Some Black Chicago police retirees on Friday mounted a rare public demonstration by cops against the union for the city’s rank-and-file officers, slamming its new president for threatening to expel members who kneel with protesters following George Floyd’s killing by the Minneapolis police and criticizing the union’s resistance to proposals aimed at increasing police accountability.Friday’s protest, attended by about two-dozen former officers and community allies, took place in the rain in front of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 hall on the Near West Side.“The dues-paying FOP members...…Some Black Chicago police retirees on Friday mounted a rare public demonstration by cops against the union for the city’s rank-and-file officers, slamming its new president for threatening to expel members who kneel with protesters following George Floyd’s killing by the Minneapolis police and criticizing the union’s resistance to proposals aimed at increasing police accountability.Friday’s protest, attended by about two-dozen former officers and community allies, took place in the rain in front of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 hall on the Near West Side.“The dues-paying FOP members...WW…

Updated Saturday, April 18, at 9:50 a.m.Nursing home residents account for one in every four Cook County deaths resulting from the novel coronavirus, a WBEZ analysis of medical examiner’s data has found.Those deaths as of Friday morning totaled 200 of the county’s confirmed 776 COVID-19 deaths, the analysis found.The vast majority of the 316 state-licensed nursing homes in the county, which includes Chicago, have managed to avoid any reported COVID-19 deaths so far.But at least 76, or 24%, of those nursing homes have had at least one death due to the virus. Of those, 31 facilities have...…Updated Saturday, April 18, at 9:50 a.m.Nursing home residents account for one in every four Cook County deaths resulting from the novel coronavirus, a WBEZ analysis of medical examiner’s data has found.Those deaths as of Friday morning totaled 200 of the county’s confirmed 776 COVID-19 deaths, the analysis found.The vast majority of the 316 state-licensed nursing homes in the county, which includes Chicago, have managed to avoid any reported COVID-19 deaths so far.But at least 76, or 24%, of those nursing homes have had at least one death due to the virus. Of those, 31 facilities have...WW…

The novel coronavirus has sickened people in nearly a third of Illinois nursing homes, a WBEZ analysis of state data shows.The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday afternoon posted data showing laboratory-confirmed cases in 460 — more than 31% — of the state’s 1,470 long-term-care facilities and assisted-living establishments.Nursing homes accounted for 1,975 — nearly 49% — of the state’s 4,058 coronavirus deaths.Two Chicago-area facilities led the state for COVID-19 deaths tied to nursing homes, according to the IDPH figures.Center Home for Hispanic Elderly, a 156-bed facility at...…The novel coronavirus has sickened people in nearly a third of Illinois nursing homes, a WBEZ analysis of state data shows.The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday afternoon posted data showing laboratory-confirmed cases in 460 — more than 31% — of the state’s 1,470 long-term-care facilities and assisted-living establishments.Nursing homes accounted for 1,975 — nearly 49% — of the state’s 4,058 coronavirus deaths.Two Chicago-area facilities led the state for COVID-19 deaths tied to nursing homes, according to the IDPH figures.Center Home for Hispanic Elderly, a 156-bed facility at...WW…