Chicago activists sympathize with Baltimore
Brenden Moore
May 3, 2015
A “teach-in” was held on DePaul’s Loop campus Wednesday night to explain the controversial acquittal of a Chicago detective charged with manslaughter in the 2012 death of Rekia Boyd, a 22-year-old African American woman. Read More »...
Baltimore burning: Police brutality and its rampancy in the U.S.
Rachel Hinton
May 3, 2015
On April 25, Freddie Gray’s name was added to a growing list of unarmed black men killed by police. What followed news of his death mirrored the riots and protests after the death of Trayvon Martin in February 2012, the death of Mike Brown in August 2014 and the death of Eric Garner late last year. Read More »...
Baltimore riots: Policing the police
May 3, 2015
In the midst of Freddie Gray’s death and the Baltimore riots, an injustice in Chicago has gone practically unnoticed by the national news media. While headlines reading “unarmed black man shot by police” have become so common they have practically lost their shock value, the unjust trial for unarmed 22-year-old Rekia Boyd, an African American Chicago resident shot and kill...
Xavier Ortega, Photo Editor
December 8, 2019 • 1 Comment
On a cold, cloudy Chicago night of about 38 degrees Fahrenheit, DePaul hosted the Chicago Sleep Out on...
DePaul student charged with writing software for ISIS waives preliminary hearing
December 6, 2019
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffery Cole agreed Friday morning to waive the preliminary...
Man stabbed on Red Line at Fullerton stop
December 6, 2019
A man was stabbed Friday morning on a Red Line train at the Fullerton stop by...
Chicago mayor fires city’s top cop over ‘ethical lapses’
December 2, 2019
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired the city’s retiring police superintendent...