Beatings Abound in Chicago Schools

Over the past six years, more than 800 students in Chicago’s public school system have claimed they were beaten, whipped and choked – all at the hands of school staff. Since 2003, 568 out of the 818 reports of abuse, were investigated and proved true, according to a report by Chicago TV station CBS 2. One alleged victim, elementary school student Treveon Martin, says he was hit with a belt by a teacher. “He’s threatened almost all the kids in his classroom,” he said. “He holded my arms and he picked my body up, and then he just slammed me on the desk,” Martin said. Click for more.
Disgraced Hip-hop Mayor Lands on His Feet

It’s been a little over a week since former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was released from jail after serving 99 days for perjury, but he might have already landed a new gig. A Texas affiliate of Compuware Corp., a Detroit-based company, is set to name Kilpatrick to a new post soon, reports The Detroit Free Press. Read on.

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