Wednesday, May 1, 2013
The lawsuit alleges Evanston police were negligent in obtaining medical assistance for Javar Bamberg, who died after he was shot in the head by an unknown person on Dec. 12, 2012.
The father of a gunshot victim plans to file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court within the next few weeks alleging that Evanston police were negligent in getting medical assistance for his son when the 23-year-old was bleeding from gunshot in December 2012, Evanston Review reported. With the assistance of Living & Driving While Black, a civil rights organization, John Bamberg, father of the victim, Javar Bamberg, plans to file the suit to contend that despite an immediate call to 911 explaining the situation, the city dispatched police and not paramedics to the scene —the suit, however, contradicts the police account of the incident, Evanston Review Reported. Evanston police say Javar’s death is related a feud between two extended …
Friday, March 15, 2013
Tio Hardiman is director of Cure Violence Illinois (formerly CeaseFire), a national group that seeks to end violence by treating it like an infectious disease. He hosts a Violence Prevention Community Forum in Evanston March 28.
Tio Hardiman of Cure Violence (formerly CeaseFire), a national group dedicated to ending violence, will address Evanston residents during a community forum this March. Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl hosts the event, titled a "Violence Prevention Community Forum," from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 28, at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center, 1655 Foster Street. The event is free and open to the public; no registration is required. Cure Violence was founded in 2000 by Gary Slutkin, a Chicago doctor who treated infectious diseases and believed the same approach could be taken to violence prevention. The group was made famous by the PBS film The Interrupters, which documented its method of training people (often former gang members) to …
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl issued a press release today outlining her support of a proposed assault weapons ban and calling for residents to join her.
Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl issued a press release Thursday calling for residents to support a nationwide assault weapons ban. Tisdahl said she “wholeheartedly” supported the proposed Assault Weapons Ban of 2013, a bill that U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced in Congress Thursday. If passed, the bill would stop the sale, transfer, importation and manufacture of military-style assault weapons. “We have too many guns in our communities and we must work together to get them off the streets,” Tisdahl wrote in the press release. “As a mayor, I am bestowed with the duty to keep my community safe and these common sense solutions will help go a long way in fulfilling that solemn responsibility.” In her press release, Tisdahl urged …
Friday, January 11, 2013
Evanston police continue to investigate the recent shooting deaths of Justin Murray, 19, and Javar Bamberg, 23. A lack of cooperating witnesses has stymied the investigation, police say.
Police say a lack of cooperating witnesses has stymied their investigation into the recent shooting deaths of two young Evanston men. Detectives have identified possible suspects in the homicides of Justin Murray, 19, on Nov. 29, and Javar Bamberg, 23, on Dec. 12, according to Evanston Police Cmdr. Jason Parrott. However, they do not yet have enough information to press charges, he said. “Not having a cooperative witness base is probably our biggest obstruction to bringing charges,” Parrott told Patch on Friday. Want to stay up to date on the latest news in Evanston? Sign up for our free newsletter. Police need evidence that ties a suspect to either of the crime scenes, he explained. That could mean someone who saw a person with a gun at…
Monday, December 17, 2012
Antoine Hill, who was convicted in the 2005 murder of Robert Gresham at the Keg in Evanston, was recently charged with unlawful use of a weapon after a parole check at his Chicago residence.
The man convicted of a 2005 murder in Evanston, now out on parole, was arrested Friday when corrections officers found ammunition at his home, according to police. Antoine Brian Hill, 27, was arrested and charged with unlawful use of a weapon at 9 a.m. Dec. 14, after parole officers discovered the ammunition at his Chicago home during a routine parole check, police said. Hill had been released on parole Sept. 24 after serving six years of an 18-year prison sentence on charges of second-degree murder, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections. According to court documents, Hill shot and killed 22-year-old Evanston resident Robert Gresham after the two got into an argument at the Keg in fall 2005. Hill was 19 and an Evanston …
The founder of Black Men Against Violence has some ideas to prevent future violent deaths in Evanston. “If we continue to allow this, black men will become extinct," says Tracey Wallace.
Tracey Wallace tells it like it is. “I’ll never run for office, because sometimes I get in trouble,” says the recent founder of Black Men Against Violence. “I don’t say what people want to hear. I say what’s on my mind.” Lately, Wallace has a lot on his mind that Evanston residents — and beyond — need to hear. I spoke to Wallace this weekend, when he told me how the shooting death of 19-year-old Justin Murray spurred him into action. “The shooting triggered something in me,” Wallace says. “I went from rage to fear.” Starting on Facebook, Wallace formed a group called Black Men Against Violence. He and others have held several meetings, and now he’s trying to put some of the group’s ideas into practice to end what he describes as a string …
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Police collected 26 handguns, 15 rifles and four shotguns during a gun buyback program Saturday, Dec. 15, at Christ Temple MB Church in Evanston.
Evanston residents turned in a total of 45 firearms during a gun buyback program held this Saturday at Christ Temple MB Church, police said. Of those weapons, 26 were handguns, 15 were rifles and four were shotguns, according to a press release from the police department. Several people also turned in ammunition and BB guns, police said. Speaking to Patch on Saturday, Police Chief Richard Eddington said he considered the program a success. For more Evanston news, including crime stories, sign up for our free newsletter. “We’ve gotten guns that people weren’t comfortable having,” he said, adding that unsecured guns can lead to accidents that kill or injure children. “If we take these unsecured guns out of circulation, we’ll prevent these…
A group of Evanston residents rallied for peace after Justin Murray, 19, was shot and killed Nov. 29. Two more shootings since have only increased the urgency of the new group's mission.
Two days after 19-year-old Justin Murray was shot and killed in Evanston on Nov. 29, a small group gathered in front of Boocoo, holding signs that read “Stop the Violence” and “Peace Now, Peace Always.” That small rally was a first step toward what the group hopes is a larger movement. Immediately following the gathering at Boocoo, Evanston residents Justin Blake, Mandy Eason and Kimberly Frazier decided to start a group dedicated to promoting nonviolence, hoping to carry the momentum of that gathering forward. Called Peace Pioneers for Evanston, the group’s stated goal is to unite the community, empower young people, support existing programs and create more programs and activities for teens and young adults. For more stories similar to…
Evanston held its first gun buyback Saturday, Dec. 15. The program was spearheaded by Carolyn Murray, whose 19-year-old son, Justin, was shot and killed Nov. 29.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Evanston held its first gun buyback Saturday, Dec. 15. The program was spearheaded by Carolyn Murray, whose 19-year-old son, Justin, was shot and killed Nov. 29.
Two weeks after her 19-year-old son, Justin, was shot and killed, Carolyn Murray stood at Christ Temple MB Church in Evanston, watching as dozens of people turned over rifles and handguns during the city’s first gun buyback program. In a tragic irony, Murray actually started trying to organize a gun buyback last summer, months before her son’s death. When 14-year-old Dajae Coleman was shot and killed in September, the city got behind her efforts, and a date was set: Dec. 15. In the three months between Coleman’s death and this Saturday’s gun buyback, there have been two more fatal shootings, including Justin’s death, and one shooting that left a 20-year-old Evanston man hospitalized in critical condition. Police say the most recent …
Patricia
12:11 pm on Friday, May 24, 2013
The only person who knows the true motives behind the filing of the lawsuit is the father. In America, he is entitled to file a lawsuit and the courts will decide the fate of the case, good, bad or indifferent. History has shown that once we allow discrimination to be perpetuated against one group by another, all groups are jeopardized. It is amazing to me how someone can preach hate against … more ›