By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Eighteen Chicago Police officers were injured in a protest Friday, the department said in a statement.A large group gathered for a protest around 4:20 p.m. local time, the department said. Officers were there “providing security and protecting their First Amendment right to peaceful assembly,” the statement said.Approaching a statue of Christopher Columbus, some people in the crowd used rocks, fireworks, frozen bottles and other objects to attack officers, the statement said.The attack resulted in 18 officers injured, the statement said....…By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Eighteen Chicago Police officers were injured in a protest Friday, the department said in a statement.A large group gathered for a protest around 4:20 p.m. local time, the department said. Officers were there “providing security and protecting their First Amendment right to peaceful assembly,” the statement said.Approaching a statue of Christopher Columbus, some people in the crowd used rocks, fireworks, frozen bottles and other objects to attack officers, the statement said.The attack resulted in 18 officers injured, the statement said....WW…

(CNN)Protesters gathered near Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's home on Saturday night, a day after violent clashes left police and protesters injured, .Saturday's protest contrasted with the one on in Grant Park and tried to bring down a statue of Christopher Columbus.Chicago Police said that 18 officers were injured in the protest after some people in the crowd used rocks, fireworks, frozen bottles and other objects to attack officers, according to a statement. Some of the injured officers were taken to area hospitals by paramedics for further treatment and others were treated at the...…(CNN)Protesters gathered near Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's home on Saturday night, a day after violent clashes left police and protesters injured, .Saturday's protest contrasted with the one on in Grant Park and tried to bring down a statue of Christopher Columbus.Chicago Police said that 18 officers were injured in the protest after some people in the crowd used rocks, fireworks, frozen bottles and other objects to attack officers, according to a statement. Some of the injured officers were taken to area hospitals by paramedics for further treatment and others were treated at the...WW…

(CNN)A video posted online appears to show two Chicago police officers shooting a man at a busy train station after struggling to restrain him.Police say two officers were trying to arrest a man at the Grand station on the CTA Red Line on Friday when the shooting took place. The officers stopped the man because he was moving between two train cars, a city ordinance violation, according to a statement from the Chicago Police Department.A video recorded by a bystander shows the officers struggling to restrain a man near an escalator at the station. The officers take the man down and within...…(CNN)A video posted online appears to show two Chicago police officers shooting a man at a busy train station after struggling to restrain him.Police say two officers were trying to arrest a man at the Grand station on the CTA Red Line on Friday when the shooting took place. The officers stopped the man because he was moving between two train cars, a city ordinance violation, according to a statement from the Chicago Police Department.A video recorded by a bystander shows the officers struggling to restrain a man near an escalator at the station. The officers take the man down and within...WW…

(CNN)Minneapolis police officers will no longer be allowed to deactivate their body cameras in order to hold private conversations during the course of their response to an incident, according to a statement Monday from Mayor Jacob Frey and Chief Medaria Arradondo.It is one of that have been implemented by Minneapolis and its police department following the in May at the hands of and the national e.Policy changes already adopted include requiring police and purpose before entering a situations, except in certain circumstances like hostage standoffs, and . The city has also revised the...…(CNN)Minneapolis police officers will no longer be allowed to deactivate their body cameras in order to hold private conversations during the course of their response to an incident, according to a statement Monday from Mayor Jacob Frey and Chief Medaria Arradondo.It is one of that have been implemented by Minneapolis and its police department following the in May at the hands of and the national e.Policy changes already adopted include requiring police and purpose before entering a situations, except in certain circumstances like hostage standoffs, and . The city has also revised the...WW…

(CNN)Legendary talk show host and former CNN interviewer has Covid-19, according to a source close to the family.King, 87, has been hospitalized at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for more than a week, the source said. Due to protocols at the hospital, King's three sons have been unable to visit him, according to the source. King, who has Type 2 diabetes, has confronted a series of medical issues over the years, including several heart attacks and quintuple bypass surgery in 1987. In 2017, King and successfully underwent surgery to treat it. He also to address angina. His own...…(CNN)Legendary talk show host and former CNN interviewer has Covid-19, according to a source close to the family.King, 87, has been hospitalized at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for more than a week, the source said. Due to protocols at the hospital, King's three sons have been unable to visit him, according to the source. King, who has Type 2 diabetes, has confronted a series of medical issues over the years, including several heart attacks and quintuple bypass surgery in 1987. In 2017, King and successfully underwent surgery to treat it. He also to address angina. His own...WW…

By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A Minneapolis judge on Thursday rejected a defense request for a change of venue in the trial of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death.Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill also ruled the ex-cops will be tried at the same time in the county on March 8 for charges stemming from a death that was caught on video and became part of a rally cry for police brutality around the country.Defense lawyers argued that publicity surrounding the high-profile case would prevent the officers from getting a fair trial and they...…By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A Minneapolis judge on Thursday rejected a defense request for a change of venue in the trial of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death.Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill also ruled the ex-cops will be tried at the same time in the county on March 8 for charges stemming from a death that was caught on video and became part of a rally cry for police brutality around the country.Defense lawyers argued that publicity surrounding the high-profile case would prevent the officers from getting a fair trial and they...WW…

(CNN)A police officer who fatally shot a Black man in a Chicago suburb this week has been fired, authorities said Friday.The officer had fired into a vehicle that authorities say was reversing as he approached on late Tuesday in Waukegan, killing the passenger and leaving the driver, a Black woman, hospitalized, police said."The City of Waukegan terminated the officer that discharged his firearm during that incident, for multiple policy and procedure violations," Waukegan Police Chief Wayne Walles said Friday in a news release, without detailing those violations or naming the...…(CNN)A police officer who fatally shot a Black man in a Chicago suburb this week has been fired, authorities said Friday.The officer had fired into a vehicle that authorities say was reversing as he approached on late Tuesday in Waukegan, killing the passenger and leaving the driver, a Black woman, hospitalized, police said."The City of Waukegan terminated the officer that discharged his firearm during that incident, for multiple policy and procedure violations," Waukegan Police Chief Wayne Walles said Friday in a news release, without detailing those violations or naming the...WW…

(CNN)A Hennepin County judge has dropped a third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, but denied the defendant's motion to dismiss two other charges against him.Chauvin still faces the higher charge of second-degree unintentional murder and a second-degree manslaughter charge in Floyd's death on May 25, which sparked nationwide protests and a reckoning over race and policing this summer. Chauvin, who , was seen in videos of the incident kneeling on Floyd's neck for almost eight minutes, while the Black man told Chauvin...…(CNN)A Hennepin County judge has dropped a third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, but denied the defendant's motion to dismiss two other charges against him.Chauvin still faces the higher charge of second-degree unintentional murder and a second-degree manslaughter charge in Floyd's death on May 25, which sparked nationwide protests and a reckoning over race and policing this summer. Chauvin, who , was seen in videos of the incident kneeling on Floyd's neck for almost eight minutes, while the Black man told Chauvin...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Jeremiah “Jerry” Harris, one of the students featured in Netflix’s breakout docuseries “Cheer,” has been arrested on a production of child pornography charge, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Fitzpatrick.Harris, 21, is accused of “enticing an underage boy to produce sexually explicit videos and photos of himself,” according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago.The minor was 13 at the time, the complaint said.A representative for Harris did not immediately return CNN’s request for comment via email.Harris...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Jeremiah “Jerry” Harris, one of the students featured in Netflix’s breakout docuseries “Cheer,” has been arrested on a production of child pornography charge, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Fitzpatrick.Harris, 21, is accused of “enticing an underage boy to produce sexually explicit videos and photos of himself,” according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago.The minor was 13 at the time, the complaint said.A representative for Harris did not immediately return CNN’s request for comment via email.Harris...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — An inmate at a Chicago jail posed as a fellow detainee, put on a face mask and was mistakenly released, officials the Cook County Sheriff’s Office said.Quintin Henderson, 28, was set to be released from the Cook County jail on May 2 “for a narcotics charge when he provided his personal information to Jahquez Scott for a promise of $1,000,’ the sheriff’s office said in a statement.“Scott, 21, wearing a mask, then used Henderson’s full name and personal information to pose as Henderson and left custody on Henderson’s I-bond,” the statement...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — An inmate at a Chicago jail posed as a fellow detainee, put on a face mask and was mistakenly released, officials the Cook County Sheriff’s Office said.Quintin Henderson, 28, was set to be released from the Cook County jail on May 2 “for a narcotics charge when he provided his personal information to Jahquez Scott for a promise of $1,000,’ the sheriff’s office said in a statement.“Scott, 21, wearing a mask, then used Henderson’s full name and personal information to pose as Henderson and left custody on Henderson’s I-bond,” the statement...WW…