June Episode Chicago Neighborhood News

The last weekend in May was uplifted by peaceful protests and marred by excessive violence and destruction in response to the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after being pinned to the ground for nearly nine minutes with a white police officer’s knee on his neck.

Some headlines:

Rioters take their fight to the North Side

A Cop is injured when suspected looters strike with a U-Haul truck in River North

A woman scrawls graffiti on the Walmart at Broadway and Diversey and a Target store also closed after a looter gained access to the store.

Loneliness may be a health risk

Exodus underway at some downtown skyscrapers

Budtenders plan to unionize

Woman carjacked in Streeterville

Seven year old raises money for Children’s Hospital