A Chicago Police Department SUV is set on fire near State and Lake in the Loop as thousands of protesters in Chicago joined national outrage over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, Saturday afternoon, May 30, 2020. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
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Nurse Jeanette Averett comforts a 56-year-old woman suffering from COVID-19 who was struggling with anxiety because of her non-invasive ventilator at Roseland Community Hospital on the Far South Side, Tuesday afternoon, April 28, 2020. During a standard 12-hour day shift Tuesday, nurses responded to five code blues and three patients died from the coronavirus. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
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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 Garcia/Sun-Times
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Chicago’s most powerful alderman, Ed Burke (14th), walks into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, Thursday afternoon, Jan. 3, 2019. After serving on the City Council for nearly half a century, Burke stands accused of using his position as alderman to try to steer business toward his private law firm. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
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Dr. Alexa Dorricott (center), a surgical resident, inserted a chest tube in a stabbing victim 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 Garcia/Sun-Times
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Chicago Bears Kicker Cody Parkey #1 misses a 43-yard field goal in the fourth quarter of the NFC wild card playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Soldier Field, Sunday afternoon, Jan. 6, 2019. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Mourners cry at a memorial outside a house where eight children, between 3 months and 16 years old, were killed when a fire broke out in the second-story of a coach house in the 2200 block of South Sacramento Avenue, Monday afternoon, Aug. 27, 2018. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
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A man carries an American flag emblazoned with the names of people fatally shot by police, as Chicago Police officers chat nearby, during a protest outside the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, Monday morning, Sept. 17, 2018. Opening statements in the Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke murder trial began inside as people chanted and marched outside the courthouse. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
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Hundreds of thousands of people protest newly-inaugurated President Donald Trump as part of the Women's March on Chicago, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/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 Garcia/Sun-Times
Protesters block traffic on Congress Parkway near State Street in the Loop following the release of dash-cam video showing Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke fatally shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder for the October 2014 shooting in which McDonald was hit with 16 bullets. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
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 Garcia/Sun-Times
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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 Garcia/Sun-Times
Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen #29 runs to the left for a 10-yard touchdown against the Minnesota Vikings during the first quarter at Soldier Field, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
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The Chicago Bears lock arms during the national anthem before they face off against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Soldier Field, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. In the wake of President Donald Trump’s suggestion that NFL owners respond to a protesting player by getting that “son of a bitch off the field,” the Steelers did not come out to the field during the playing of the national anthem before the game. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
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Strong waves crash along the Lake Michigan shoreline near 31st Street Beach, Thursday morning, April 6, 2017. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
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