Casey Toner
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News reporter, SAG-AFTRA steward, weary Chicagoan. Bird dogging and door stopping, @illinoisanswers. Tell the truth
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My favorite Sandburg poem, which may be even more relevant in the context of immigration raids
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My favorite Sandburg poem, which may be even more relevant in the context of immigration raids
Reposted by Casey Toner
Ellis: "These kids, you can imagine, their sense of safety was shattered on Saturday. And it's gonna take a long time for that to come back, if ever."
She said it "should have been a really happy day."
She said it "should have been a really happy day."
October 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Ellis: "These kids, you can imagine, their sense of safety was shattered on Saturday. And it's gonna take a long time for that to come back, if ever."
She said it "should have been a really happy day."
She said it "should have been a really happy day."
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Ellis on the use of tear gas Saturday: "That was the instance, as well, where children were present and they were dressed up in their Halloween costumes. … Those kids were tear gassed on their way to celebrate Halloween in their local school parking lot."
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ellis on the use of tear gas Saturday: "That was the instance, as well, where children were present and they were dressed up in their Halloween costumes. … Those kids were tear gassed on their way to celebrate Halloween in their local school parking lot."
The same police officer who killed his partner and allegedly later punched a female cop outside a bar, filed his own report saying that his girlfreind's mom actually punched him and called him a "murderer" illinoisanswers.org/2025/08/18/c...
Chicago Cop Who Killed Partner Says He's the Victim in Wicker Park Bar Fight
Officer Carlos Baker told police he was harassed at a Wicker Park bar by two women — an off-duty cop and his girlfriend’s mother, who he said attacked him and referred to him as "a murderer."
illinoisanswers.org
October 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The same police officer who killed his partner and allegedly later punched a female cop outside a bar, filed his own report saying that his girlfreind's mom actually punched him and called him a "murderer" illinoisanswers.org/2025/08/18/c...
After the alleged punch, the officer who killed his partner was stripped of his police powers chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Chicago cop who fatally shot partner Krystal Rivera is stripped of his police powers — but not for that
The move comes days after the Chicago Sun-Times and Illinois Answers Project reported that Officer Carlos Baker was accused of attacking a female police officer at a Wicker Park bar last weekend.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
After the alleged punch, the officer who killed his partner was stripped of his police powers chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Then we wrote a few stories about the Chicago police officer who fatally shot his partner, whose name was on the paperwork for the stolen Glock, allegedly punching a female cop at a bar chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Chicago cop who fatally shot partner Krystal Rivera accused of attacking female officer
Officer Carlos Baker and a woman allegedly beat the other cop late Sunday at a Wicker Park bar after pushing her to delete videos taken on her cellphone, the Chicago Sun-Times and Illinois Answers Pro...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Then we wrote a few stories about the Chicago police officer who fatally shot his partner, whose name was on the paperwork for the stolen Glock, allegedly punching a female cop at a bar chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
chicago.suntimes.com/2025/07/02/f... Since we published, the family of the Chicago police officer whose name was on the paperwork for the Glock and was subsequently killed by her partner, who had a lengthy disciplinary history, called for an independent investigation
Family of Officer Krystal Rivera, shot in back by a fellow Chicago cop, wants an independent investigation
The family is asking the Illinois State Police to take over the investigation as their attorney says the Chicago Police Department’s story of what happened doesn’t “pass the smell test.”
chicago.suntimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
chicago.suntimes.com/2025/07/02/f... Since we published, the family of the Chicago police officer whose name was on the paperwork for the Glock and was subsequently killed by her partner, who had a lengthy disciplinary history, called for an independent investigation
A woman who was shot in the leg with the stolen Glock before it returned to CPD custody filed a lawsuit, claiming a cop stole it illinoisanswers.org/2025/07/30/w...
Woman Shot With Glock Stolen From a Chicago Police Station Sues City, Says Cops Pilfered It
The handgun was stolen from a room full of cops and ended up being used in crimes including the shooting of Twanda Willingham, who's suing.
illinoisanswers.org
October 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A woman who was shot in the leg with the stolen Glock before it returned to CPD custody filed a lawsuit, claiming a cop stole it illinoisanswers.org/2025/07/30/w...
Later we wrote about the stolen Glock's connection to the first fatal shooting of a police officer by another police officer in Chicago in nearly 40 years. And the shooter's long disciplinary history in a short time on the force chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Chicago cop who inadvertently shot and killed his partner has a lengthy disciplinary record in a short career
Officer Carlos A. Baker has had more than a dozen complaints against him, records show.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Later we wrote about the stolen Glock's connection to the first fatal shooting of a police officer by another police officer in Chicago in nearly 40 years. And the shooter's long disciplinary history in a short time on the force chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
The genesis for the story: a look into CPD's whitewash of an investigation into how a judge's gun went from a police buyback to the scene of a fatal police shooting in Cicero illinoisanswers.org/2025/04/04/j...
Chicago Cops Did Little to Investigate How a Gun a Judge Turned in to be Destroyed Ended up at a Crime Scene
The revolver Cook County Judge William Stewart Boyd turned in at a CPD gun buyback resurfaced at a fatal police shooting in Cicero in 2012.
illinoisanswers.org
October 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The genesis for the story: a look into CPD's whitewash of an investigation into how a judge's gun went from a police buyback to the scene of a fatal police shooting in Cicero illinoisanswers.org/2025/04/04/j...
Our follow up about the Glock stolen from a room full of cops being used in a series of shootings chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Gun stolen from a roomful of Chicago cops ended up being used in a series of shootings
Records obtained by the Illinois Answers Project and the Sun-Times found the Glock handgun should have been destroyed after it was turned in to police at a buyback at St. Sabina Church.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Our follow up about the Glock stolen from a room full of cops being used in a series of shootings chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
