Black v. Littlejohn

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION TEIRRA BLACK, as parent and next friend of ) J.D. and J.A.D., minors, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 19 C 2585 v. ) ) Judge Sara L. Ellis TAMARA LITTLEJOHN, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) OPINION AND ORDER School should be a safe space for children that is free from bullying and physical abuse. That is what Teirra Black, a parent and next friend of J.D. and J.A.D., believed when she sent her children to two public grammar schools in Chicago. However, once Black’s son almost succeeded in attempting to take his own life after…