Slaying of Muslim boy in Will County highlights lacking data on hate crimes
According to The Marshall Project, roughly 42 states and the District of Columbia had higher reporting rates than Illinois last year.
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According to The Marshall Project, roughly 42 states and the District of Columbia had higher reporting rates than Illinois last year.
"The incident in Plainfield is both continuation and intensification of anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab racist acts that have been invisibilized most people don't know these incidents are going on every day in Chicagoland."
After the murder of a Palestinian boy in Plainfield over the weekend, CBS 2 Political Reporter Chris Tye has more on the dialogue and fear in many Chicago communities today.
Prosecutors said Joseph Czuba, 71, wanted the victims to move out of the home they rented from him, and believed he and his wife "were in danger," because he feared the woman he stabbed "was going to call over her Palestinian friends or family to harm them."
CBS 2 Political Reporter Chris Tye has more on the dialogue and fear in many Chicago communities today.
According to the Will County Sheriff's Office, the two victims were targeted because they are Muslim and because of the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and Israel.
Joseph Czuba has been charged with one count each of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and aggravated battery, and two counts of hate crime.
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The damage was from the quick tornado even visible in the dark
At least two tornadoes touched down in the suburbs Monday – including one that was caught on a homeowner’s security camera in Plainfield. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
From uprooted trees and toppled fences, to funnel clouds over open fields, we're learning more about Monday's storms and the damage they left. The community CBS 2 went to is about a block away from the Will/Kendall County line. Residents there have Plainfield addresses but receive services from Joliet, which explains why the National Weather Service said the tornado technically touched down in Joliet.
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Joshua Mims, 37, is charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated arson.
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Deputies found garbage, rotten food, soiled diapers and clothes, medical waste, and a great deal of evidence of drug use in the family's house, the Will County Sheriff's office said.
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Joshua Mims, 37, is charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated arson.
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Joshua Mims, 37, is charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated arson.
Deputies found garbage, rotten food, soiled diapers and clothes, medical waste, and a great deal of evidence of drug use in the family's house, the Will County Sheriff's office said.
No one was in custody late Wednesday.
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