Despite Mayor’s Claim, City Tried To Stop Release Of Video Showing Police Running Over Woman – Block Club Chicago

The videos, comprised of footage from body cameras worn by two police officers, show Martina Standley laying in the street, bleeding from her head and her leg crushed under the SUV’s tire. It was at least eight minutes before paramedics arrived to treat Standley Nov. 13, 2019, near 71st Street and Jeffery Avenue in South Shore.

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A statewide concern: Illinois’ population decline outpaces neighboring states – Wirepoints on ABC20 Champaign

“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”

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