According to police, the officers were driving in an unmarked vehicle when someone in a group of five people on the sidewalk opened fire.

“How are Chicagoans supposed to keep accepting reassurances that the city is strong and recoverable when every week adds to the tally of dead and wounded?”

“’There are days I see more boat traffic on the river than cars on the streets,’ said Lance Knez, vice president of Hines Interests and president of the Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago… ‘For people to come back to work, employers and employees must first feel safe.’ That applies both to office cleaning regimens and to what’s going on outside.”

“(M)embers of these gang factions have been actively searching for, and filming, police officers in performance of their official duties. The purpose of which is to catch on film an officer drawing his/her weapon on any subject and the subsequent ‘shoot on-site’ of said officer, in order to garner national media attention.”

Moody’s Investors branded that continued revenue decline a “credit negative” for the State of Illinois, which has a bond rating a Baa3/negative. That’s because state sales tax revenue serves as the “backstop” for McPier’s $2.9 billion in bonds, which are primarily bankrolled by tourism taxes, Moody’s said.

One owner said the city is arbitrarily drawing lines, issuing different rules for, as an example, a masked customer ordering a vodka soda at a restaurant and one ordering a craft beer at Beermiscuous. The tougher restrictions make it harder for bars to draw customers and serve them, she said.

Despite the high number of shootings weekend after weekend, police Supt. David Brown said homicides are actually down by about 50% since he sent the teams into neighborhoods the end of July. Shootings are down 18% over the last six weeks, compared with the six weeks before the teams were activated.

“… I need to push myself harder to work with people with whom I do not agree and who do not agree with me,” she said. “If you are focused on creating a better tomorrow for all of our residents, then I will be even more intentional in finding common ground with you.”

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According to Supt. David Brown, 41 officers were shot at so far this year and another 10 have been shot. “Whether they’re associated with a gang or not we’ve seen increasing violence throughout. Shooting babies and kids with impunity with no regard for innocent bystanders…I think overall there’s this sense of lawlessness.”

“The one-night ban is a blunt instrument that blocks legitimate reservations, such as business travel, to Chicago, hurting the eventual return of the tourism economy, tax revenue and income for responsible Airbnb hosts,” company spokesman Samuel Randall said.

CTU’s tweet quickly drew criticism, including from several CTU members themselves.

Gillian Darlow, the president of the Polk Bros. Foundation and one of READI’s funders, said the recent funding commitments by city and county governments were a step in the right direction, but acknowledged that anti-violence programs still need more financial support. “I see all of those entities’ budget contracts, and sources of revenue threatened, and I don’t know how that’s going to play out.”

“The main thing for me is just not knowing who to go to, who’s overall responsible for neighborhood safety,” said neighbor John Plant. “Should we just email the mayor? It feels like there’s a bit of a vacuum between the brass of city government.”

“It’s smoke and mirrors,” said Terry Wells, mayor of Phoenix, as he and other leaders of the Southland Regional Mayoral Black Caucus shared their concerns with the Daily Southtown.

Under the potential plan, students would be assigned to spaces with kids of the same age group and an adult who will supervise the children but won’t be an educator who could help with learning.

“It makes it harder for people to find areas of agreement and devise remedies that both sides can accept. It encourages people to see each other as irredeemable enemies. It fosters bitterness and despair. As a political weapon, violence and intimidation are nonsensical strategies. How many voters are likely to be persuaded to change their views by being shouted down or threatened?”