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Chicago Tribune
03-04-2025
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
Afternoon Briefing: Firefighters say city searched personal vehicles for weapons
Good afternoon, Chicago. A group of Chicago firefighters have accused the city and the Chicago Fire Department of violating their Fourth and 14th Amendment rights during a set of vehicle searches in late February. In a federal lawsuit, 23 firefighters alleged that CFD investigators went through firefighters' personal vehicles for guns and weapons on Feb. 27 and 28 at Engine 86's fire station in the Dunning neighborhood on the Northwest Side. The firefighters, engineers, paramedics and lieutenants were being represented in court by attorneys from their union, the International Association of Firefighters. Here's what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. As environmental justice ordinance nears City Council introduction, activists express hopes and frustrations More than a year after its planned introduction, an environmental ordinance that aims to address decades of discriminatory planning, zoning and land-use policies in Chicago will finally be brought before the City Council. Read more here. Microsoft pulls back on data centers from Chicago to Jakarta Microsoft Corp. has pulled back on data center projects around the world, suggesting the company is taking a harder look at its plans to build the server farms powering artificial intelligence and the cloud. Read more here. Chicago baseball report: Colin Rea steps up for Cubs — and White Sox starters put together impressive streak After spending the past week in Phoenix and West Sacramento, California, following their first two regular-season games in Tokyo against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Cubs open their Wrigley Field slate tomorrow versus the San Diego Padres. Read more here. Chicago Bulls' Coby White is playing his most consistent basketball yet. And he has redefined himself in the process. Sean Decker, president of the new ownership group, on Kane County Cougars: 'This is the class of the league.' Wrigley Field debuts menu with jibaritos, baseball doughnuts and fried ranch bombs When the Cubs play their first home game of the season on Friday against the San Diego Padres, one of the debut items will be a roast beef jibarito sandwich. Read more here. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: Column: Years ago, Brett Neveu's 'Eric LaRue' unnerved Chicago audiences. Now it's a Michael Shannon movie. 'Pulse' review: Netflix attempts its own version of 'Grey's Anatomy' Some conservative voices raise alarm over Trump's immigration tactics Influential figures on the right have largely cheered on the opening months of the Trump presidency. But as the administration has rushed to carry out deportations as quickly as possible, making mistakes and raising concerns about due process along the way, the unified front in favor of Trump's immigration purge is beginning to crack. Read more here.
Chicago Tribune
03-04-2025
- Chicago Tribune
Firefighters claim city searched personal vehicles for weapons at NW Side station
A group of Chicago firefighters have accused the city and the Chicago Fire Department of violating their Fourth and 14th Amendment rights during a set of vehicle searches in late February. In a federal lawsuit filed Friday, 23 firefighters alleged that Fire Department investigators went through firefighters' personal vehicles for guns and weapons on Feb. 27 and 28 at Engine 86's fire station in the Dunning neighborhood on the Northwest Side. The firefighters, engineers, paramedics and lieutenants were being represented in court by attorneys from their union, the International Association of Firefighters. The lawsuit alleges that fire officials called all firefighters working to the floor of the Dunning fire station, located at 3918 N. Harlem Ave., told them of the search and encouraged them to speak up if they had a gun or a weapon in their vehicles. Officials searched vehicles at that station because they'd received an anonymous tip, the complaint stated. The plaintiffs allegedly had to stand next to their cars with their keys as officials searched the vehicles. Two sets of searches occurred over two days, according to the complaint. The lawsuit alleges that officials threatened the firefighters with disciplinary action if they did not cooperate in the searches. Fire Department rules prohibit weapons in or around department facilities. City rules prohibit public workers from bringing firearms into city-owned buildings or vehicles along with residential buildings. The city may search for weapons on its property with probable cause or reasonable suspicion. The complaint notes that the firefighters' union has been negotiating a contract for almost four years. It does not allege that the city was retaliating against the firefighters over union matters, but states that the alleged searches took place 'against (the) backdrop' of those negotiations and that the suit was intended in part to prevent the city from 'using the threat of future searches and seizures while (the union) and Chicago continue to negotiate a contract.' The suit, whose plaintiffs work in the Dunning fire station, seeks a ban on future searches of firefighters' personal property, as well as compensatory and punitive damages. It lists an assistant commissioner with the Fire Department and an internal affairs investigator as defendants along with the city. The Fire Department referred a request for comment to the city's law department. The city had not yet been served with the complaint Tuesday and does not comment on pending legal matters, a spokesperson said.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Yahoo
Former MSP sergeant asks for stay in civil case
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The former Michigan State Police sergeant who hit a man with his unmarked cruiser, killing him, has asked a judge to pause the civil case against him until the criminal case has concluded. Brian Keely is charged with in the death of 25-year-old Samuel Sterling in April 2024. Authorities said Sterling ran away from a task force seeking to arrest him. Officers chased him to a Burger King in Kentwood while Keely pursued in an unmarked cruiser. Video released by MSP shows Sterling being hit by Keely's SUV near the restaurant's entrance. Sterling was hospitalized and died hours later. In January, a was filed on behalf of Sterling's family. The lawsuit alleges Keely violated Sterling's Fourth and 14th Amendment protections against excessive force and argues gross negligence and willful and wanton misconduct. Families of Riley Doggett, Samuel Sterling file excessive force lawsuits Keely's lawyers filed the motion for stay in federal court Monday, asking the court to pause the civil case until the criminal case is resolved. Alternatively, they asked the court to extend the time to file his first responsive pleading. Keely's lawyers argued that there is 'a complete overlap of issues' in the civil and criminal cases, 'as they both arise from the same case and controversy.' 'While both the criminal and civil case will have separate elements and standards of proof, proceeding with both at the same time leaves Defendant Keely with difficult choices about how to mount his defenses in each case,' his lawyers wrote. Former MSP sgt's murder case won't go to trial on scheduled date An evidentiary hearing in the criminal case, which is being handled in federal court, for April 21. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
