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SAF BLASTS ELITIST CHICAGO ALDERMAN; 'WHERE'S PROTECTION FOR OTHER CITIZENS?' Chicago Alderman Arenda Troutman has achieved a new low in elitism, insisting that she deserves special police protection after a series of burglaries at her South Side home while her legally-disarmed constituents are left like defenseless sheep in a city of wolves, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) said today. The Chicago Sun-Times reported May 6 that Troutman's home, burglarized twice in the past three months, now has a police officer assigned during all shifts to watch the residence, including weekends. In a statement quoted by the newspaper, Troutman said, "Deserve...

<p>At the heart of it, there's only one thing to say: Seven Iredell County teens are dead.Of course I drive to Statesville and keep my eyes and ears open. And, yes, I pick up some information. But it's not information that satisfies. The information we want, you and I, I wasn't able to get.</p>

Police: Chase followed policy 7 teens die in wreck speeding on U.S. 21 ERICA BESHEARS, ROBERT MOORE & KATHRYN WELLIN Top row: Antoinette Griffin, 13; Antonio Miller, 13; David Summers, 14 Second row: Dominique Hurtt, 15, Quentin Reed, 18 Not pictured: John Lindsey Meyers Jr., 15 (DRIVER); Erica Stevenson, 15 A 15-year-old boy at the wheel of a stolen car lost control and crashed as he sped from a police officer early Monday, killing himself and six other Statesville teenagers in the car, authorities said. Troutman police Officer Keith Bills tried to stop the northbound white 2001 Dodge Intrepid just...

The driver of a Mister Softee truck, allegedly fed up with the tactics of a Hartford neighborhood activist, is facing third-degree assault and breach of peace charges for attacking the activist with a baseball bat, city police said. Luis Amaro, 51, a part-time Mister Softee driver, is accused of charging out of his truck Saturday and swinging the bat at Wilbur Troutman, a city resident and frequent critic of the jangling kiddie music coming from the truck's loudspeakers. "Mister Softee tried to kill me!" Troutman, 64, said Tuesday as he recovered from arm bruises and a graze to the head...