Archive for September 2025
Death Trap: Blacks in Chicago Are Erased, While Migrants Make the News
(Chicago) SubXNews Street Report | Sept 29, 2025 From snarled tollways to blood-stained sidewalks, September 29 exposed the contradictions of life in Chicago. Federal agents patrolled downtown with rifles, politicians…
Read MoreMonsters, Villians and Boats: the City Put on a Show at City Hall, but the Streets Told Another Story
Chicago SubXNews Street Report Sept 25, 2025 The morning began with violence. Around 5 a.m. in Washington Heights, two teenagers were shot near 101st and Aberdeen. A 16-year-old was found…
Read MorePaid Applause, Empty Democracy
Chicago City Council Meeting – September 25, 2025 Chicago, IL – The truth of City Hall leaked out in a single memo: staffers, not citizens, were ordered to fill the…
Read MoreRoses Still a Rose in the Alley, in the Trash City Hall Throws Chicago Away
Chicago SubXNews Street Report September 24, 2025 The day moved like a siren. National shocks bled into local streets, then back again — a loop of institutions failing in different…
Read MoreMorning Rampage, Nighttime Nightmare: Chicago’s Downtown Unravels – 24 Hours of Chaos
(Chicago) SubXNews Street Report Sept 23 2025 From a shovel-swinging maniac at dawn, to a woman stabbed in the heart of the Loop, to a teenager shot over a juice…
Read MoreDefund the Police in Real Time: Collapse of Law Enforcement … Adams & Woods … Shows the Cost of No Control
(Chicago SubXNews) Scanner traffic out of the Near West Side last night was raw, profane, and telling. A TMA — a traffic management aide, not a sworn officer — came…
Read MoreCrime is Technically Worse in Chicago: Weekend Crime Reality Check – September 19–22, 2025 … 4 Doubles and One Triple
(Chicago) SubXNews Weekend Crime Reality Check – September 19–22, 2025 Chicago logged 27 people shot, 4 of them killed over the Sept 19–21 weekend. That includes the West Loop homicide…
Read MoreObese Migrants, White Dopers and Park Squatters: Who’s in Control?
(Chicago) SubXNews Street Report | Sept 18, 2025 Thought it was Friday all day. Even said “happy Friday” in the morning. Turned out it was Thursday, so the plan was…
Read MoreWanted in 4 States, Smiling with Pritzker — Days Before Killing a Man
Days before fatal Mag Mile crash-and-grab, accused man posed with governor at ‘peacekeeper’ event — while wanted in 4 states He posed with the governor as a “peacekeeper” while wanted…
Read MoreIt’s Getting Worse in Chicago: Multiple Police Shootings, Alley Robberies, and Another CTA Stabbing
(Chicago) SubXNews Street Report | Sept 17, 2025 Sad news came in as the mother and two children pulled from Lake Michigan over the weekend were identified. Authorities confirmed 31-year-old…
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