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Chicago Police Napped In Congressman’s Office While Protestors Looted Shops


Chicago police officers took naps and made coffee and popcorn in a local congressman’s office while protesters looted shops, according to officials.

A few cops snuck away from the protests going on in the streets of Chicago earlier this month, and headed into a local congressman’s office to make coffee and popcorn and have a snooze, according to officials. On Thursday (June 11th), The Chicago Tribune reported that at least eight Chicago PD officers were hiding out in US Rep. Bobby Rush’s district office at 54th Street and South Wentworth Avenue on June 1st while protests were in full swing outside. Rush, a Chicago congressman since 1963 and founding member of the Illinois Black Panther Party, caught the officers red-handed after he’d received a phone call indicating that his office had been burglarized. He proceeded to review his security footage and was shocked by what he discovered.

“One was asleep on my couch in my campaign office,” Rush noted at a press conference. “They even had the unmitigated gall to go and make coffee for themselves and to pop popcorn, my popcorn, in my microwave while looters were tearing apart businesses within sight and within their reach. They were in a mode of relaxation and they did not care about what was happening to businesspeople, to this city. They didn’t care. They absolutely didn’t care.”

Chicago Police Napped In Congressman's Office While Protestors Looted ShopsScott Olson/Getty Images

Rush informed Mayor Lori Lightfoot of the wild misconduct, which had her “enraged.” “That’s a personal embarrassment to me,” Lightfoot confessed, as she publicly apologized to Rush on Thursday. “I’m sorry that you and your staff even had to deal with this incredible indignity. Not one of these officers will be allowed to hide behind the badge and go on and act like nothing happened.” Lightfoot indicated that the Chicago PD’s Internal Affairs Division will be reviewing the incident while the state attorney general’s office launches an investigation. She urged the guilty officers to come forward and reveal themselves.

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Jussie Smollett Faces Two Cases, Osundairo Brothers Will Testify Against Him: Report


The beat goes on.

Just when you thought you’d heard the last of the Jussie Smollett scandal, the news cycle begins again. The media was inundated with stories pertaining to the alleged hoax attack orchestrated by Jussie Smollett. The actor insisted that he was attacked by two white men hurling homophobic and racial slurs, but not everyone believed his story. It was the assertion of the Chicago Police Department that Jussie plotted to create a fake attack for publicity purposes.

Jussie Smollett Faces Two Cases, Osundairo Brothers Will Testify Against Him: Report
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Discussions were divided as Jussie’s scandal made him a meme and joke target of social media. In Spring 2019, the criminal charges against him were dismissed. Yet, the City of Chicago isn’t quite done with him. He’s been tacked with six new charges of disorderly conduct, some relating to what police say were false reports of a hate crime.

Aside from the criminal case stacked against him, Jussie also faces the lawsuit set forth by the City of Chicago. The City states that they wasted half a million dollars in financial resources on Jussie’s case, and they want the actor to pay restitution.  TMZ speculates that if Jussie if found guilty in his criminal case, the odds for the City’s lawsuit ending in their favor increases.

The outlet also states that they know “Abel and Ola Osundairo — the 2 brothers who Jussie says attacked him — will testify that the whole thing was a setup masterminded by Jussie.” The Smollett drama is far from over.

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Joycelyn Savage May Have Been Arrested After Fight With Azriel Clary: Report

A report states that a 24-year-old woman was taken into custody at the scene.

It was a disappointing scene at R. Kelly's Trump Tower apartment on Wednesday after multiple videos went viral showing his girlfriends Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Clary engaging in an argument. The day also marked the disgraced singer's 53rd birthday, a celebration that he would be enjoying while behind bars.

In one of the videos that circulated, Azriel and Joycelyn seemed to be moving their personal items out of the home. There are other people at the scene, one being a man with Azriel. Joycelyn told Azriel that having a man in Kelly's apartment was "disrespectful," while Azriel said she wasn't going to return without someone by her side. The verbal disagreement quickly escalates and the ladies are heard off-camera fighting with each other.

In another clip, Azriel is seen saying that Joycelyn will be going to jail because she had sex with a minor and that the underaged person was her. Azriel also stated that both she and Joycelyn lied during Kelly's infamous interview with Gayle King. "Rob has been lying to all of y’all," she said on Instagram Live. "And that’s the sad part about it. He’s been lying to y’all asses and had people like me lying for him. And that’s why we never watched the documentary."

Kelly's lawyer, Steve Greenberg, dismissed Azriel's claim. "I have a statement written by Azriel that she provided to me, voluntarily, after Robert was already in jail, that said she never had sex with him when she was underaged," he said. "As far as this little cat fight, it is clear that it was staged to try and boost social media popularity.”

Now, The Shade Room reports that they've spoken with the Chicago Police Department and they've told the publication that a 24-year-old woman was arrested at the scene. The outlet shares that whoever the woman is, she's still in custody and being questioned about the altercation. It's rumored that the woman is Joycelyn because she's 24-years-old (Azriel is 21), but that has not been confirmed. "They are still investigating the incident from earlier" and "charges are pending," writes the outlet.