COPA Releases Full Report on Fatal Police Shooting of Anthony Alvarez

COPA Releases Full Report on Fatal Police Shooting of Anthony Alvarez

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Here are today's top stories It's Wednesday, Sep. 7th. 1 COPA Releases Full Report on Fatal Police Shooting of Anthony Alvarez Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Wednesday released the full report of its investigation into the fatal police shooting of Anthony Alvarez in March 2021, more than a month after the Chicago Police Board's one-member review sided with Supt. David Brown on lesser discipline for the officers involved. The report reveals new details about the shooting, which sparked protests and in part prompted the creation of a new foot pursuit policy that the Chicago Police Department unveiled earlier this year. While on patrol just after midnight on March 31, 2021, in the city's Portage Park neighborhood, Officers Evan Solano and Sammy Encarnacion spotted 22-year-old Alvarez, who they recognized from prior encounters, including the previous night. Read More → 2 It's Almost Time to 'Fall Back.' When is Daylight Saving Time? You've heard the terms before: Spring forward, fall back. Daylight saving time is coming up, which means Illinoisans will soon turn their clocks back a full hour. And while many may see it as an extra hour of sleep, for others, it marks time when the days get shorter and darker. And for some, the change can even have significant health impacts on a person's body. Read More → 3 How Long Are You Contagious With COVID? The Incubation Period Has Changed, Top Doc Says COVID's incubation period has changed with the extra-contagious BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants, Chicago's top doctor said, but what does that mean for how long you are contagious? During a Facebook Live last month, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady reported that recent studies have shown the incubation period for COVID has dropped to three days with recent variants. "So if you go back to like alpha variant, beta, delta – early on, it was about a five-day incubation period on average. So, if you were exposed to COVID, on average we were seeing people take about five days for someone to end up testing positive – and remember that went from four to five, out to 10, out to 14," she said. "The reason … we only use 10 days now, it is because that timing has shortened. And so, more recently with BA.4, BA.5, that's all the way down to about three days now. So on average, people are testing positive about 3 days after, but you can have someone positive up to 10 days." Read More → 4 Ald. Howard Brookins Jr. Announces Retirement, Joining Several Others Who Won't Return Ald. Howard Brookins Jr. announced Wednesday that he will retire from City Council after serving nearly 20 years as alderman of the 21st Ward. "For the 19 years that I have served alderman of the 21st Ward, I have walked in the footsteps of my father, and I took pride in modeling servant leadership for our beautiful communities," Brookins said in his announcement. "I am thankful for having the trust of my community as we worked together to provide greater economic opportunity and prosperity for our people. While my decision means new leadership will step into place." Brookins, who's Ward includes Auburn-Gresham and Washington Heights, says he wants to "hand the baton over to a new generation of leaders who can make sure the movement for racial justice and economic equity is sustained into the new political era." Read More → 5 Is a Rash a Sign of COVID? Here's What to Know About Symptoms According to the latest COVID update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the BA.5 lineage of the omicron variant is now the most prevalent strain of the virus in the U.S., and that variant comes with a shift in symptoms. But what if you have a symptom that isn't among the most common? As cases continue to occur, many are curious about what symptoms typically appear with COVID, and if there are specific symptoms, like rashes or headaches, related to different variants — particularly BA.5. "We're continuing to track this," Chicago's top doctor, Dr. Allison Arwady, said in an update last month. "In the more recent cases of COVID — which, again, are these newer variants — there's a few things that I noticed. First of all, the biggest one is that people are so much less likely to get seriously ill. And that means that the immune system is better at as being able to protect against against that severe illness." Read More → 6 Conservative-Funded Mailers, Styled as Newspapers, Sent to Illinois Voters A conservative group that is behind a recent series of television advertisements critical of Gov. J.B. Pritzker is using another medium to get its message out, sending out a paper publication that blasts Democratic candidates and platforms. Republican political strategist Dan Proft crafted the mailings. He runs a political action committee called 'Play by the Rules' that has been purchasing ads in recent weeks to criticize Pritkzer and Democrats who supported HB 3653, a criminal justice reform bill that has sharply divided the electorate in recent years. The PAC has received significant donations from billionaire Dick Uihlein, with more than $20 million contributed since the primary. Uihlein is one of the driving forces behind the fundraising efforts of State Senator and Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey. Read More → Got a tip or story idea? tips@nbcchicago.com Follow NBC Chicago Unsubscribe from this Mailing | Unsubscribe from all | Privacy | Terms ©2021 Copyright NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations 30 Rockefeller Plaza - New York, NY 10112