SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who was fatally shot inside her home by a former Illinois sheriff's ...

His achievements in the civil scene led to award recognition including but not excluded to St. Thomas University naming their ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Famous civil ...

Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio, WUIS-FM and the New City News Service. Bodycam video of the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey was released by ...

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has agreed to represent the family of Daevon Montez Saint-Germain, the 18-year-old who was shot to death Jan. 3 by the Knox County Sheriff's Office SWAT team during a ...

Crump said he plans to sue the gun manufacturer of the firearm used in the shooting. “We absolutely intend on going after the gun manufacturers, the gun distributors, and anybody else who was an ...

Reverend Lewis Butler was fatally shot while attempting to protect a cashier during an attempted robbery at an internet gambling cafe in November 2023 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Famous civil rights attorney Ben Crump is speaking in Springfield Monday after the release of body camera footage showing the death of Sonya Massey. Massey called 911 on the ...