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Jonathan Ballew

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Chicago Protesters March Over ‘Sick and Sad’ Police Killing of 13-Year-Old Adam Toledo Original

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By Jonathan Ballew
| The Daily Beast
CHICAGO—Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Logan Square Park on the city’s Northwest Side on Friday evening to demand justice for Adam Toledo, the seventh-grader whose death at the hands of a police officer last month has shaken much of the city to its core. The protest kicked off around 5:30 p.m., and protesters began marching down Milwaukee Ave. at 7 p.m. The event started out peacefully, but anger was palpable among the crowd.
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Thread by @JCB_Journo on Thread Reader App

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By Jonathan Ballew
| threadreaderapp.com
I am reading through the 124 page Inspector General report on @Chicago_Police Here is a THREAD with things that stick out to me. Link to the IG report if you want to verify: igchicago.org/2021/02/18/rep… The report is from May 29-June 7 2020.
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No Charges for Kenosha Cop Rusten Sheskey Who Shot Jacob Blake in the Back Seven Times

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By Pilar Melendez , Jonathan Ballew, Rachel Olding 
| The Daily Beast
KENOSHA, Wisconsin—The white police officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back will not be charged for the August incident that paralyzed the Black man from the waist down and set off a wave of unrest over police brutality, the district attorney announced on Tuesday. Officer Rusten Sheskey shot Blake in August 2020 as the 29-year-old tried to get into a van with his children.
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