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Kansas revokes driver’s licenses from trans residents in latest assault on rights

Law demanding IDs match ‘sex at birth’ also includes bathroom ban provision for trans people in public buildings

The Guardian - US

New law puts Kansas at vanguard of denying trans identities on drivers licenses, birth certificates

Kansas is set to invalidate about 1,700 driver's licenses held by transgender residents and roughly as many of their birth certificates

The Independent UK

A community can gentrify without losing its identity -- examples from Pittsburgh, Boston and Newark of what works

How can neighborhoods gentrify without erasing their heart and voice?

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Hearings to determine whether to fire Chicago cop who fatally shot Adam Toledo begin next month

Officer Eric Stillman chased Toledo into an alley in Little Village in March 2021 and fired a single shot into the boy’s chest, a split-second after Toledo dropped a handgun and raised his hands.

Chicago Sun-Times

Big issues in Gardiner’s reelection bid in 45th Ward are crime, development — and Gardiner himself

Ald. Jim Gardiner faces five contenders in the Northwest Side ward — and a string of scandals. While the first term incumbent has name recognition, it’s not necessarily the kind of recognition a candidate wants among potential voters.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man was holding gun when he was shot by Chicago cop in North Lawndale, oversights agency says

Javontay Kindred, 25, was charged with several felonies after being critically wounded in the police shooting Monday morning in the 2100 block of South St. Louis Avenue.

Chicago Sun-Times

Paris Men's Fashion Week goes psychedelic and globe-trotting

Men’s Fashion Week in Paris was in top form with a second day of runway shows touting a dynamic season

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Chicago police officer who shot and killed Adam Toledo faces firing

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police officer who shot and killed 13-year-old Adam Toledo during a foot chase in 2021 is facing firing after an investigation by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability concluded the shooting violated department policy.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago cop who fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo now facing dismissal

Officer Eric Stillman chased Toledo into an alley in Little Village in March 2021 and fired a single shot into the teen’s chest, a split-second after the teen dropped a handgun and raised his hands.

Chicago Sun-Times

Agency releases report detailing findings of probe into Chicago officer's fatal shooting of Anthony Alvarez

CHICAGO — The Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) released its summary report Wednesday that details its investigation’s findings and recommendations in the 2021 fatal shooting of Anthony Alvarez by a Chicago police officer.

Chicago Tribune

Civilian agency takes parting shot at Chicago’s top cop in final report on fatal police shooting of Anthony Alvarez

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability had recommended dismissal for the officer who fired the shots, but Supt. David Brown instead suspended him for 20 days.

Chicago Sun-Times

Picture Chicago: This week’s can’t miss photos

Music strikes a chord with Chicago as visits from Chris Stapleton and Roger Waters, along with the start of Lollapalooza, fill the air.

Chicago Sun-Times

Protesters express outrage after Chicago cop receives 20-day suspension for killing Anthony Alvarez

“This sets a dangerous precedent for all past and future victims of police brutality,” said Candice Choo-Kang, with the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police Board rejects recommendation for Chicago officer’s dismissal in Anthony Alvarez case, lawyer says

CHICAGO — The family attorney of Anthony Alvarez, who was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer following a foot chase in March 2021, said Thursday that the Police Board denied the Civilian Office of Police Accountability’s recommendation to fire the officer who shot Alvarez in the high-profile case.

Chicago Tribune

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The Independent UK

Attorney: Chicago cop who shot fleeing man will keep job

The family attorney of a man fatally shot by a Chicago police officer last year says the Chicago Police Board has denied a recommendation to fire the officer

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago cop who fatally shot Anthony Alvarez during foot chase gets 20-day suspension

Alvarez’s family said they were “appalled” by the decision, which they claimed “marks a continuation of the City of Chicago’s complicity in a loss of human life due to CPD’s decadeslong failure to enact a meaningful foot-pursuit policy.”

Asharq Al-Awsat

Givenchy Models Walk on Water in Paris Fashion Week

For the first major collection of Paris Fashion Week’s menswear season, Givenchy’s models walked on water. A giant font filled with milky-white water and frothing mist in the courtyard of the Ecole Militaire served as a fluid runway where models, often bare-chested and in waterproof footwear, stomped and splashed toward…

The Independent UK

Givenchy models walk on water in Paris Fashion Week

For the first major collection of Paris Fashion Week’s menswear season, Givenchy’s models walked on water

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Chicago police will no longer be allowed to chase people on foot

The new policy gives the department permanent rules about when officers can and can't engage in an activity that can endanger themselves, those they're chasing and bystanders.

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: June 21, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

The Independent UK

Chicago police banned from chasing people just because they run away following two fatal shootings

Deaths of Adam Toledo, 13, and Anthony Alvarez, 22, heaped pressure on Chicago police to change foot pursuit policy

Chicago Sun-Times

New Chicago Police Department policy bars officers from chasing a person simply for fleeing

The policy notably bars officers from chasing a person simply for fleeing, and advises them to reconsider pursuing someone who appears armed with a gun.

The Independent UK

Chicago police unveil long-awaited foot pursuit policy

A new foot pursuit policy prohibits Chicago police officers from chasing people simply because they run away or if they are suspected of committing minor offenses

Chicago Tribune

13-year-old carjacking suspect, apparently unarmed, shot by Chicago police

CHICAGO — A 13-year-old who authorities said was involved in a carjacking was shot and seriously wounded as he ran from Chicago police officers in the South Austin neighborhood Wednesday, according to Chicago police and fire officials.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police officers seldom charged in fatal shootings

Kim Foxx’s decision this week not to charge officers involved in the killings of Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez was not unusual, experts said.

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