Statewide
UIUC student pleads guilt for disorderly conduct over noose
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CHAMPAIGN — A University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign student has plead guilty to disorderly conduct over a noose he hung in a residence hall elevator.
Features
Why are white supremacists protesting to ‘reopen’ the US economy?
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Joey Gibson, leader of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer, addresses a crowd on April 19, 2020, in Olympia, Washington, insisting the state lift restrictions put in place to help fight the coronavirus outbreak. Karen Ducey/Getty Images
A series of protests, primarily in state capitals, are demanding the end of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Among the protesters are people who express concern about their jobs or the economy as a whole. But there are also far-right conspiracy theorists, white supremacists like Proud Boys and citizens’ militia members at these protests. The exact number of each group that attends these protests is unknown, since police have not traditionally monitored these groups, but signs and symbols of far right groups have been seen at many of these protests across the country.
Bettendorf
Protesters march outside church that hosted GOP rally, far right speaker
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BETTENDORF — Pleasant View Baptist Church, which hosted the Quad Cities Immigration Forum last week, was the target of protesters on Sunday.
Bettendorf
Now-fired staffer brought racist speaker to Quad Cities
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BETTENDORF — It turns out that Nick Fuentes, a far right-wing speaker who sparked controversy at a Monday Quad Cities GOP rally, was invited by a staffer of one of the speakers. The staffer has since been fired.
Quad Cities
People try to distance themselves from racist speaker at Quad Cities event
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BETTENDORF — People who spoke at and attended a “immigration” event in Bettendorf this week are trying to distance themselves from a racist speaker.
community
Macomb LGBTQ community demands apology from police chief
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MACOMB — The LGBTQ community of this city in far Western Illinois is asking for an apology and explanation from police chief Curt Baker about comments he made at a recent meeting.
Eastern Illinois
New tool shows impact of racial discrimination on gay,bi men
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CHAMPAIGN — A researcher at the University of Illinois has helped develop a scale that shows the impact of racialized sexual discrimination.
Central Illinois
Central Illinois hit with Klan propaganda
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EL PASO, Ill. — Local media has reported that towns in Central Illinois have seen with material from the Ku Klux Klan.
Chicagoland
Racist flyers pop up in Lemont
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LEMONT — Lemont, in the southwest suburbs, has become the latest Illinois community to see racist flyers pop up. It’s also at least the third community in the 3rd Congressional district to be hit. The Chicago neighborhoods of Beverly and Mt. Greenwood have also seen the flyers appear. It’s also the same district where self-proclaimed neo-Nazi Arthur Jones ran as a Republican in the 2018 election.