Kim Foxx under fire for saying Jussie Smollett faced ‘kangaroo prosecution’

by JimThackerSAFE24 | Mar 11, 2022 | Chicago Crime, Illinois Crime, Illinois News, National News, News & Events

CHICAGO – After disgraced actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced Thursday to 150 days in jail for staging a hoax hate crime, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx lambasted the court proceedings as “mob justice” and a politically motivated...

Chicago sets a new record for February carjacking reports — up 18% over last year (and up 390% compared to February 2019)

by JimThackerSAFE24 | Mar 11, 2022 | Illinois Crime, Illinois News, National News, News & Events

Carjacking reports increased 18% in February compared to the same month last year, according to the latest info from CPD. But you wouldn’t know that by the way the department framed its monthly “crime is down” press release yesterday. More on that in a minute. One of...

NYPD subway crimes skyrocket over 200% in week after Mayor Eric Adams deploys more police, services

by JimThackerSAFE24 | Mar 11, 2022 | Illinois Crime, Illinois News, National News, News & Events

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com New York City subway crimes skyrocketed by more than 200% this past week compared to the same time in 2021, after several reports of heinous attacks in the transit system and despite Mayor Eric Adams’s crackdown efforts. There...

Gov. Youngkin signs first veto on policing auditor bill

by JimThackerSAFE24 | Mar 11, 2022 | Illinois News, National News, News & Events

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, signed his first veto Tuesday on a bill that would have created a politically appointed independent policing auditor hired directly by the Arlington County Board of Supervisors. H.B. 670, which reached Youngkin’s desk after...

Downtown Seattle bakery closes, citing excessive crime, after fatal shooting Sunday

by JimThackerSAFE24 | Mar 8, 2022 | National News, News & Events

It wasn’t just the fatal shooting Sunday that led Olga Sagan to close her Piroshky Piroshky bakery in downtown Seattle. Last week someone was shot and injured near the bakery’s location near Third Avenue and Pike Street, Sagan said. When she tried to open the store...

What’s this Mag Mile mall worth? A lot less than it was.

by JimThackerSAFE24 | Mar 3, 2022 | National News, News & Events

A California mall owner has sold its 50% stake in the Shops at North Bridge to its partner in a deal that offers a reminder of just how far the Magnificent Mile has fallen. Several years after floating ambitious plans to expand the Shops at North Bridge on North...