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In wake of CPS closings, 2 principals become friends
The first time they met, neither of the Far South Side school principals was sure what to expect. Taquia Hylton's school, West Pullman Elementary, is slated to be shut as part of the district's plan to close 54 schools in June. Its approximately 300...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School, Parenting, Garfield Park, Students
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2 moms divided by murder trial
The two mothers passed in the hallway every morning. They never spoke, and they avoided eye contact, but each was keenly aware of the other. Both dutifully took their places in the two front rows of Courtroom 202, behind a wall of tinted windows...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Court Preliminary, Juvenile Delinquency, Fenger High School, Entertainment
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The detectives who remember the children
The other day at lunch, two Chicago police detectives, Bill Sullivan and Michele Moore-Grose, were talking with me about the murder cases they've been working and the young people shot dead. They brought up a movie to explain what they see in Chicago....
Tags: Shootings, Prosecution, Fenger High School, Hadiya Pendleton, Murder
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An unhinged Chicago intrudes
Chicago is brassy and muscular and loves, maybe lives, to strut into most any spotlight. The barons and baronesses of commerce, the occasional Bulls star, a corrupt governor or two, the mono-named TV hostess, the vicious snowstorms — they matter...
Tags: Al Capone, Executive Branch, Laws, Government, State of the Union Address
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Beating of Chicago teen filmed, posted online
CHICAGO (AP) — Six teenagers were being questioned by Chicago police Tuesday after a video was posted online showing the brutal beating of a 17-year-old by unknown assailants who can be heard repeating racial slurs and making derogatory comments...Tags: YouTube, Wars and Interventions, Arne Duncan, Racism, Eric Holder
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'Hoop Dreams' director and Alex Kotlowitz examine Chicago violence prevention in new doc
For RedEyeSteve James and Alex Kotlowitz have made names for themselves by exploring the darker sides of the city they love, Chicago. James is the director of the critically acclaimed and iconic documentary “Hoop Dreams,” while Kotlowitz is the author...Tags: Crimes, Health and Safety at School, Arne Duncan, Movies, Crime, Law and Justice
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Last defendant in Derrion Albert beating death gets 32 years
Tribune reporterA Cook County judge today sentenced a man to 32 years in prison in the 2009 videotaped beating death of Fenger High School sophomore Derrion Albert, marking a legal end to the case that made worldwide news after the brutal video went viral on the...Tags: Crimes, Health and Safety at School, High School Sports, Juvenile Delinquency, Fenger High School
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Fenger coach charged in attack
Tribune reporterThe head varsity football coach at Fenger High School was charged last week with misdemeanor simple assault for allegedly threatening a student who was accused by one of the coach’s players of stealing a pair of Nike flip flops, Chicago police...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Juvenile Delinquency, Misdemeanors, Theft, Fenger High School
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Final defendant guilty in fatal Fenger beating
Tribune reporterShortly after watching a jury convict the final defendant Wednesday in the videotaped beating death of her son outside Fenger High School, Anjanette Albert was asked whether the grieving process might get easier with the trials now behind her. She...Tags: Crimes, Defendants, Assault, Prosecution, Punishment
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Faces of Fenger
![In September they were two teens heading into senior year. Vashion "B.J." Bullock and Montrell Truitt lived in the same neighborhood on the Far South Side, were classmates at Fenger High School and were being raised by the firm hands of protective mothers.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-06/54265306-12080957.jpg "In September they were two teens heading into senior year. Vashion "B.J.\" Bullock and Montrell Truitt lived in the same neighborhood on the Far South Side, were classmates at Fenger High School and were being raised by the firm hands of protective mothers.")
In September they were two teens heading into senior year. Vashion "B.J." Bullock and Montrell Truitt lived in the same neighborhood on the Far South Side, were classmates at Fenger High School and were being raised by the firm hands of protective...Tags: Northern Illinois University, Teaching and Learning, Chicago Public Schools, Engineering, Separation of Church and State
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Prosecutors: Man delivered final blow to Derrion Albert
In the last seconds of the grainy video of the beating death of Fenger High School sophomore Derrion Albert, a teen in black-and-yellow gym shoes leaped into the air and stomped with both feet at Albert's head as he lay prone on the pavement....Tags: Crimes, Health and Safety at School, Juvenile Delinquency, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Teen gets 26 years in Fenger fatal beating
Tribune reporterA teen charged in the videotaped beating death of Fenger High School sophomore Derrion Albert wept in court today as he said goodbye to his mother and sisters after being sentenced to 26 years in prison. Eric Carson, 17, pleaded guilty to one count of...Tags: Crimes, Health and Safety at School, Assault, Juvenile Delinquency, Laws
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