Black Lives Matter

The pole outside the Ozzie and Peggy Mitchell Center in Joliet is a "symbol of the peace that I believe all people need but few people seem to want to work for," said Bishop Steven Evans.

The Illinois Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the abolishment of cash bail struck an ominous note for some leaders in Will County law enforcement but one local Black Lives Matter activist saw it as justice served.

Black Lives Matter DeKalb held a vigil Friday at Memorial Park for Daunte Wright, George Floyd, Adam Toledo and others who have been killed by police.

‘This is 2021, but we’re living in almost a reality of 1950 or 1940′

A DeKalb County Board member took issue with a comment made by another board member that was directed at Black families during this week's County Board meeting.

The Illinois State Police investigation of an altercation between Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk and two men at a Black Lives Matter protest remains pending almost three months after the incident.

A scuffle between Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk and two men at a protest May 31 still is under investigation by the Illinois State Police.

DeKalb city officials said DeKalb Police Sgt. Jeffrey Weese can’t be fired for violating the department’s code of conduct by using a chokehold during an arrest, citing past discipline and the police union contract.

After more than a month of community meetings, marches and protests with significant calls for police reform, changes are coming to the DeKalb Police Department.

More than 41 pages of recommended policy reform involving community race relations is now on its way to the DeKalb city council, after an almost four-hour meeting by the city's Human Relations Commission Tuesday.

No charges were filed Thursday at the first court appearance for the two men arrested after a scuffle with Mayor Bob O'Dekirk at a Black Lives Matter rally.

The Illinois State Police have not yet completed the investigation of Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk's scuffle at a demonstration protesting the death of George Floyd.

Editor's note: The following is the list of official demands made by the Black Lives Matter chapter in DeKalb to the DeKalb city government, DeKalb Police Department and correlating countywide agencies

A small group of protesters gathered Friday outside Mayor Bob O’Dekirk’s house, at times calling for him to resign for his involvement in a scuffle at a Black Lives Matter rally.

Church leaders on Friday said video from Mayor Bob O'Dekirk's days as a police officer reinforces their call for him to resign after an incident at a Black Lives Matter rally.

Mayor Bob O'Dekirk on Tuesday again defended his actions in a scuffle at a Black Lives Matter rally and said he has not considered resigning, which a number of people have called on him to do.

The sister of two men arrested after a scuffle with Mayor Bob O'Dekirk was among several who challenged his version of what happened when the mayor came to a Black Lives Matter protest Tuesday.

Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow issued a statement that the “office” requested an investigation of Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk’s scuffle at a demonstration protesting the death of George Floyd.

Mayor Bob O'Dekirk said he will be at a protest Tuesday evening to meet with demonstrators as a video circulates of him apparently taking down a protester at a similar event that turned violent.

The Louis Joliet Mall and other shopping areas in Joliet and Crest Hill were blocked off Monday night as both cities enforced an 8 p.m. curfew aimed at averting a second night of rioting and looting

Mayor Bob O'Dekirk plans to issue a curfew today as Joliet prepares to ward off a second day of rioting, looting and vandalism.

As hundreds of people gathered at the Black Lives Matter rally at Memorial Park on Saturday and honored an 8-minute, 45-second moment of silence to start the demonstration, the only disruption was the occasional car horn in support.