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Extra Extra: Emanuel Calls Shooting Of Baby 'Senseless, Despicable Act Of Violence'

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Mar 12, 2013 11:00PM


  • Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday afternoon that the shooting death of a 6-month-old baby girl was "a senseless, despicable act of violence that is heartbreaking." Watch video of his statements below. [DNAinfo]

  • William Beavers plans to tell jurors in his tax evasion trial he refused to be a “stool pigeon.” This should go over well. [Sun-Times]

  • Police say thieves are using tow trucks to steal cars. [CBS]

  • Few legislators showed up to a hearing on the relationship between mental health and guns. Surely they all have reasons for their truancy, right? [WBEZ]

  • Cops have to make split-second, life-and-death decisions. Why in the world do some police departments allow them to have alcohol in their bloodstream? [Better Government Association]

  • Phish will play three shows at the Charter One Pavilion on Northerly Island in July. [Phish]
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