Good afternoon! It’s Monday, and I’m so vicariously delighted by the pictures from this weekend’s Savannah Bananas exhibition video games. Right here’s what else it’s essential to know right this moment.
1. Chicago Public Faculties college students headed again to class
Scholar Daniel Lopez stated he was enthusiastic about beginning third grade, particularly math. His mother stated she needed to scurry him to high school, as he likes to cease alongside the best way and have a look at the caterpillars and different bugs.
In the meantime, Amelia Estrich watched her daughter be part of a line of kindergartners on a playground.
“She’s 5. It feels very younger,” Estrich stated, with tears in her eyes. “She’s prepared for this new expertise. It’s simply — it’s a much bigger college, it’s a much bigger area. … So, it’s quite a lot of new for all of us.”
These have been two of the greater than 300,000 Chicago Public Faculties college students who returned to lessons this morning, write my colleagues Sarah Karp and Emmanuel Camarillo. Mayor Brandon Johnson and different college officers have been additionally out this morning to welcome youngsters and lecturers alike.
“Go searching you all: Black, brown, white, Asian. You might have individuals from very completely different experiences who’re all coming collectively collectively to make sure that our youngsters are absolutely supported,” Johnson stated. “And that’s crucial factor right here.” [WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times]
In the meantime, WBEZ’s schooling desk pulled collectively 5 main tendencies to observe over the approaching 12 months, together with threats from the federal authorities and staffing issues in colleges. [WBEZ]
And right here’s a have a look at what excessive schoolers are sporting on the primary day of college. [WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times]
2. The Chicago cop who fatally shot companion Krystal Rivera was stripped of his police powers — however not for that
The motion got here days after the Chicago Solar-Instances and the Illinois Solutions Mission reported {that a} feminine officer accused him of attacking her at a bar in Wicker Park. In that incident, Officer Carlos Baker and one other girl allegedly pressured the officer to delete movies of the assault taken on her cellphone, in accordance with police sources. Throughout an argument over the movies, Baker and the lady allegedly hit the opposite officer within the face.
A police spokesperson confirmed Baker was relieved of his police powers in gentle of the brand new accusations. Timothy Grace, Baker’s police union lawyer, stated Baker wasn’t concerned in any bar battle and didn’t abuse his authority by attempting to personally examine the incident. CBS Chicago beforehand reported Baker allegedly known as a neighboring enterprise, recognized himself as an investigator and requested for entry to the surveillance cameras. The town’s Civilian Workplace of Police Accountability is investigating however declined to remark.
In his quick time as a Chicago cop, Baker has confronted a lot of disciplinary points, together with a criticism that he approached a lady he met on Instagram at a bar, then lifted his shirt to disclose a gun in his waistband when he noticed her with one other man. [Chicago Sun-Times]
3. Chicago settled the ShotSpotter lawsuit however considers bringing the gunshot detection system again
The swimsuit, settled for $90,000, claimed Chicago police used the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system as a pretext for illegal stops, Solar-Instances contributor Bob Chiarito writes. A lawyer for the plaintiffs stated a concession from town was as necessary because the financial compensation.
“We have been capable of get town to agree {that a} ShotSpotter alert doesn’t give police justification to cease or pat down somebody who occurs to be close to the placement of the alert,” stated Daniel Massoglia, director of the civil rights clinic at First Protection Authorized Support. “[… W]hen ShotSpotter was in operation, we noticed repeatedly police stops that violated the Fourth Modification.”
Mayor Johnson campaigned on eliminating ShotSpotter and has referred to the know-how as “a walkie-talkie on a pole” and a waste of taxpayer cash. He let the ShotSpotter contract lapse final September, however his administration has since opened up bidding on a brand new contract for gunshot-detection know-how. Eight companies, together with ShotSpotter’s father or mother firm, SoundThinking, have submitted bids. [Chicago Sun-Times]
4. Tattoo elimination might give some incarcerated Illinoisans a clean slate
Stroll right into a small room throughout the DuPage County Jail in Wheaton and also you’ll discover the one state-licensed tattoo studio positioned inside a jail or jail in Illinois, writes my colleague Lauren Frost. This ink store is much less about what new photographs are going onto their pores and skin and extra about what’s getting coated up.
Gang tattoos. Hate symbols. Branding marks from human trafficking. Scars from bullet wounds or self-harm. Briefly, something that may make it onerous for an individual to maneuver ahead.
On a current summer season morning, artist Sammi Agonis from Empire Tattoos was working with a shopper who requested to go solely by his first title, Terrell. On his arm, over an identical tattoo he received with mates, she inked a silvery black wolf — a lone wolf, Terrell stated.
“I used to be principally doing issues to show myself to others,” he stated. “However now I’m on the level the place I’m choosing and selecting what I need to placed on my physique, and never what … the entire group says we should always placed on ourselves. It’s liberating.” [WBEZ]
5. The Lane Tech grad behind ‘Fastened’ from Netflix drew inspiration from his highschool buddies
Not the neutered half, although, my colleague Mitch Dudek confirms. That was dreamed up on the spot by Genndy Tartakovsky when Hollywood studio execs stated the concept for his animated buddy movie wanted one thing extra.
“It was a kind of issues like lightning struck, and I stated, ‘What in the event that they’re canines, and one in all them finds out he’s going to get neutered within the morning?’” stated Tartakovsky, whose directing resume consists of “Dexter’s Laboratory,” “Powerpuff Women,” “Samurai Jack,” “Primal” and the film “Resort Transylvania.”
The canines are voiced by actors Adam DeVine, Idris Elba, Kathryn Hahn and Fred Armisen. For the script, Tartakovsky reached out to 2 mates from his highschool days (Lane Tech, class of 1988) who had writing chops — Steve Greenberg, a Solar-Instances sports activities reporter, and Wealthy Lufrano, an promoting copywriter — for dialogue based mostly on the banter — ribbing, principally — that occurred after they all received collectively. [WBEZ]
Right here’s what else is occurring
- Home windows shattered within the lobbies of at the least three Lake View rental buildings Friday as jets practiced for the annual Chicago Air and Water Present, residents stated. [Chicago Sun-Times]
- Texas Democrats who sought refuge in Illinois for 2 weeks to dam passage of recent Republican-friendly congressional maps of their state returned house right this moment, of their phrases, “victorious.” [WBEZ]
- The leaders of Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Finland, the European Union and NATO joined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he meets with President Donald Trump right this moment on the White Home. [Reuters]
- Hurricane Erin, the primary Atlantic storm to achieve hurricane standing this season, could not make landfall however might trigger “life-threatening surf and rip currents” alongside a lot of the East Coast. [NPR]
Oh, and yet another factor …
From the surface, the Klairmont Kollections museum appears like another brick industrial constructing. However packed inside its two flooring are one-of-a-kind and vintage autos — and full-scale mannequin planes.
“This museum was an unbelievable present place, loaded with distinctive, attractive collectible vehicles and all kinds of memorabilia on the partitions and gorgeous sights alongside the vehicles on the ground,” stated Alfred Klairmont, son of collector Larry Klairmont. “Anyone who visited this museum was completely floored at what a beautiful automobile assortment and museum this was.”
These aren’t simply extraordinary vehicles, writes my Solar-Instances colleague Kade Heather. They embody a gold-leaf plated 1920 Pierce Arrow; a customized blue-and-silver 1983 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur decked out in 1 million Swarovski crystals; and a futuristic, remote-control prototype 1956 Golden Sahara II with one-of-a-kind glowing tires. He even owned a duplicate Scooby-Doo Thriller Machine and a 1960 “Munsters” Coffinmobile.
The museum has remained open since Larry Klairmont died in 2021 at 94, however it is going to shut subsequent month, and his assortment of vehicles and memorabilia will probably be bought. The highway artwork items and memorabilia on the market embody steel indicators, neon indicators, engine shows, bicycles, reproduction jukeboxes, Batman statues, a Ronald McDonald statue, mannequin planes and miniature vehicles. [Chicago Sun-Times]
Inform me one thing good …
I so admire third-grader Daniel Lopez and his intuition to squat down and look at each bug he finds on the best way to high school. Paying consideration even on our most mundane outings can yield some unbelievable finds.
That’s received me questioning — what’s probably the most memorable object you’ve present in an sudden place?
I’ll always remember mucking round a pal’s yard in southern Ohio and pulling up rocks embossed with tiny seashells, however I’m additionally fairly keen on the small rubber whale that after greeted me on a Hyde Park sidewalk, each of which appeared removed from their pure habitats.
Be happy to electronic mail me, and your response could also be included within the publication this week.
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