A heat wave sprawled across the East Coast during the July 4 holiday weekend, but it is the streets of Chicago that are on fire. At least 64 people were shot in the country’s third largest city over the Independence Day weekend, including four who died. The grim violence in Chicago has already reached 329 […]
![Police Harassing Berwyn Residents: Video Surveillance Released [Video]](https://guardianlv.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_3814-e1467093245996-640x484.jpg "Police")
On June 27, 2016, new video surveillance was released that shows possible past police brutality against residents of a Berwyn apartment building. According to Lisa Simmons, the Berwyn police entered her home in the spring of 2015, broke down her door, and tasered her son. Simmons said: “It all was for no reason.” Simmons explained […]
![2 Black Youths Injured via Drive-by Shooting in North Lawndale Neighborhood of Chicago [Video]](https://guardianlv.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/image1-1-701x526.jpg "Chicago")
Guardian Liberty Voice photojournalist Untrail D. Boyd has reported a drive-by shooting that injured two Black youths in a North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. The incident occurred near the intersection of 16th St. and Springfield Ave. around 9 p.m. CT on June 18, 2016. According to Boyd, both of the shooting victims are African-American youths and […]