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Chicago police officer beaten with brass knuckles, teeth knocked out in McKinley Park attack – CBS2 (Chicago)
Officer Kevin Mangan had responded to a location where three people had pulled up and blocked an ambulance from leaving a separate scene in McKinley Park. When Mangan started writing that ticket, police said a 30-year-old woman started banging on a squad car. Then she and a 33-year-old man attacked Mangan.
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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Even if the they catch him he will be released within hours and gone wth the wind
This is terrible. But look what Trump did for the people who killed a couple of Capital Police.
Jan. 6 rioters and election deniers celebrate Trump’s $1.8 billion compensation fund | CNN Politics
‘This is long overdue’: Jan. 6 rioters and election deniers celebrate Trump’s $1.8 billion compensation fund
No capital police died.
One had a heart attack later nothing to do with it. You have TDS.
You are a big part of the problem. Not one Capitol Police officer was killed on January 6th. The only person killed was Ashli Babbitt and she was unarmed and murdered by a Capitol Police Officer. Were there January 6th rioters who should have been arrested and prosecuted? Absolutely. Not all, but some. The problem was that the ones who deserved to be arrested, were overcharged, held without bail, held and never formally charged etc. and they were pardoned because the Biden administration abused the justice system. Same thing happens here in Shitcago when the justice system screws up. Guilty… Read more »
What an idiot you are says everybody you know
Whataboutisim rides again
Over 140 law enforcement officers—including dozens of U.S. Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department officers—were injured during the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The U.S. Government Accountability Office has tallied at least 174 total officer injuries that day. PBS +2 Officers sustained a wide range of injuries, including broken bones, lacerations, chemical burns, cracked ribs, smashed spinal discs, and traumatic brain injuries from being beaten with pipes, bats, and their own riot shields. Police1 +2 You can read more about the firsthand accounts of the attack on the Department of Justice case files page or explore institutional overviews on… Read more »
Attempted murder? No, most likely aggravated assault/ battery and no mention of a hate crime for specifically targeting a policeman. That’s Brandon/ JB’s “ F—k the police!” IL for you.
I hope the police cameras got enough for facial recognition and I hope the cameras go blank when they find them. Old time justice needed here
High hopes in a state where facial recognition is on the ropes, SpotShotter was catching the wrong folks then summarily ceased ( with the promised replacement nowhere to be found) and people with a grudge against police are sitting on a police advisory ( adversary ) board deciding the fate of officers involved in a “ negative interaction “ .
If I’m not mistaken the facial recognition bill never hit the floor. Brought to us by the senator whose district has Loyoa in it and was used to catch the killer.
Why don’t you do a little work and check to see if it indeed never hit the floor before commenting?
I must’ve misread wirepoints yesterday as the way I read the article it never hit the floor. My fault
Lawmakers end push to stop police from using facial recognition to catch violent criminals – CWB Chicago
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/05/lawmakers-end-push-to-stop-police-from-using-facial-recognition-to-catch-violent-criminals.html