Passengers hang out the windows of a car as it drifts in circles during a takeover in a South Side intersection, Friday night, July 29, 2022.
These meets have long drawn complaints about the noise, the disruption and the danger. But, despite a recent crackdown that could cost participants their cars, there is no shortage of drivers or spectators. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Chicago street takeovers: They’re secret, dangerous, illegal — and have a devoted following
Latasha Jones kisses her mother, Bettie Jones, during her funeral at New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016.
A Chicago Police officer responding to a domestic dispute between Bettie Jones' neighbor and his 19-year-old son, Quintionio LeGrier, opened fire the day after Christmas, killing both LeGrier and the 55-year-old mother of five. Police said LeGrier was armed with a bat, but Jones was accidentally killed in the shooting. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Mourners remember mother of five 'accidentally' shot by police
Chicago Bears linebacker Roquan Smith #58 celebrates by taking a selfie with fans after the Bears beat the Texans, 23 - 20, at Soldier Field, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Roquan Smith makes his best pitch in Bears’ win over Texans
Passengers hang out the windows of a car as it drifts in circles during a takeover in a South Side intersection, Friday night, July 29, 2022.
These meets have long drawn complaints about the noise, the disruption and the danger. But, despite a recent crackdown that could cost participants their cars, there is no shortage of drivers or spectators. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Chicago street takeovers: They’re secret, dangerous, illegal — and have a devoted following
Participants and spectators harass Chicago Police Department officials after a man climbed onto their vehicle as officials attempted to break up a street takeover, where hundreds gathered to watch cars drift in circles at West 119th and South Halsted streets on the Far South Side, Friday night, Aug. 26, 2022. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Street takeovers throughout city devolve into clashes with police, arrests and car impoundment
Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields #1 celebrates after the Bears beat the San Francisco 49ers, 19 - 10, at Soldier Field, Sunday afternoon, Sept. 11, 2022. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Bears celebrate rainy-day win with victory slide into the end zone
Mayor Lori Lightfoot exchanges heated words with Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th) during a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall, Wednesday morning, June 23, 2021. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
City Council abruptly adjourns; no vote on renaming Lake Shore Drive
Amid fears of the coronavirus pandemic and a stay-at-home order from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a man has Daley Plaza to himself as he walks through the Loop during a usually bustling Wednesday morning commute in Chicago, April 1, 2020.
To help stop the spread of COVID-19, Illinois' stay-at-home order went into effect March 21 with exceptions for essential activities, essential government functions, and essential businesses and operations, according to the state. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
PHOTOS: Coronavirus leaves normally bustling downtown Chicago a ghost town
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes throws the ball during the first quarter against the Chicago Bears in the preseason opener at Soldier Field, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
With temperatures in the 80s, Chicagoans Steven Gomez, 40, and his 9-year-old daughter, Hannah Gomez, cool off in the water from an open fire hydrant near Guaranteed Rate Field in the Bridgeport neighborhood on the city's South Side, Thursday afternoon, July 9, 2020. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Chicago Fire Department personnel line up for the procession outside St. Rita of Cascia Parish after the funeral services for firefighter Daniel Capuano, Dec. 18, 2015.
Capuano, a 15-year veteran of the department assigned to Tower Ladder 34, was battling a warehouse blaze when he fell down an elevator shaft and died on Dec. 14. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
A city says goodbye to firefighter Daniel Capuano
Thousands protest in support of Palestine and march through the Loop, Wednesday evening, May 12, 2021. | Ashlee Rezin /Sun-Times
Downtown march draws groups in support of Palestinians over violence in Middle East
Chicago Cubs fans celebrate outside Wrigley Field after the Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 in Game 6 of baseball's National League Championship Series, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. The Cubs advanced to the World Series and beat the Cleveland Indians in Game 7, ending a 108-year drought. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Mike Baar, 70, of Dixon, takes a break to look around while helping to clear out his sister-in-law's house on Janes Avenue near Evergreen Lane in Woodridge after a tornado ripped through the western suburbs overnight, Monday morning, June 21, 2021. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Chicago Sky's Candace Parker #3 and Kahleah Copper #2 celebrate after Copper scored during the 3rd quarter as the Sky take on the Connecticut Sun for Game 5 of the 2022 WNBA semifinals at Wintrust Arena, Thursday evening, Sept. 8, 2022. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Sky blow big lead late in loss to Sun, ending effort to repeat as WNBA champs
Micah Kronlokken 34, who doesn't take public transit amid fears of the coronavirus pandemic, walks about 2 miles to his job in Rogers Park as heavy snow falls across Chicago, Monday morning, Feb. 15, 2021. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Dr. Alexa Dorricott (center), a surgical resident, inserts a chest tube in a man with a stab wound in the Emergency Department at Mount Sinai Hospital, Tuesday evening, Sept. 10, 2019. Dorricott is one of more than 700 surgical residents and health care professionals trained each year at Sinai. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
‘Code yellow: Trauma in the emergency room’
Strong waves crash along the Lake Michigan shoreline near 31st Street Beach, Thursday morning, April 6, 2017. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Chicago Bears linebacker Khalil Mack #52 warms up before an NFL preseason game against the Buffalo Bills at Soldier Field, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
A baker portions dough at Publican Quality Bread at 1759 W. Grand Ave. in West Town, Thursday afternoon, Sept. 29, 2022. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields #1 gets tackled after running with the ball for a 12-yard gain during the second quarter against the San Francisco 49ers at Soldier Field, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
As more than 10 inches of snowfall hit portions of the Chicago area overnight, a person walks down Pratt Boulevard near Sheridan Road in the Rogers Park neighborhood, Friday morning, Feb. 9, 2018. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Chicago Police Officer John Rivera's mother reacts after her son's casket is loaded into the hearse after his funeral at the Church of the Annunciata on the Far South Side, Friday, March 29, 2019.
Rivera, a Gresham District patrolman who would have marked two years on the force in May, was off duty when he was shot March 23 in the River North neighborhood in what Cook County prosecutors have said was a case of mistaken identity. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Funeral held for Chicago police officer slain while off duty
Chicago Sky's Kahleah Copper #2 shoots the ball during the 3rd quarter as the Sky take on the Connecticut Sun for Game 5 of the 2022 WNBA semifinals at Wintrust Arena, Thursday evening, Sept. 8, 2022. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Sky blow big lead late in loss to Sun, ending effort to repeat as WNBA champs
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