MeToo
her long-term ambitions, Foxx stage debate in which both
saidallofthethingsyou’dexpecta men instead heaped oppro-
neophyte politician to say about briumontheindustrythatnow
focusing on her current job and Evanston native and former namedPulitzerPrizewinnersin forTime. employsthem:themedia.
howshehad“somuchtodo.” Chicago Tribune reporter thepublicservicecategory. “Theirphenomenaljournalis- “We live in the age of the
Foxx gave a touching, well- MeganTwoheywasnamedone Lastfall,KantorandTwohey, tic diligence, craft, care and, Kardashians,” harrumphed
receivedacceptancespeechabout ofTime’smostinfluentialpeople an Evanston Township High perhapsmostsaliently,abilityto Gingrich, 74, who declared
her late grandmother, Myrtle of the year for her Pulitzer Schoolgraduate,ledaTimesin- cultivatethetrustandconfidence himselfandDeanthe“giraffes
Wilson, who would have turned Prize-winningreportingofsexu- vestigationintodecadesofsexual of their sources have literally atthecountyfair”becausethey
100 earlier this month. Wilson, alharassmentinHollywood. misconduct allegations against transformed our society across areuniqueamongpeoplewho
whowasbornthedaughterofan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, Hollywood producer Harvey publicandprivatespaces,”Judd appear on TV “for having
Arkansas sharecropper, came to both of The New York Times, Weinstein.Itpropelledanation- wrote for Time. “Their hard actually done something with
Chicago in the great migration along with Ronan Farrow, a wide #MeToo movement that workandimpeccablejournalism ourlives.”
andhelpedherteenagedaughter contributingwritertoTheNew empoweredwomentospeakout havechangedattitudes,behavior, Dean,69,helduphisendof
“guide me through a world that Yorker, were together named aboutsexualharassment. conversations, norms, laws and theStatlerandWaldorfactby
challenged our very existence,” amongTime’s100mostinfluen- Actress Ashley Judd was policies,yieldingenormousper- blamingthemediaforoverstat-
Foxxsaid. tialpeopleof2018,accordingto amongthosewhospoketoKan- sonalandpublicgood.” ingthedifferencesbetweenhis
the magazine’s website. This torandTwoheyaboutWeinstein, Democratic Party and Ging-
—KimJanssen week, all three journalists were andJuddwrotetheexplanation —ElviaMalagon rich’s Republicans. “I don’t
think there’s that much of a
divide,butthepresshasastake
inthis…asNewtsaidearlier,if
Ice Cube, Big3 officials talk Boozer’s impact, team in Chicago itbleeds,itleads,”hesaid.
President Donald Trump’s
name was barely mentioned
Noplayingsecondfiddletothe Bridgestone Arena, which hadn’t Chicago’s results despite having Big3seemstohavealotriding duringthedebate.ButTrump
MusicCitythisyear. started selling tickets. Cube said: littleadvancetimetomarketit. on its Chicago date, June 29, a seemed to be the unnamed
Chicago is one of three cities “Atthistimelastyear,theleague “Wedid9,000people,soldout. week after the opener at Hous- target of Dean’s wish that the
where Ice Cube’s Big3 league wasinamuchdifferentposition. We turned away a couple thou- ton’sToyotaCenter.Foronething, U.S.infiveyears’time“regains
scheduled a return engagement Weweretryingtoconvinceeven sandpeople,”hesaid.“Therewas ithasmovedtoalargervenue,the thestatusofmoralleaderofthe
this summer. During the 3-on-3 buildings and venues that they somuchgoodwillanddemandin UnitedCenter,aplacethatwillbe world,”andhiscommentthat
basketballleague’sinauguralsea- should host Big3. This year, ven- thatcity.Especiallysomeonelike very familiar to Boozer, who’s in “weneedsomebodyreminding
sonlastyear,UICPavilionserved uesareaskingustocome,whichis (former Bull Carlos) Boozer his first season with Big3 and a peoplethatitmattershowwe
as an emergency fill-in midway astepintherightdirection.” playing in the league, we know co-captainofGhostBallers. treatpeople.”
through the schedule when offi- Co-founderJeffKwatinetzsaid thatChicagoisagoodmarketfor
cials decided to drop Nashville’s Big3’s brass was pleased with us.” —PhilThompson —KimJanssen
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CHICAGOLAND
Restrooms are Mayor wins legal victory
still a battle line
in sanctuary city lawsuit
for racial equity
Emanuel seeking administration from with- thersunderstoodaconcen- The legal fight is largely
holdingthemoney. trationofpower“threatens symbolic for Chicago be-
federal grant cash
Incidents at Starbucks highlight bias “TheTrumpJusticeDe- individual liberty” and es- causetheamountofmoney
that was withheld partmentcouldactuallysay tablished the separation of atstakeisasmallfractionof
WhyareAmericansstill ‘OK, we’re going to go powers as “a bulwark thepolicebudget.Thecity
fightingovertoilets? ByJohnByrne forward with these grants, againstsuchtyranny.” hasappliedfor$1.5million
Ioftenwonderhowthat ChicagoTribune andlet’sfightthecaseoutin “Theattorneygeneralin inByrnegrants.Otherlocal
littleporcelainreceptaclewe court,’” Emanuel said, thiscaseusedtheswordof municipalities and Cook
allusetotakecareofourmost Mayor Rahm Emanuel flankedbyacrowdofalder- federalfundingtoconscript County have requested
intimatepersonalbusiness calledonPresidentDonald menandcitylawyers.“But stateandlocalauthoritiesto about $800,000 more as
founditswaytothecoreof Trump’s Justice Depart- theyrefusetogivemunici- aidinfederalcivilimmigra- part of the same applica-
Dahleen
oursocialconsciousness. mentonThursdaytohand palities like Chicago and tion enforcement,” the rul- tion.Thecitywantstouse
Glanton
Thetoilethasmanagedto over grant money to Chi- other cities around the ingstates.“Butthepowerof the money to expand
remainoneofthemostdivi- cago,afterapaneloffederal country the resources to the purse rests with Con- ShotSpotter gunfire detec-
siveissuesinourcultureformorethanhalfacentury, judges said the funds can’t fight crime and gun vi- gress,whichauthorizedthe tionsystems.
tweakingitselfoccasionallytostayrelevanttothe bewithheldfromso-called olence, because they think federal funds at issue and But a high-profile court
times. sanctuarycities. fightingusontheprinciple did not impose any immi- challenge helps Emanuel
TheincidentataStarbucksinPhiladelphiawhere The7thCircuitCourtof of being a sanctuary, wel- grationenforcementcondi- bolsterhisanti-Trumpcre-
twoAfrican-Americanmenweredeniedaccesstothe AppealsinChicagoupheld comingcity,ismoreimpor- tionsonthereceiptofsuch dentials in a Democratic
restroomshowsthatwearefarfromgainingclosure. a nationwide injunction tantthanhelpingthepolice funds.” city with a big immigrant
Fiftyyearsago,Americaengagedinanall-outideo- prohibiting Attorney Gen- departments get the Justice Department populationheadingintohis
logicalbattleovertoilets.Whilethecivilrightsmove- eral Jeff Sessions from re- technologytheyneedtodo spokesmanDevinO’Malley 2019re-electionbid.Eman-
mentcoveredawiderangeofdisparitiesaffecting quiringcitiestogiveimmi- abetterjobinpublicsafety.” said in a statement the uelsuedSessionslastsum-
African-Americans,thequestionofwhetherblacks gration agents access to AndDemocraticU.S.Sen. agency “believes it exer- mertostoptheimmigration
andwhitesshouldbeabletousethesametoilets immigrants in the U.S. il- DickDurbinapplaudedthe ciseditsauthority,givenby rulesfrombeingappliedto
playedakeyroleinthestruggletoendsegregation. legally who are in their court decision, saying Congress, to attach condi- thegrants,andU.S.District
Thoughthe“whiteonly”and“coloredonly”signs lockups, in order to get Trump’s policy pressured tions to Byrne JAG grants Judge Harry Leinenweber
arenolongervisibleonthedoorsofpublicrestrooms, certainpublicsafetygrants. “local communities to join that promote cooperation granted a nationwide in-
thesymbolismbehindthesignagehasnotentirely Emanuel quickly called inthepresident’smassde- with federal immigration junction. The Justice De-
disappeared.Thedebateovertoiletscontinuestobea an afternoon news confer- portationagenda.” authorities when the juris- partment appealed, setting
politicalmainstayofAmericanculture,affectingevery enceatCityHalltotrumpet The judges’ strongly diction has an illegal alien upThursday’sruling.
aspectofourlives,fromracetoclasstosexualorienta- his latest win in the city’s worded ruling stated that whohascommittedacrime
tiontogenderidentity. lawsuit to stop the Trump America’s Founding Fa- intheircustody.” [email protected]
Liketheracialdebateofthe1960s,thefightover
whethertransgenderpeopleshouldhaveaccessto
publictoiletshasbeenloudandovert.Buttheracial
undertonesinmorerecentdiscussionsabouttheuseof
toiletsinprivatebusinesseshaveforthemostpart
stayedundertheradar.
Federallawspreventpeoplefrombeingdeniedthe
useofpublicrestroomfacilities,butwhenitcomesto
toiletsinprivatebusinessessuchasrestaurantsand
coffeeshops,everybodyisprettymuchontheirown.
InahandfulofstateslikeIllinois,though,anexcep-
tionismadeforpeoplewithmedicalconditionssuch
asinflammatoryboweldisease.Aslongastheyhavea
notesignedbyaphysician,businesseshavetoallow
themintotherestroom.
Fortherestofus,itbasicallycomesdowntothis:A
baristaworkingbehindacoffeecounterhasthepower
tomakeusholdituntilourbladdernearlybursts.
Inthisnewculturalwarovertoilets,wearepitted
againsteachotherinbattleswesometimesdon’teven
realizewearefighting.Employeesgettodecideona
whimwhethersomeoneissuitabletobehandedover
thekeystothetoilet.Often,theirreasoningisentirely
arbitrary.
Perhapstheydon’tlikeyoursweatpantsandgym
shoes.Perhapstheyareintimidatedbyyourdarkskin
andfullbeard.Perhapstheythinkyourdreadlocks
makeyoulooklikeyoujustgotoutofjail.Perhapsthey
simplydon’tlikethewayyouspeak.
Whateverthereason,you’reoutofluck.
Beforepoliceofficersescortedthetwoblackmen
outofthePhiladelphiaStarbucksinhandcuffs,atleast
oneofthemhadaskedtousetherestroom.Theman-
agersaidno,reportedlybecausethemenhadnotor-
deredanything.Andiftheystayedwithoutatleasta
cupontheirtable,itwasconsideredtrespassing.
Accordingtothecompany,thereisnobroadpolicy
prohibitingpeoplefromusingrestroomsinitsstores.
Andinthestoresthatdohavesucharule,questions
sometimesareraisedaboutwhetheritisappliedcon-
sistently.
InthecaseofthePhiladelphiaStarbucks,itcreated
apublicperceptionofdiscrimination.Asaresult,Star-
buckslearnedthatleavingsuchjudgmentsuptoindi- NANCYSTONE/CHICAGOTRIBUNE
vidualemployeesisproblematic.Thecompanyseems
torealizenowthatpeopleoftenmakesuchdecisions SPRING REVIVING
basedonpreconceivednotionsthatareneitherfairnor
accurate.
SoonMay29,Starbuckswillclosemorethan8,000 ThesunreflectsoffLakeMichigannearFosterAvenueinChicagoonThursday,whentemperaturesstayedinthe40satthe
storesacrossthecountryforanafternoonwhileits
lakeandreached55atO’HareandMidwayairports.Highsareforecasttohit55to60degreesinlandFridayandthrough
nearly175,000employeesundergo“racial-biaseduca-
tion”training.Theseminarswilladdresswhatdiver- theweekend.Thethermometerwillkeeprisingintotheworkweek.SeemoreoftheforecastonthebackpageofA+E.
sityexpertsrefertoas“unconsciousbias,”thoselittle
thoughtsthatpopintoourheadswhenwearesizing
peopleup.
Whilethesepredisposedattitudesaffectmostofthe
decisionswemakeeveryday,fromtheworkplaceto Student walkouts have choice of issues
ourpersonalinteractions,theycomeintoplaymore
oftenthanyoumightthinkoveraccesstotoilets.
Inanothervideothatsurfacedthisweekfroma Anniversary of pervision and oversight in tion to function of the Ben Russell, a senior at
StarbucksintheLosAngelesarea,anAfrican-Ameri- allschools,”andnotedthat school,anditneedstobefor Naperville Central High
Columbine attack
canmanaccusedanemployeeofgivingawhiteman the school staff was work- alegitimatereasonthathas School,saidthatsoonafter
theaccesscodetothetoiletandrefusingtogiveitto falls on ‘Weed Day’ ing with students still pas- somemerittoit—andthat the Parkland shooting, he
himbecausehehadnotboughtanything. sionateaboutgunreformto does not include smoking and other student organ-
Ontherecording,thewhitemanacknowledgesthat ByVikkiOrtiz choose alternative ways to marijuana.” izers intended their April
hewasnotrequiredtomakeapurchasebeforegoing ChicagoTribune communicate their posi- The added level of con- 20walkouttobeanotable
intotherestroom.Theblackmanquestionedwhether tion. Those who walk out cerncomesasstudentscon- event. When schools
hewasdenieduseofthefacilitybecauseofhisrace. Following widespread would face disciplinary tinue a movement to pro- around the area began an-
Thiskindoftreatmentisn’tuncommonforAfrican- high school walkouts last consequences,itsaid. mote gun control in the nouncingplansfortheear-
Americans,andnotjustatStarbucks. month in support of gun At Oak Park and River wake of the massacre that lierwalkout,Russellandhis
AColumbia,S.C.,manfiledadiscriminationlawsuit reform, some students Forest High School in Oak left 17 dead in February at peersfollowedsuitbuthan-
lastyearalleginghewenttofiveconveniencestores across the Chicago area Park, Principal Nathaniel MarjoryStonemanDouglas dedoutstickersandnotices
andgasstationsinthecityandwasdeniedaccessto plan to walk out of class Rouse sent parents of the High School in Parkland, to remind students that a
therestroomsbecauseheisAfrican-American. Friday,the19thanniversary school’s 3,400 students an Fla. Tens of thousands of biggereventwouldhappen
Priortofilingthelawsuit,theman’sattorneyscon- of the Columbine High emailencouraging them to studentsinChicagoandthe attheirschoolApril20,he
ductedaprivateinvestigationthat“revealedthede- Schoolshooting. “reclaimthisdaybytalking suburbs joined the nation- said.
fendantsallowedwhitecustomerstousetherestroom Buttheirmessageisget- openly with your teens wide #NeverAgain move- Despite some snarky
facilitieswhenrequestedononeormoreoccasions,” tingalittlelostintheweeds: about the harmful risks of mentbywalkingoutofclass marijuana-related com-
thelawsuitsaid. April 20 also is known as youth marijuana use.” The Feb.21andMarch14andby ments on Twitter, where
Inmostofthesecases,wemayneverknowthe NationalGetHighDay. message included several joining a March For Our Russell and other students
truth.Howcananyonedeterminewhatthoughtslive “April 20 is traditionally linkstopageswithtipsfor LivesrallyheldinChicago’s promotedtheirwalkout,he
intherecessesofsomeoneelse’smind? an extra security day to conversations with teens UnionParkonMarch24. still is expecting a large
Nodoubt,thefolksatStarbucksknowthatchanging begin with,” said Kim aboutmarijuana. For the April 20 walk- turnout Friday. He and
racialattitudesisn’tgoingtobeeasy.ButAmerica’s Brehm, spokesman for And in Arlington outs, planned to coincide otherorganizershavemade
brokentoiletculturewillneverbefixedunlesssome- Lockport Township High Heights, Hersey High withtheanniversaryofthe signs, planned voter regis-
onegivesitatry. School District 205. “We’ll SchoolPrincipalGordySis- schoolshootinginLittleton, trationtablesandhavestu-
just have extra eyes, have son said he and other ad- Colo.,in1999,studentsfrom dent speeches ready, he
[email protected] facultyremindthemofthe ministratorswereprepared NapervilletoChicagohave said.
Twitter@dahleeng date, and keep their eyes to dole out truancy conse- plannedtoleaveclassat10 “It’s annoying,” Russell
open.” quencestoanystudentab- a.m. for a full day of civic said of the “Weed Day”
This week, parents of sent from class for more activity.Somehaveworked association. “But we ex-
students at both Lockport than20minutesFriday. with local politicians to pectedit,andwe’lljustkeep
High School campuses re- “I’machildfromthe’60s; holdlisteningsessions.Oth- pushing on. It’s all we can
ceived a letter that ex- I’vebeenthere,”Sissonsaid. ersarehosting“getoutthe do.”
MarySchmich plained April 20 annually “From an administrative vote” drives, helping stu-
hasthedayoff. raised “elevated concern viewpoint, (a walkout) dentsregisteronlinetovote [email protected]
that requires increased su- needstobeashortdisrup- iftheyareofage. Twitter@vikkiortiztrib
5
ChicagoTribune | Section1 | Friday,April20,2018
Parkland survivor: Be a force for change
Florida teen tells the heightened security at
her daughter’s school
suburban students
hasn’t made her feel safer,
to be vocal about noting that Cruz “came in
as a chameleon” that day,
gun violence
dressedlikeanyotherstu-
dentattheschool.
ByMikeNolan “What I do feel better
DailySouthtown aboutisthewholenationis
looking at security at
Standing Thursday be- schools,”shesaid.
forearoomfullofstudents Ho-Shing’s mother said
at Thornwood High thatsheis“veryproud”of
School,Mei-LingHo-Shing her daughter’s decision to
asks how many of them beanadvocateforchange.
have been affected by gun Insteadofspeakingout,her
violence. Several raised a experience “could have
hand. turned to anger, it could
Ho-Shing, a junior at have turned to rage,” she
MarjoryStonemanDouglas said.
High School in Parkland, Oneofthestudentswho
Fla.,where17peoplewere raised a hand when asked
killed Feb. 14 in a mass by Ho-Shing if they had
shooting, said she lost her beenpersonallyaffectedby
friends that day — and gunviolencewasNicolette
might also have become a Sales,whohadbeeninstru-
victim if not for one small mentalinaschoolwalkout
thing. atThornwoodinMarchin
“A lock on the door (to support of the Parkland
her classroom) saved my KEVINTANAKA/DAILYSOUTHTOWN students. Sales, one of the
life,” said the 17-year-old, MarjoryStonemanDouglasHighSchooljuniorMei-LingHo-ShingspeaksaboutgunviolenceThursday. students Ho-Shing shad-
who wants to one day owed Thursday, said she
become a computer scien- wasvisitingtheschool. cers. mann’s class that she’s Her day at Thornwood hadlostacousininChicago
tist. Ho-Shing told students, “If anything, we’ll be “been in some trenches wasarrangedbytheIllinois togunviolence.
Ho-Shing spent the day “We can’t keep holding walking around scared,” since this all started, and Education Association, Sales, the president of a
at the South Holland stuffinside. senior Trevon Smith told I’m fine with that,” but which represents teachers youthleadershiporganiza-
school,visitingclassrooms, “It’s your story, it’s your Ho-Shing. “Being a black acknowledgedshe’smissed outsidethecityofChicago. tionattheschool,saidthere
talking about her experi- reality,” she said. “Talk male,I’malreadyatriskjust a lot of school as a result Friday,Ho-Shingwillspeak was a definite connection
enceandfieldingquestions aboutit.” walkingoutsidetheschool andit’snotunusualforher at the IEA’s annual Repre- betweenHo-Shingandstu-
fromstudents,tellingthem Shetoldthemthatyoung orwalkinganywhere.” tostillbedoinghomework sentative Assembly in dents, and that the Park-
theyneedtobevocalabout people, “need to put the WearingamaroonMar- at4or5a.m. Rosemont. landstudent“didn’tactlike
gunviolenceandbeaforce focus on the people in jory Stoneman Douglas T- “I’ve been balancing,” After the afternoon Q & shewasherejusttotellher
forchange. charge,” which might start shirtwiththewords“#MS- she said. “I call myself a A session with the large storyandgohome.”
“We’re tired, I’m tired,” at the local level with ap- Dstrong”onthefront,Ho- part-timeactivist,becauseI group of students, Ho-
she said. “We shouldn’t be proaching school board Shing told students in Alt- stillhaveworktodo.” Shing’s mother, Vikki, said [email protected]
buryingourfriends.” membersaswellaswriting
Whengunfireeruptedat to their representatives in
her school, allegedly Congress.
carriedoutbyformerPark- “Make them sick and
landstudentNikolasCruz, tiredofyourface,”shesaid
Ho-Shing said she and of those in authority.
other students hid in their “They’re not going to take
second-floor classroom, you seriously at first, but
“holding their hands in a makethem.”
corner, praying we would Ho-Shingsaidsheisnot
beOK.” anti-Second Amendment,
The locked door pre- butthatthere“needstobe
vented the shooter from restrictions”whenitcomes
entering the room, al- toaccesstoguns.
LAST DAYS!
thoughinotherclassrooms “We need to close the
he sprayed bullets after loopholes,” she said. “Peo-
firing through glass in plefallthroughthoseloop-
doors,shesaid. holesandpeopledie.” F R I E N D S & FA M I LY
Askedbyastudentabout Following the mass
her feelings toward Cruz, shootingatherschool,Ho-
Ho-Shing said, “May God Shingsaidthatsecurityhas 3 0
have mercy, that’s all I’m been“beefedupliketimes
goingtosay.” 10,” with heavily armed
NotlongaftertheFebru- securitypersonnelroaming %
ary shooting, seeing class- the schools and students
mates, primarily white, requiredtototeclearback-
speaking through the me- packs.
dia about what had hap- Shesaidthatsomeofher
pened,Ho-Shing,ofJamai- peersfeelsafer,butthat“I
can-Chinese descent, said didn’tfeelgoodaboutit.”
she thought they were “There are just more
“talking on behalf of black guns on campus than ever E X T R AO F F
and brown communities,” before,”shesaid.
but that students of color Earlier Thursday, Ho-
were not having their Shingtalkedwithstudents
voicesheard. inWalterAltmann’scareer
Many of the students — prepclass,wheretheissue
Thornwood’s student of armed security in
population is 85 percent schoolswasdiscussed.
African-American — ac- While Thornwood has
knowledged to Ho-Shing staff posted in hallways to
ALMOST EVERYTHING
that based on their expo- monitor student behavior
sure to media coverage of and there is a school re-
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6
ChicagoTribune | Section1 | Friday,April20,2018
Brown to run for mayor despite federal probe
Brown,fromPage1
termbymorethan14percentage
points.
The Chicago Tribune first re-
portedinMay2014thatthestate’s
attorney was looking into a land
deal that netted Brown and hus-
band Benton Cook III tens of
thousands of dollars with no
moneydown.Thehusbandgota
NorthLawndalebuildingforfree
fromalongtimeBrowncampaign
donor. Brown quickly became a
co-owner,andhercompanysold
the parcel for $100,000 to a
Frankfort real estate developer
who'dlonghadhiseyeonit.
Thatcountyprobegrewintoa
federalinvestigation,sourcestold
theTribune.InOctober2015,the
FBIseizedBrown’scellphone.
The federal investigation
evolved into more widespread
pay-to-playallegations,leadingto
theindictmentandeventualcon-
viction of former circuit court
employeeSivasubramaniRajaram
forlyingtoagrandjuryinvestigat-
ing“possiblecriminalviolationsin
connectionwiththepurchasingof
jobsandpromotions”inBrown’s
office.
Brown’sofficerehiredRajaram,
who had worked for the clerk's
officeyearsearlier,inSeptember
2014 — just weeks after he pur-
portedly lent $15,000 to a com-
panycontrolledbyCook.Rajaram,
whopleadedguiltyinApril2016,
admittedtofalselytellingagrand NANCYSTONE/CHICAGOTRIBUNE2015
juryhehadnotspokentoBrown CircuitCourtClerkDorothyBrown,shownataprotestofthepoliceshootingofLaquanMcDonald,hasalargefollowingatSouthSidechurches.
afterhisrehiringeventhoughtext
messages on Brown’s cellphone cism about accepting cash gifts churches, a constituency that
indicatedotherwise. andcampaigncontributionsfrom helpedherfirstcapturetheoffice
Before Rajaram’s sentencing, heremployeesandtheirrelatives. 18 years ago. She defeated the
federal prosecutors alleged in In December 2012, shortly after party’s endorsed candidate, in
February 2017 that the $15,000 winning a fourth term, Brown part on a vow to improve the
businessloanwasactuallyabribe, declared that she would stop office’stechnology.
whileBrownmaintaineditwasa acceptingcampaigncontributions Ifsherunsformayor,itwould
legitimate loan. Although prose- fromheremployees.Monthsear- be Brown’s second bid for the
cutorsrecommendeda15-month lier,theTribunedocumentedhow office. In 2007, she got about 20
prison term, Rajaram was sen- she had received more than percentofthevote,losingbadlyto
tencedtothreeyearsofprobation. $315,000 in political donations Richard M. Daley even as the
TheninMay2017,BeenaPatel, fromworkersinherofficeandat mayor was viewed as potentially
aonetimetopaidetoBrownand least $75,000 in contributions vulnerable because of the Hired
sisterofthepoliticaldonorinthe fromtheirrelatives. Truckscandal.
land deal that started the probe, Until 2009, Brown also ac- In2010,Brownfinishedthirdin
wasindictedonchargessheliedto ceptedannualcashChristmasand afour-wayraceforCountyBoard
a grand jury when asked in two birthday gifts from employees. president as Toni Preckwinkle
separate appearances about pay- Sheendedthatpracticeafterthe won her first term. In the city,
to-play allegations in the clerk’s Tribune asked her about it. The Brownwaslast,capturingonly16
office. following year, Brown stopped percent of the Chicago vote —
Acourtfilinginthecaseagainst chargingemployeestowearden- evenlessthanunpopularincum-
PatelstatedthataBrownemploy- im on “jeans days” after the bentStroger.
ee told federal investigators that ANTONIOPEREZ/CHICAGOTRIBUNE county inspector general deter- Brown would join a crowded
$10,000wasthe“goingrate”toa BrownunsuccessfullylobbiesHouseSpeakerMichaelMadiganforCook minedtheprogramneededbetter field of challengers seeking to
buy a job in the circuit clerk’s CountyDemocraticPartyleaders’endorsementforclerkin2015. money-handling and record- unseat Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
office. Another employee said in keepingprocedures. Others who have said they’re
an FBI interview that it was Illinois Govs. George Ryan and treatedunfairly. Brown has not been a big running are businessman Willie
well-known that showering gifts RodBlagojevich. “The way that she’s gotten so fundraiserinrecentmonths,and Wilson, former Chicago Public
on Brown could earn you a Blagojevichwonre-electionto much attention, and nothing’s she could have a tough time Schools CEO and gubernatorial
promotion. a second term in 2006, even come of it, in some cases that raisingenoughtogethermessage candidatePaulVallas,formerChi-
Patel continues to fight the thoughoneofhistopadvisersand mightbeabenefittoher,”Stroger outinamayoralrace.Shehasjust cagopoliceSuperintendentGarry
charge, and there’s no public fundraisershadbeenindictedon said. “Some people would think $4,094 in her campaign account. McCarthy,Chicagoprincipalsas-
indicationsheiscooperatingwith sweeping political corruption theyaretryingtorunherout,and Since March 2017, Friends of sociation President Troy LaR-
prosecutors in their broader in- chargeslessthanamonthearlier. itmighthavetheoppositeeffect. DorothyBrownhasreceivedonly aviere, tech entrepreneur Neal
vestigation. Rajaram refused to Blagojevichwasnotchargeduntil “When you are black and an $23,420incontributions. Sales-Griffin and community ac-
cooperate. much later, and voters gave him elected official, you have to be Brown also has been widely tivistJa’MalGreen.CountyCom-
It’s common practice for fed- thebenefitofthedoubt. twiceasgood,mindyourp’sand criticized for being too slow to missionerBridgetGainerandChi-
eralprosecutorstostartbybring- On Thursday, former Cook q’s, because they will try to send automate an office that oversees cagoPoliceBoardPresidentLori
ing charges against lower-level County Board President Todd youtojail,”hesaid. court records. In February, the Lightfootalsoaremullingbids.
employees and then work their StrogersaidthatgiventheBrown The federal probe hasn’t been Tribunereportedthatcarbonpa-
way up when pursuing a case investigationhasstretchedonfor the only controversy that has perisstillusedtomakecopiesof Chicago Tribune’s Bill Ruthhart
againstahigh-levelpublicofficial. several years with no charges surroundedBrown,whohasbeen paperfilings. andJasonMeisnercontributed.
That’s what happened in the against her, African-American inofficesincelate2000. Still, Brown has developed a
corruption convictions of former voters could view her as being For years, Brown faced criti- large following at South Side [email protected]
Conservative seeks
to challenge Rauner
McCann,fromPage1 McCannhasenjoyedunionback-
ing in past contests. He has
issue. McCann survived and re- receivedmorethan$105,000from
mainedintheSenate. organizedlaboralreadythisyear.
His candidacy also comes as Earlier this week, he received
Rauner tries to mollify social $50,000 from the International
conservatives in the Republican Union of Operating Engineers
base, particularly Downstate, fol- Local 150, a politically active
lowinghisnarrowprimaryvictory union that has fought against
over state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Rauner’seffortstoweakencollec-
Wheatonlastmonth. tive bargaining and prevailing
It isn’t yet clear, though, that wage rights. The union backed
McCann’s name will appear on Pritzker’sDemocraticbidforgov-
the November ballot because he ernor in May 2017, less than a
first needs to collect tens of month after he announced his
thousands of petition signatures candidacy.
on a tight deadline. Still, the To get on the ballot, McCann
political impact of his nascent has until June 25 to obtain the
campaign immediately was re- validsignaturesof25,000voters.
flected in the words of both Candidates typically try to file
RaunerandPritzker. twice the number of signatures
Rauner’s campaign called Mc- just to be safe from a petition
Cannthe“worstkindofpolitical challenge — which he would be
opportunist,”andtheIllinoisRe- expectedtoface.
publican Party that the governor Whether he succeeds or not,
hasheavilysubsidizedcalledMc- McCann’sneweffortdisparaging DAVIDSPENCER/THESTATEJOURNAL-REGISTER2016
Canna“crook”anda“spoiler.” Rauner keeps open the wounds DownstateRepublicanstateSen.SamMcCannsayshe’srunningforgovernorasathird-partycandidate.
PritzkersaidhewelcomedMc- created by Ives’ primary chal-
Cann to the race as “another lenge. governor has said the legislation versies in the past over tax liens McCann has said the miles he
voice”forvoterstoconsider. Last month Rauner defeated was backed by law enforcement owed by his firms, his military drivesforpoliticsmakeleasinga
McCann responded to Pritzk- Ives by less than 3 percentage and did not grant “sanctuary” recordanduseofcampaignmon- vehiclecost-prohibitive.
er’s statement on Twitter, thank- points, after she attacked the status.McCann’svideoshoweda ey. Rauner’s campaign sought to
ing him and saying he looks governorforexpandingabortion, clip of Rauner saying, “buenos Hehasblamedthetaxlienson mark the launch of McCann’s
“forwardtohavingseriousdebate immigration and transgender dias,”or“goodmorning”inSpan- confusionover“variousemployer campaign with those controver-
abouttheissuesfacingIllinois.” rights and for supporting an ish. identification numbers” used at sies.
McCann,ofPlainview,firstwon agendathathelpsChicagoagainst “Lawandorderhavevanished his businesses. Former political “SamMcCannistheworstkind
hisSenateseatin2010andopted therestofthestate. in the last four years under opponents also have taken issue of political opportunist who is
againstare-electionbidthisyear. McCann renewed attacks on Rauner. Sanctuary for illegal im- with how he described his mili- onlyrunningforgovernortoline
He toyed with a similar bid for severalofthosefrontsThursday. migrantsandattacksonourSec- tary record. He was injured in a hisownpockets,”Raunerspokes-
governor in 2014 when Rauner “Iwillbeagovernorwhofights ondAmendmentrightsiswhatwe construction accident before go- man Will Allison said in a state-
wasfirstelected.OnThursday,he forthemillionsofIllinoisanswho have now thanks to Rauner and ingtoMarinebootcampandsaid ment.“McCann’sunethicalrecord
said,“TheRepublicanPartyunder believe in traditional values and ChicagoDemocrats,”hesaid.“We hehadbeendischarged. speaksforitself:Hefailedtopay
Rauner was unrecognizable to the sanctity of life and that hard needagovernorwhowillsupport Healsoacknowledgedlastyear histaxes,rackedupmassivedebts,
me.” work should be rewarded,” he ourfederalgovernmenttodeport usingcampaignfundstopurchase lied about serving in the Marine
Rauner and McCann previ- said. illegal immigrants, stand up for a $61,000 SUV, as well as an Corps, and used his campaign
ously have clashed over issues He also criticized Rauner for the police who protect our fam- engine for a personally owned accountasapersonalpiggybank,
involvingorganizedlabor.Repre- signing legislation that prohibits ilies and defend our Second Jeep, and spending more than evenbuyinghimselfanSUV.”
senting a largely rural legislative law enforcement from holding Amendmentrights.” $19,000foratruckandtrailerfor
district south of Springfield with someonebasedsolelyontheissue A construction company parades. Campaign money can’t [email protected]
many state and union workers, of his or her residency. The owner,McCannhasfacedcontro- be spent for personal use, and Twitter@rap30
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CPD report to give reform goals for 2018
ByJeremyGorner lawenforcementisthatwe A scathing U.S. Depart- based training for the de- 2020and40in2021.After the skill base provided to
ChicagoTribune areamachoprofession,and ment of Justice report last partment’s revamped use- that, officers will continue frontlineofficersaswellas
Ithinkthatthatgetsinthe year described the Police of-force policy as well as to undergo 40 hours of ensuring proper supervi-
A report to be released way of even law enforce- Department as a broken training that emphasizes training each year, depart- sion of these complex and
Friday by the Chicago Po- ment looking at the fact institution and singled out the use of de-escalation mentofficialshavesaid. critical events,” the report
liceDepartmentoutlinesits that the people that wear negligenttrainingasamong techniques to reduce po- Thedepartmentisalsoin said.
goalsforreformfortherest thisuniform(who)putthis itsmanydeficiencies. tentiallyviolentconfronta- the midst of revamping its The department also
of the year, including a badge on, they’re people,” Aside from checking tions without resorting to Crisis Intervention Train- saidinthereportthatithas
pledgeofstepped-uptrain- police Superintendent Ed- each year on officers’ force, according to the re- ing program, a cadre of increased its budgeted
ingandsupervisionofoffi- die Johnsontoldreporters properuseofweapons,the port. officersspeciallytrainedto number of field training
cers. Thursday at police head- department generally did By the end of the year, respond to calls involving officersto322,butitplans
Among other goals, ac- quarters.“AndIthinkfora not require cops to return some12,000to13,000offi- peopleexperiencingamen- to train regular rank-and-
cording to a draft of the longtimethat’sescapednot totheacademyforretrain- cers of all ranks will have talhealthcrisis.Since2016, file officers to temporarily
36-page report reviewed justthepeopleweservebut ing,theJusticeDepartment completed the de-escala- about2,500Chicagopolice serve as field training offi-
Thursday by the Tribune, lawenforcementofficials.” noted. Instead the depart- tion training, the report officershavetakenthe40- cers because of the high
are better helping officers The department has mentprovidedsporadicin- said. Officers will also be hourcourse. number of recruits set to
inhowtorespondtoemer- movedtobeefupitstrain- service training, refresher able to take refresher fire- This year, field training graduate from the police
gencycallsofresidentssuf- ingeffortsintheaftermath training through videos or arms training and learn officers—whotrainnewly academythisyear.
feringmentalhealthcrises of the court-ordered re- new directives for officers basicfirst-aidtechniquesto mintedcopsfreshoutofthe Thedepartmenthasseta
and making sure cops lease in late 2015 of police to learn about during roll help shooting or stabbing police academy — and goalofaddingnearly1,000
themselves are mentally dashboard camera video calls. victimswhileonpatrol. sergeantsarerequiredtogo officers to the department
and emotionally equipped showing a Chicago police Officers this year are Thehoursofmandatory through the specialized rollsbytheendoftheyear.
tocarryouttheirduties. officershooting17-year-old required to undergo 16 training will increase in training, according to the
“Theperceptionandthe Laquan McDonald 16 hours of mandatory train- eachofthefollowingthree report. [email protected]
reality a lot of times with times. ing, including scenario- years—to24in2019,32in “The goal is to broaden Twitter@JeremyGorner
Cop who shot
2 fatally faces
possible firing
Rialmo,fromPage1 entJohnsondidisnodiffer-
ent than what we’ve seen”
Her ruling means that before.
thePoliceBoard—anine- Afterthemeeting,LeGri-
memberpanelthatincludes er’smother,JanetCooksey,
eight Emanuel appointees told reporters that Jones
—willtakeonadivisivecase wasn’t the only innocent
thathasstirredstrongemo- personshotbyRialmo.
tions among both police “Mysoncalledthepolice
reform advocates and the threetimes!”shesaid.“You
department’s rank-and-file. don’t call somebody three
Activists have called for timestotrytoattackthem!”
Rialmo’s firing, while his Cooksey said she felt
defenders, including police relieved by Delgado’s deci-
unionleaders,havesaidhe siontosendthecasetothe
wasjustifiedinshootingan fullboard.
armedassailant. “Rialmohastobefired,”
After the Police Board she said. “I don’t have a
meeting Thursday night, child.I’llneverbeagrand-
Johnsonspokeoftheemo- mother. I haveto live with
tionsthatthefatalshootings thiseveryday.”
of Quintonio LeGrier, 19, Neither Rialmo nor his ARMANDOL.SANCHEZ/CHICAGOTRIBUNEPHOTOS
andbystanderBettieJones, lawyer attended the meet- JanetCooksey,left,motherofQuintonioLeGrier,iscomfortedbyPamelaHuntataPoliceBoardmeetingThursday.
55,havestirred. ing.
“You know that doesn’t The shooting of LeGrier
escape me,” the superin- and Jones on the day after
tendenttoldreporters.“I’m Christmas 2015 has at-
ablackman(who)grewup tracted intense attention.
in this city. I raised my Not only was a bystander
familyhere.…Butattheend killed, but it also marked
of the day, I have to leave Chicago’s first fatal police
emotions from myself, the shooting since the court-
communityandelectedof- ordered release a month
ficialsoutofit.” earlier of video of a white
Johnson said he re- officer shooting black teen
spected the city’s disci- LaquanMcDonald16times.
plinary process and ac- The video, released in No-
knowledged that he and vember 2015, outraged
COPA sometimes disagree black and Latino Chi-
overindividualcases. cagoans who aired long-
“Buttheimportantthing standing objections about
isthere’saprocessinplace their treatment by police.
to resolve disagreements,” Efforts to overhaul the de-
he told reporters. “I honor partment and curb uses of
theprocess.” force continue more than
MartinPreib,secondvice twoyearslater.
president of the Chicago Rialmo,whoalsofacesa
Fraternal Order of Police, separatedisciplinaryinves-
addressedtheboardfollow- tigation and misdemeanor
ing Delgado’s announce- criminalchargesoveraDe- MembersoftheChicagoPoliceBoardlistentothoseintheaudienceduringameetingatpoliceheadquartersThursday.
ment,blastingherrulingas cember2017barfightcap-
“despicableandfalse.” tured on security cameras, problems, had behaved which declined to bring shooting, determining that about witness accounts
“What you have done has been stripped of his strangely as a student at criminalchargesagainstRi- the evidence suggested placingtheofficerasignifi-
tonight has paralyzed the police powers and placed NorthernIllinoisUniversity almo. LeGrierlikelydidnotswing cantdistancefromtheteen
police,”Preibsaid. onpaiddeskduty. andhadrun-inswithpolice As Rialmo backed down the bat at Rialmo, as the andrejectedotherpotential
LarryRogersJr.,alawyer About 4:30 a.m. on Dec. andotherstudents,records the stairs, he fired eight officer contended. COPA’s evidence as irrelevant.
representing Jones’ family 26, 2015, Rialmo and his show. times, hitting LeGrier six ruling also found that Ri- JohnsonconcludedthatRi-
in a pending lawsuit, partner responded to 911 Jones, who lived down- times, prosecutors found. almo was probably farther almofacedimmediatedan-
praised Delgado’s decision calls about a domestic dis- stairs,pointedpolicetothe Jones, who stood behind fromLeGrierwhenhefired ger and that his actions
while slamming Johnson turbanceatanapartmentin secondfloor.ThenLeGrier the teen during the inci- the shots than the officer werereasonable.
forhisrecommendation. the4700blockofWestErie camedownthestairswitha dent, was shot once in the contended.
“COPA was created be- Street, where LeGrier was baseballbat,accordingtoan chest. But Johnson sided with [email protected]
cause officers protect offi- staying with his father. analysis released last year COPA investigators Rialmo’s contention that [email protected]
cers,”RogerstoldthePolice LeGrier, apparently suffer- byCookCountyState’sAt- raised doubts about Ri- LeGrier swung the bat at Twitter@JeremyGorner
Twitter@dhinkel
Board.“WhatSuperintend- ing from mental health torney Kim Foxx’s office, almo’s accounts of the him.Healsovoiceddoubts
2nd lawsuit seeks to halt Deerfield’s ban on assault weapons
ByKarenBerkowitz nearly five years after the responsetothefirstlawsuit.
PioneerPress state pre-empted any new “The lawsuit admits the
municipal bans on assault lawfulness of the Village’s
Asecondlawsuitischal- weapons. ban on the sale of assault
lengingthevillageofDeer- Asuitfiledtwoweeksago weapons. And the lawsuit
field’sassaultweaponsban by the Illinois State Rifle effectively concedes the
that is scheduled to take Association, the Second lawfulness of the Village’s
effectJune13. Amendment Foundation assaultweaponsbanunder
The suit filed Thursday andDeerfieldresidentDan- the Second Amendment to
bytheadvocacygroupGuns iel Easterday also claims theU.S.Constitution.”
SaveLifeandDeerfieldresi- thatDeerfieldtrusteeslack- Deerfield officials have
dent John William Wom- ed the authority to outlaw said the ordinance is mod-
bacher III challenges the the possession of assault eledafteronepassedbythe
Deerfield ordinance that weapons because regula- neighboring city of High-
was approved April 2 on tion became the exclusive land Park in 2013 that was
numerousgrounds. powerofthestatein2013. upheldina2-1rulingbythe
TheNationalRifleAsso- RICHPEDRONCELLI/AP2012 Deerfield officials have 7th U.S. Circuit Court of
ciation’sInstituteforLegis- TheAR-15isamongthegunsbannedbytheordinance. characterized their ban as Appeals.
lativeActionissuedanews an amendment to a 2013 ThoughtheNationalRi-
release Thursday saying it assaultweapons”and“large merelyoncosmeticappear- bear firearms is protected ordinance that defined as- fleAssociationappealedthe
was supporting the Guns capacity magazines” in the ance,”saidJohnBoch,exe- bytheSecondAmendment saultweaponsandrequired 7th Circuit Court ruling to
SaveLifelawsuit. ordinance, noting the ban cutivedirectorofGunsSave oftheU.S.Constitution. safestorageandtransporta- theU.S.SupremeCourt,the
The suit contends, covers prevalent firearms Life. “That is why we are in tion of those weapons highcourtdeclinedtotake
among other things, that a that are overwhelmingly Boch said the Deerfield courttochallengethisordi- withinthevillage. upthecasein2015,allowing
provision instructing the usedforself-defense.Those ordinancebanningfirearms nance to ultimately allow They contend the ordi- theappellatecourtrulingto
Deerfieldchiefofpoliceto include the AR-15, de- “based on appearances theresidentsofDeerfieldto nance, passed before the stand.
confiscate and destroy as- scribed in the suit as makes no more sense than buy,useandpossessAmeri- state’s deadline, preserved Deerfield Mayor Harriet
sault weapons and large- “America's most popular banningbrownM&M’sjust ca’s favorite rifle and the their right to amend the Rosenthal has previously
capacitymagazinesviolates semiautomaticrifle.” because the village doesn’t many other firearms that ordinanceinthefuture. stated that she decided to
a guarantee under the Illi- “Whatwearelookingto likethecoloroftheparticu- are very similar to it,” he “Thelawsuitadmitsthat take up the ban after the
nois Constitution that pri- do is block the village of larM&M.” said. the State Legislature ex- Feb. 14 school shooting in
vate property shall not be Deerfield’sunconstitutional Deerfield officials could The suit filed in Lake presslygrantsthepowerto Parkland,Fla.
takenforpublicusewithout efforts, in our opinion, to not be reached Thursday CountyCircuitCourtalsois amend such an assault
justcompensation. deny residents, passers for comment on the latest asking for a permanent in- weapons ordinance in the
The suit also challenges throughandpeoplevisiting lawsuit. junctiononthepremisethe future,”readsthestatement [email protected]
the definition of “so-called the right to firearms based Boch said the right to ordinance was passed posted by the village in
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Celebration Of Our Sen.TammyDuckwortharriveswithhernewbornattheCapitolonThursdayafterlawmakersvotedtochangetheirrule.
Duckworth brings 10-day-old
88th Anniversary
to Senate floor, makes history
Full Slab of Tender Meaty
Babyy Back Ribs
OffervalidMon-Fri.$$11774499 Includes Duckworth,fromPage1 But while the change When news of Duck- senators — mostly men —
ExcludesHolidays.
demonstrates that profes- worth’s pregnancy spread did express reservations,
Expires5/30/18 2 Sides
“Iwouldliketothankmy sional women have oppor- earlier this year, other according to Minnesota
colleaguesonbothsidesof tunities, it does little for workingwomenunitedbe- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the
Smoked Brisket theaisle…forhelpingbring working-classwomen,said hind her cause. Some cre- ranking Democrat on the
the Senate into the 21st ChristinePercheski,assist- ated petitions calling for Rules Committee. Some
Sandwich
centurybyrecognizingthat antprofessorofsociologyat the rule change, so Duck- questioned if the change
OffervalidMon-Fri. $$992255 Includes sometimes new parents NorthwesternUniversity. worth could vote during wouldbringmanybabiesto
ExcludesHolidays. alsohaveresponsibilitiesat While the Senate rule maternityleave,whileoth- the Senate floor, and ex-
Expires5/30/18 2 Sides work,”Duckworth,anIraq change is “wonderful,” it’s erssentbottlesandonesies pressed concern over
War veteran who was in- “anothersmallsteptoward toDuckworth’soffice. whether there would be
jured in combat, said in a moreinclusiveworkspaces Rachel Pike-Norton, of diaper changes and nurs-
Home of the World’s Best BBQ! statement. that value professional Oak Park, who once ing.
$5 FREE PLAY “Byensuringthatnosen- women,” she said. “Unfor- workedasaSenatestaffer, In Illinois’ statehouse,
atorwillbepreventedfrom tunately, I don’t see this … started a petition support- neither chamber has spe-
performing their constitu- trickling down to more ing the rule change. As of cific rules about bringing
BringthisadintoRussell’storeceiveyourfree$5 tional responsibilities sim- (beneficial policies) for Wednesday, it had more kidsonthefloor,andlead-
ingameplaytouseinourlivegamingmachines. ply because they have a more working-class wom- than20,000signatures. erssaidtheywelcomechil-
Onepercustomer.
Noduplicatesallowed.Offervalidthrough young child, the Senate is eninservice-sectorjobs.” The32-year-oldworking drenandfamilymembers.
5/30/18 leading by example and Policies in the U.S. for mother of two said she It’snotunusualforlaw-
sendingtheimportantmes- workingwomenlagbehind identified with Duck- makerstobeaccompanied
ELMWOOD PARK
sage that working parents theattitudesofmostinthe worth’s plight and recog- bytheirkids,particularlyif
everywheredeservefamily- U.S.,wherethemajorityof nized the unique chal- the legislature is working
1621 N. Thatcher Ave.
friendly workplace poli- mothers work, Percheski lenges she had in the Sen- on weekends or over the
(Thatcher Ave. at North Ave.) cies,”shesaid.“Thesepoli- said. ate, as well as that she summer when school isn’t
708-453-7065 cies aren’t just a women’s “IntheU.S.,there’svery representsalargerissuefor in session. In the Senate,
issue.Theyareacommon- much the feeling that workingmothersinallsec- where many of President
senseeconomicissue.” motherhood shouldn’t be tors. John Cullerton’s top staff
an impediment to a wom- “Thisbringstolighthow membersarewomen,there
an’s career,” she said. “But hard it actually is,” said are designated nursing
that doesn’t mean policies Pike-Norton, who now roomsfornewmothers.
havekeptup.” worksinalumnirelationsat State Rep. Jehan Gor-
In 2016, more than 70 the University of Chicago don-Booth, D-Peoria, said
percent of mothers with andisfinishingupherown sheinitiallywasconcerned
children younger than 18 maternityleaveaftergiving her professionalism would
worked, according to U.S. birth to her son about 13 be questioned when she
DepartmentofLabordata. weeks ago. She also has a brought her 3-year-old
For mothers with children 2-year-olddaughter. daughter to work at the
under 3, that number was Pike-Norton said she’s Capitol. But she said she
morethan61percent. been able to work from quickly found a “doting”
“As a whole, our work- homeinthepastfewweeks village. That included an
familypoliciesleavealotto —aluxurymanymomsdo unofficial network of baby
be desired in the U.S.,” nothave.Sheaddedthatfor sitters,includingsomelaw-
Percheskisaid. senatorslikeDuckworth,it makers who set up
U.S.family-leavepolicies would be impossible to playpensintheirofficesto
aren’tasgenerousasthose breastfeed an infant in an watchherdaughterduring
in many other countries, off-siteofficeorinthecloak meetings and committee
where mothers often can room, which is not wheel- hearings.
take more paid time off chair-accessible, and then Gordon-Booth noted
aftergivingbirth,shesaid. hurry back to the Senate strict decorum rules that
And many U.S. sector jobs floorforavote. prohibit lawmakers from
have been slow to accom- “It just makes sense to havingcertainfoodsonthe
modate working moms. have that change,” Pike- floor don’t apply to chil-
Whiletherehasbeenprog- Nortonsaid.“Ithinkthings dren.
ress in some professional are changing, but I think “No gum, no sand-
sectors—namelymedicine it’ll take more women (in wiches,” Gordon-Booth
andacademia—itremains leadershiproles).Momsar- said. “But you can bring
difficultforwomeninother en’taskingforspecialtreat- babies.”
industries to have families ment;we’rejustaskingfor
and advance their careers, things to be a little bit Chicago Tribune’s Monique
Percheski said. Consulting easier.” Garcia and The Associated
andfinance,aswellasmost WhiletheSenateresolu- Presscontributed.
working-class jobs, remain tion was ultimately passed
behindthetimes,shesaid. without objections, some [email protected]
Father charged after 3-year-old
shoots mom in Indiana parking lot
ByBeckyJacobs the store to try on clothes, through the back of the
Post-Tribune according to Rice. The driver’sseat,goingthrough
woman,whoissevenweeks the woman’s upper right
A Michigan City man is pregnant, said she was chestbeforegoingthrough
facing charges after his 3- “feelingill”andwashungry thewindshield,policesaid.
year-olddaughterfoundhis with a “severe headache,” “While speaking with
gunintheircarandshother Ricesaid. (themother),sheexpressed
pregnantmotherinaMer- Brazier left his loaded great concern for her chil-
rillville parking lot earlier handgun between a center dren’s well being,” the re-
thisweek,policesaid. armrest and the front pas- leasestates.
Menzo Brazier, 21, was senger seat and got out of Themotherwastakento
chargedThursdaywithtwo the car, police said. The MethodistHospitalsSouth-
counts each of criminal mother “was unaware lake in Merrillville before
recklessnessandneglectof Menzohadagunwiththem beingflowntoahospitalin
a dependent, all felonies, whentheyleft”theirhome Chicago,Ricesaid.Shehad
LakeCountycourtrecords inMichiganCity,Ricesaid. surgeryforherinjuriesand
show. The woman was sitting “suffered nerve damage,”
Merrillville police were in the driver’s seat when, policesaid.
calledtotheshootingTues- “shesuddenlyheardaloud “It was an unfortunate,
day afternoon in the park- poplikeaballoon,”accord- careless incident that
ing lot of Plato’s Closet in ingtotherelease.Shethen should’ve been prevented
the 300 block of East 81st realized that, “a large anditshould’veneverhap-
Avenue, Cmdr. Jeff Rice amountofbloodwascom- pened,” Merrillville Police
saidinanewsrelease. ingoutofher,”policesaid. Chief Joseph Petruch said
ThecouplewereinMer- Themothergotoutofthe Wednesday.
rillville for a medical ap- carandopenedareardoor Brazier’sfirstcourthear-
pointment when they to check on the 3-year-old inghadnotbeenscheduled
stopped at the store, Rice and her 1-year-old son as of Thursday afternoon,
said. when she found the gun accordingtocourtrecords.
Brazier asked the sittingonthebackseat,Rice
mother,whoisalso21,ifshe said. [email protected]
wantedtogowithhiminto One shot was fired Twitter@ruthyjacobs
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NATION &WORLD
Cuba successor touts Castro ‘legacy’
Diaz-Canel pledges lionvisitorsayear,despitea
plunge in relations under
outgoing president
theTrumpadministration.
‘will lead’ decisions TheelectionofPresident
Donald Trump dashed
ByMichael dreamsofdetentewiththe
Weissensteinand U.S.,andwhereitoncegot
AndreaRodriguez Venezuelansubsidiestotal-
AssociatedPress ing more than $6 billion a
yearfortwodecades,Cuba
HAVANA—RaulCastro hasseenitspatroncollapse
stepped down as president economically.
ofCubaonThursday,hand- With Castro watching
ing power to a 57-year-old from the audience, Diaz-
successor he said would Canel made clear that for
hold power until 2031, a themomenthewoulddefer
plan that would place the toCastro.“Iconfirmtothis
state the Castro brothers assembly that Raul Castro,
founded and ruled for six as first secretary of the
decades in the hands of a CommunistParty,willlead
Communist Party official the decisions about the fu-
whoremainslittleknownto ture of the country,” Diaz-
mostpeopleontheisland. Canel said. “Cuba needs
Castro’s 90-minute vale- him, providing ideas and
dictory speech offered his proposals for the revolu-
first clear vision for the tionarycause,orientingand
nation’sfuturepowerstruc- alerting us about any error
ture under new President or deficiency, teaching us,
Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel and always ready to con-
Bermudez. Castro said he frontimperialism.”
foresees the white-haired Diaz-Canelgainedprom-
electronicsengineerserving inence in Villa Clara prov-
two five-year terms as inceasthetopCommunist
leaderoftheCubangovern- Party official. People there
ment, and taking the helm ALEXANDREMENEGHINI/REUTERS describe him as a modest-
oftheCommunistParty,the NewPresidentMiguelDiaz-Canel,left,andRaulCastropresentagestureofunityThursdaytoCuba’sNationalAssembly. livingtechnocratdedicated
country’s ultimate author- to improving public serv-
ity, when Castro leaves the foratransitionthatignores handsofthestate. $30amonth,forcingmany Castroisstillcontrollingthe ices.Hebecamehigheredu-
powerfulpositionin2021. ordestroysthelegacyofso “The people have given to depend on remittances Communist Party. We are cationministerin2009be-
“From that point on, I many years of struggle,” this assembly the mandate fromrelativesabroad. very far from having a fore moving into the vice
willbejustanothersoldier Diaz-Canelsaid.“Forus,it’s toprovidecontinuitytothe “I hope that Diaz-Canel democraticCuba.” presidency.
defending this revolution,” totally clear that only the CubanRevolutionduringa brings prosperity,” said After formally taking In a video of a Commu-
Castro said. Castro, 86, Communist Party of Cuba, crucial, historic moment Richard Perez, a souvenir overfromhisbrother,Fidel nistPartymeetingthatinex-
broke frequently from his theguidingforceofsociety that will be defined by all salesmaninOldHavana.“I Castro,in2008,RaulCastro plicablyleakedtothepublic
prepared remarks to joke andthestate,guaranteesthe that we achieve in the ad- wanttoseechanges,above launchedaseriesofreforms last year, Diaz-Canel ex-
andbanterwithofficialson unityofthenationofCuba.” vanceofthemodernization alleconomicchangesallow- thatledtorapidexpansion pressedaseriesofpositions
the dais in the National Hesaidhewouldworkto ofoursocialandeconomic ingpeopletohavetheirown ofCuba’sprivatesectorand that included somberly
Assembly,sayinghelooked implementalong-termplan model,”Diaz-Canelsaid. businesses, without the burgeoning use of cell- pledging to shutter some
forward to having more laid out by the National Cubans said they ex- state in charge of so many phones and internet. Cuba independent media and la-
timetotravelthecountry. Assembly and Communist pectedtheirnewpresident things.” today has a vibrant real beling some European em-
In his own half-hour Party to permit moderate todeliverimprovementsto But in Miami, Cuban- estatemarketandoneofthe bassies as outposts of for-
speechtothenation,Diaz- growth of private enter- theisland’seconomy,which Americans said they didn’t world’sfastest-growingair- eignsubversion.
Canel pledged to preserve prises such as restaurants remains stagnant, domi- expect much from Diaz- ports. Tourism numbers Buthehasalsodefended
Cuba’s communist system andtaxis,whileleavingthe nated by state-run enter- Canel. have more than doubled academics and bloggers
while gradually reforming economy’s most important prises that are unable to “It’s a cosmetic change,” since Castro and President who became targets of
the economy and making sectors — energy, mining, provide salaries high said Wilfriedo Allen, 66, a Barack Obama re-estab- hard-liners,leadingsometo
the government more re- telecommunications, medi- enoughtocoverbasicneeds. lawyer in Miami who emi- lished diplomatic relations describe him a potential
sponsive. cal services and rum- and The average monthly pay grated from Cuba in 1961. in 2015, making Cuba a advocate for greater open-
“There’s no space here cigar-production — in the forstateworkersisroughly “The reality is that Raul destinationfornearly5mil- ness.
To land a personal lawyer,
Trump turns to Giuliani
Ex-NYC mayor ecutor in New York in the downthepresident’sdesire
1980slaunchedhispolitical to remove Rosenstein or
praises president,
career, and he served two Mueller,thepeoplesaid.
special counsel terms as mayor before he Thechangeinattitudeby
made an unsuccessful bid the president comes after
ByChrisMegerian for the White House in weeks of attacks on the
WashingtonBureau 2008.Hewilltakealeaveof specialcounselandtheJus-
absence from the law firm tice Department, raising
WASHINGTON—Presi- GreenbergTraurig. questionsaboutwhetherhe
dent Donald Trump hired Trumpalsohiredformer might take drastic steps to
formerNewYorkCityMay- prosecutors Jane Serene shutdowntheprobe.
orRudyGiulianiashisnew Raskin and Marty Raskin. The shift gives some
lawyer on Thursday, turn- JaySekulow,thepresident’s breathingroomtoMueller,
ing to one of his oldest only personal lawyer since as well as Rosenstein, who
politicalalliesastwofederal John Dowd resigned in hadbeencriticizedstrongly
investigationsreacheddeep March, said the married by House Republicans for
intohisinnercircle. couple have “a nationwide being slow to comply with
Trump said Giuliani practiceandreputationfor requestsforclassifieddocu- EVANVUCCI/AP2016
would help him lift the excellenceandintegrity.” ments.Lastweek’smeeting FormerNewYorkCityMayorRudyGiuliani,whoearnedareputationasahard-charging
cloudofinvestigationsthat ThedecisiontohireGiu- wassetupinparttoallow federalprosecutorinthe1980s,aimstohelpsolvethepresident’smultiplyinglegalissues.
has hung over the White liani represents a potential Rosenstein to assuage
Housealmostsincehetook turning point in the presi- Trump’s frustration with Trump,wholaterfiredhim. election, including “any Feed and the political re-
officelastyear. dent’slegaldefense,placing hisdecisions. DuringahearingThurs- links” or coordination be- search firm Fusion GPS
“Rudy is great,” Trump ahigh-profilelawyeratthe OnThursday,theJustice day in federal court in tweenTrumpcampaignas- related to a dossier that
saidinastatement.“Hehas centerofTrump’smultiply- Departmentagreedtopro- Washington, prosecutors sociates and the Russian included claims Cohen
been my friend for a long inglegaldilemmas. vide three House commit- with Mueller’s office de- government. helpedorganizeRussianin-
time and wants to get this Meanwhile, Deputy At- tees with copies of several fended their investigation Seekingtohavecriminal terference into the 2016
matterquicklyresolvedfor torneyGeneralRodRosen- memos written by former into former Trump cam- charges against Manafort presidentialelection.
thegoodofthecountry.” steintoldTrumplastweek FBIDirectorJamesComey, paignchairmanPaulMana- dismissed,hisattorneysar- Thelawsuits,withdrawn
Giuliani told The Wash- thatheisn’tatargetofany accordingtoapersonfamil- fort by saying his long- guedthatMuellerexceeded lateWednesday,wouldhave
ington Post on Thursday partofMueller’sinvestiga- iarwiththeagreement. standing ties to Russian- his authority by charging requiredCohentosubmitto
that he was joining the tion or the probe into his Justice officials had al- backed politicians, finan- theirclientwithnumerous anevidencediscoveryproc-
president’s legal team be- longtime lawyer, Michael lowed some lawmakers to ciersandotherswarranted felonies,includingconspir- ess,forcinghimtoproduce
cause“Ihopewecannego- Cohen,accordingtoseveral view the memos but had a probe into whether any acy,bankandtaxfraud,and documentation and sworn
tiate an end to this for the people familiar with the never provided copies to servedas“backchannelsto money laundering, related testimony about his activ-
good of the country and matter. Rosenstein, who theHousecommittees. Russia.” to work before 2014 on itiesbeforethecloselycon-
becauseIhavehighregard brought up the investiga- Comey is on a publicity DeputySolicitorGeneral behalf of Ukraine’s pro- testedelection.
for the president and for tions himself, offered the tour to promote his new Michael Dreeben said the Russian president at the
(special counsel) Bob assuranceduringameeting book, “A Higher Loyalty.” focusonManafortfellwell time,ViktorYanukovych. Associated Press and
Mueller.” with Trump at the White Herevealedlastyearthathe withinMueller’sauthoriza- Also, lawyers for Cohen Bloombergcontributed.
Giuliani’sreputationasa HouseonApril12,adevel- had written the memos tion to investigate Russian have withdrawn defama-
hard-chargingfederalpros- opment that helped tamp after conversations with interferenceinthe2016U.S. tion lawsuits against Buzz- [email protected]
Comey memo: Trump complained about Flynn judgment
ByMaryClare os maintained by Comey Comey said he found so eagerly anticipated since already interviewed Flynn
Jalonick,EricTucker andobtainedbyTheAsso- unnerving that he docu- their existence was first abouthiscontactswiththe
andChadDay ciatedPress. mented them in writing. revealedlastyear,especially Russianambassador,Sergey
AssociatedPress Trump also told Comey Those encounters in the since Comey’s interactions Kislyak, and the Justice
that Russian President weeksbeforeComey’sMay with Trump are part of Department had already
WASHINGTON—Presi- Vladimir Putin told him 2017firingincludeaTrump special counsel Robert warned White House offi-
dent Donald Trump told thatRussiahad“someofthe Tower discussion about a Mueller’sinvestigationinto cials that they were con-
formerFBIDirectorJames most beautiful hookers in possibleencounterbetween whether the president cerned Flynn was vulnera-
Comeythathehadserious theworld”evenasheada- Trump and prostitutes in sought to obstruct justice. bletoblackmail.
concerns about the judg- mantly,andrepeatedly,dis- Moscow; a White House The memos have been FlynnwasfiredinFebru-
ment of his first national tancedhimselffromasala- dinneratwhichComeysays turnedovertoMueller. ary2017,afterWhiteHouse
security adviser, Michael cious allegation involving Trump asked him for his Accordingtoonememo, officialssaidhehadmisled
Flynn,andTrump’schiefof prostitutes in Moscow, the loyalty; and a private Oval Trump complained about themabouthisRussiancon-
MANDELNGAN/GETTY-AFP2017 staff asked days later if documentsstate. Officediscussionwherethe Flynn at a private January tacts during the transition
JamesComey’sinteractions Flynn’s communications The 15 pages of docu- ex-FBIheadsaysthepresi- 2017 dinner with Comey, period.
withthepresidentarepart were being monitored ments contain new details dent asked him to end an saying“theguyhasserious The memos were pro-
ofspecialcounselRobert under a secret surveillance about a series of interac- investigationintoFlynn. judgmentissues.” vided to Congress on
Mueller’sinvestigation. warrant,accordingtomem- tions with Trump that Thedocumentshadbeen Atthatpoint,theFBIhad Thursday.
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Jones’ flights of fancy fuel legal fight
Sandy Hook Jones said in one video
that Gilmore “worked for
parents, others file
John Podesta.” His
defamation actions YouTube channel showed
videos of Gilmore on the
against radio host
news,asJonesaccusedhim
of being a “State Depart-
ByAbbyOhlheiser ment insider with a long
TheWashingtonPost history of involvement in
psy-ops.”
These days, violent Gilmore and his attor-
events like mass shootings neys at the Georgetown
become breeding grounds LawCivilRightsClinicare
forconspiracytheories.Re- specifically seeking a jury
cent lawsuits are trying to trial in a federal court in
change that, by targeting Virginia in order to “set a
oneofthemainreasonsfor precedent,”Gilmoresaid.
thistrend:AlexJones. The hope is that their
On Tuesday, three par- casewill“blunttheirability
entswholostchildreninthe to do to others what they
Sandy Hook Elementary didtome,”Gilmoresaid.
schoolshootingsuedJones
fordefamation.Jonesonce Falsely accused Park-
said that Sandy Hook was landshooter
“completely fake with ac- Ifyouspentanytimeon
tors,” and his voice has the conspiracy fringes the
grownloudersince. hours after the Parkland
HismainYouTubechan- schoolshooting,youmight
nel now has 2.3 million haveseenMarcelFontaine’s
subscribers,doublewhatit photograph.He’swearinga
wasthreeyearsago.Partof red shirt with a hammer
thatgrowthcomesfromhis andsickle,hisfistraisedin
connection to Donald the air. There are several
Trump,whohaspreviously figures on the shirt: Lenin,
praisedwhathebelievesis BRIANBLANCO/EPA2016 and Stalin, for instance.
Jones’ “amazing” reputa- InfowarshostAlexJoneshasinsistedthatthemassshootingatSandyHookElementarySchoolwasahoax. They’re holding red Solo
tion. Cups, as if they are at a
Twootherlawsuits,from neys. The complaints say on incomplete information of last year, “Sandy Hook Themanwhofilmedthe party.
targets of other conspiracy that Jones and other In- abouthowthemedicalex- Vampires Exposed,” in deadly Charlottesville Tweetsfalselysayingthe
theoriesamplifiedbyJones, fowarshostswerepartofa aminer’s office processed which Jones commented protests photo depicted Nicholas
were filed over the past “continuation and elabora- the bodies of the victims on a CNN interview be- BrennanGilmorewasin Cruz got thousands of
month. tion of a yearslong cam- aftertheshooting. tween De La Rosa and Charlottesville,Va.,onAug. retweetsonsocialmedia.As
“It’s clearly a moment paign to falsely attack the Jones re-aired Shroyer’s Anderson Cooper. Watch- 12,2017,whenacarplowed Snopes noted, 4chan had
where people are saying honestyoftheSandyHook disproven accusation days ingthevideo,Jonessaid: throughagroupofcounter- first posted and mocked
‘enough is enough,’” said parents, casting them as later,saying,“Quitefrankly, “Soherearetheseholier protesters who opposed a Fontaine’sphotoafewdays
Danielle Citron, a law pro- participants in a ghastly the father needs to clarify, thanthoupeople,whenwe white nationalist rally. His beforetheshooting.
fessor at the University of conspiracyandcover-up.” NBC needs to clarify.” In questionCNN,whoissup- cameracapturedthecaras Asthephotospread,the
Maryland who specializes Neil Heslin lost his son that same segment, Jones posedlyatthesiteofSandy it approached the group, conspiracy internet picked
in online privacy, in an JesseLewis,6,intheSandy said “you can’t blame peo- Hook, and they got in one and then as it sped, itupasanauthenticimage
interviewlastmonth. Hook shooting. Heslin is ple for asking” whether shotleavesblowing,andthe backwards, away from the of the shooter, citing it as
Still,suchcasesarerela- suing Jones and Infowars SandyHookwasahoaxor flowers that are around it, scene. proof of his political lean-
tively untested legal terri- hostOwenShroyer. not. and you see the leaves Itwasthedeadlyincident ings. Infowars used the
tory. And Citron said that In 2017, Megyn Kelly The other parents suing blowing, and they go (ges- that left 32-year-old headline“ReportedFlorida
“bringingthesesortsoflaw- interviewed some of the Jones are Leonard Pozner tures).Theyglitch.They’re HeatherHeyerdead.James Shooter Dressed as Com-
suits...comeswithrisk”of victimsofSandyHookcon- andVeroniqueDeLaRosa, recyclingagreen-screenbe- Fields, who has identified munist, Supported ISIS.”
furtherharassment.Butin- spiracytheorists,aspartofa who lost their son Noah hindthem.” himselfasaneo-Nazi,now That article now has a
creasingly, that’s a risk the storyonAlexJones.Heslin Pozner in the mass shoot- Eachsuit,filedinTravis facesafirst-degreemurder “retraction, clarification,
victimsofconspiracytheo- spokeabouthisexperience ing. Leonard Pozner has County District Court in charge. andcorrection”atthetopof
riesaretaking. oftheshooting’saftermath: become one of the more Texas (where Jones and Gilmore tweeted the vi- thestory.
Here is a breakdown of “Ilostmyson.Iburiedmy visible victims of attacks Infowarsisbased),asksfor deoanditwentviral. Although the image was
the three groups that have son. I held my son with a fromSandyHookconspira- more than $1 million in When The Post spoke onlyonInfowarsforafew
casesagainstJones: bullet hole through his cytheorists,afterheandhis damages. withGilmoreandhisattor- hours, the lawsuit says
head,”hesaid. family were intensely tar- Jones and Shroyer have ney Andrew Mendrala in Fontaine still faces “ridi-
TheSandyHookparents Shroyer responded to geted for harassment. In not yet commented on the March, he was still getting cule, harassment, and
Three parents who lost Heslininavideoafewdays July of last year, a Sandy lawsuits.Jonesnowsayshe threats related to the con- threats ” from those who
childrenintheSandyHook laterbyclaimingitwas“not Hook conspiracy believer believes children died at spiracy theory that devel- believe that he is part of a
shootings are suing Jones possible”forHeslintohave was sent to prison for SandyHook,butstillsayshe oped around him, falsely “falseflag”operation.
fordefamationintwosepa- heldhissonasheclaimed. threateningPozner. still believes there are accusinghimofbeingaCIA Infowarsdidnotreturna
rate lawsuits, filed by the Accordingtothecomplaint, Thesuitprimarilyhasto “anomalies.” operative who helped to request for comment on
same Texas-based attor- Shroyer’s claim was based dowithavideofromApril stagetheattack. theselawsuits.
Fired FBI deputy chief faces
2 arrested at Starbucks seek
criminal referral, lawyer says
lasting results on racial bias
ByEricTucker ByErrinHaines
TheAssociatedPress AssociatedPress
WASHINGTON — The PHILADELPHIA —
Justice Department’s in- Rashon Nelson initially
spector general has sent a brushed it off when the
criminal referral about Starbucks manager told
fired FBI deputy director him he couldn’t use the
AndrewMcCabetofederal restroom because he
prosecutorsinWashington, wasn’tapayingcustomer.
hislawyersaidThursday. Hethoughtnothingofit
The referral to the U.S. whenheandhischildhood
attorney’s office for the friend and business part-
District of Columbia does ner,DonteRobinson,were
not mean McCabe will be approached at their table
charged, but it does raise and were asked if they
theprospectthatthelong- ALEXBRANDON/AP2017 needed help. The 23-year- JACQUELINELARMA/AP
timelawenforcementoffi- FormerFBIdeputydirectorAndrewMcCabewasfiredlast old entrepreneurs de- EntrepreneursRashonNelson,left,andDonteRobinson
cial could face a criminal month,twodaysbeforehisscheduledretirement. clined, explaining they werearrestedfortrespassingataPhiladelphiaStarbucks.
investigation into whether were just waiting for a
heillegallymisledofficials hassaidhenevermeantto general’sfindingsthatMc- businessmeeting. black man who at first night, when the district
abouthisauthorizationofa misleadanyone. Cabehadlied. Afewminuteslater,they staunchlydefendedhisof- attorneydeclinedtoprose-
news media disclosure. He said that as FBI “Ilikehimverymuchas hardly noticed when the ficers’handlingoftheinci- cutethem.
Prosecutors could decide deputydirector,hehadthe a person, but sometimes policecameintothecoffee dent. Nelson said he won-
to charge him if they con- authoritytoshareinforma- evengoodpeopledothings shop — until officers At a news conference, deredifhe’dmakeithome
cludeheintentionallylied. tion with the media and theyshouldn’tdo,” Comey started walking in their Rosssaidhe“failedmisera- alive.
McCabe’s lawyer, thathepermittedsubordi- said. direction. bly” in addressing the ar- “Any time I’m encoun-
Michael Bromwich, said natestodosointhiscaseto Lying to federal investi- “That’s when we knew rests.Hesaidthattheissue tered by cops, I can hon-
thestandardforaninspec- correct a false narrative gatorsisacrimepunishable shecalledthepoliceonus,” of race is not lost on him estlysayit’sathoughtthat
tor general referral is low thathehadtriedtostymie byuptofiveyearsinprison, NelsontoldTheAssociated and that he shouldn’t be runs through my mind,”
andheexpectedMcCabeto an FBI probe into the and some legal analysts Pressinthefirstinterview making things worse. Nelson said. “You never
avoidprosecution.“Weare ClintonFoundation. speculated in the wake of bythetwoblackmensince “Shame on me if, in any knowwhat’sgoingtohap-
confidentthat,unlessthere McCabe said that when thereportthattheinspec- videooftheirarrestsApril way, I’ve done that,” he pen.”
is inappropriate pressure hethoughthisanswershad tor general seemed to be 12,ostensiblyfortresspass- said. The men’s attorney,
from high levels of the been misunderstood, he layingoutacaseforaccus- ing, touched off a furor He also said the police Stewart Cohen, said they
administration,theU.S.At- went back and tried to ing McCabe of such con- aroundtheU.S.overracial departmentdidnothavea wereillegallyprofiled.
torney’s Office will con- correctthem. duct. The report alleged profiling. policy for dealing with Kevin Johnson, CEO of
cludethatitshoulddecline McCabetoldtheinspec- that one of McCabe’s lies Nelson and Robinson such situations but does theSeattle-basedcompany,
to prosecute,” Bromwich tor general’s office that he “was done knowingly and wereledawayinhandcuffs now,anditwillbereleased met with the men, called
saidinastatement. toldComeyafterthearticle intentionally” — a key as- fromtheshopinthecity’s soon. thearrests“reprehensible”
Last week, Inspector waspublishedthathehad pectofthefederalcrime. well-to-do Rittenhouse Nelson and Robinson and ordered more than
GeneralMichaelHorowitz allowed the officials to Attorney General Jeff Squareneighborhoodinan saidtheywenttotheStar- 8,000 Starbucks stores
sent to Congress a report share the information and SessionsfiredMcCabelast incidentrecordedonacus- bucks to meet Andrew closedontheafternoonof
blastingMcCabe.Itsaidhe thatComeythoughtitwas month,twodaysbeforehis tomer’scellphone. Yaffe, a white local May 29 so that employees
inappropriatelyauthorized a “good” idea to rebut a scheduled retirement, on In the week since, the businessman,overapoten- can receive training on
the disclosure of sensitive one-sidednarrative. the recommendation of men have met with Star- tialrealestateopportunity. unconsciousbias.
information to the media, But Comey is quoted in FBI disciplinary officials bucks’ CEO, who has Three officers showed up The men said they are
then lied repeatedly to in- the report as saying Mc- whosaidMcCabehadbeen apologized, and they have notlongafter. Nelson said looking for more lasting
vestigators examining the Cabenevertoldhimhehad dishonest in interviews started pushing for lasting they weren’t questioned results and are in media-
matter.Thereportdetailed approvedsharingdetailsof withinvestigators. change at the coffee-shop but were told to leave tion with Starbucks to
allegations that McCabe the call and had left him JusticeDepartmentoffi- chain, including new poli- immediately. make changes, including
had deceived investigators with the opposite impres- cials declined to comment ciesondiscriminationand Yaffe showed up as the new policies on customer
abouthisroleinapproving sion. Thursday. ejectingcustomers. men were being hand- ejections and racial dis-
the disclosure, even as he “I don’t remember ex- President Donald “We do want to make cuffed. Nelson and Rob- crimination.
lashedoutatothersinthe actlyhow,butIremember Trump,whohasrepeatedly sure it doesn’t happen to insoncalmlycooperated. “You go from being
FBIforleaks. someformorfashionandit attacked McCabe and anybody again,” Robinson “When you know that someone who’s just trying
The report concluded could have been like ‘Can Comey,tweetedThursday: said. “What if it wasn’t us you did nothing wrong, tobeanentrepreneur,hav-
that McCabe had misled youbelievethiscrap?How “James Comey just threw sittingthere?Whatifitwas howdoyoureallyreactto ing your own dreams and
investigators and his own doesthisstuffgetout’kind Andrew McCabe ‘under the kid that didn’t know it?” Nelson said. “You can aspirations, and then this
boss, then-Director James ofthing?”Comeyisquoted the bus.’ Inspector Gener- somebodythatknewsome- either be ignorant or you happens,” Nelson said.
Comey,abouthisroleinan assayinginthereport.“But al’sReportonMcCabeisa body? Do they make it to can show some type of “Howdoyouhandleit?Do
October 2016 Wall Street Itookfromwhatevercom- disaster for both of them! jail? Do they die? What sophistication and act like youstandup?Doyoufight?
Journal article on an FBI municationwehadthathe Gettingalittle(lot)oftheir happens?” you have class. That was Do you sit down and just
investigationintotheClin- wasn’tinvolvedinit.” ownmedicine?” On Thursday, they also thechoicewehad.” watch everyone else fight
tonFoundation. ComeysaidThursdayon gotanapologyfromPhila- Nelson and Robinson foryou?Doyouletitslide,
McCabe disputes many CNN that he felt “con- The Washington Post con- delphia Police Commis- spenthoursinajailcelland like we let everything else
ofthereport’sfindingsand flicted”abouttheinspector tributed. sioner Richard Ross, a were released after mid- slidewithinjustice?”