Picture Chicago: 16 of This Week’s Photos You Can’t Miss
1. Bozo’s Big Return
David Arquette exits after performing as Bozo the Clown during Bozo’s Circus Pop-up Experience at Madame Zuzu’s in Highland Park, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024.
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2. A Brother’s Quest
Mike Merritt places a hand on Philip Merritt while at their home in Oak Lawn, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. While Philip was incarcerated, his brother Mike realized his brother had dementia. Mike worked with the Illinois Prison Project to get him released a year ago and Philip has been living with Mike ever since.
3. A Wrongful Conviction
Tommy Kendall holds a picture of his 18-year-old brother, Jesse Kendall, next to Jess’s 1975 Chevy C10 near the family’s home in Elgin, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. Jesse was fatally shot Sunday night as he and his friends were going to the Lil Durk concert at the United Center.
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4. A Police Shooting
Onlookers on the Howard Red Line Station’s platform watch as Chicago police work the scene where 3 people were shot, 1 fatally in the 1600 block of W. Howard St. in the Rogers Park Neighborhood, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times
5. A Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit
Jimmy Soto, who was exonerated after 42 years in prison, walk out of Lincoln Hall after a news conference at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law in Streeterville, where he and his lawyers from Loevy and + Loevy announced that they filed a civil lawsuit against multiple Chicago Police Department employees, Cook County Assistant State’s attorneys, the City of Chicago and Cook County for Soto’s wrongful conviction, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024.
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6. Reading Is Fundamental
7. City Council
Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a special City Council meeting at City Hall, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024.
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8. Bullying in the Legal Profession
Erika Harold, executive director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, stands in her office in the Loop, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. The organization released a study that estimates 25% of Illinois lawyers have been bullied by another attorney or a judge in the past year. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
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9. Mike Myers’ Return
“Wayne’s World” and “Austin Powers” creator and star Mike Myers smiles during an onstage conversation at the Logan Center for the Arts, where he later accepted a career achievement award from the Chicago International Film Festival, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024.
Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
10. Family Support
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