On December 23rd, Gerald Richardson crashed his Mazda mini-van through a wall of the WLS-TV news studio during a live airing of the 10 p.m. newscast in downtown Chicago. Richardson shouted “Ho!” after he partially crashed through a studio wall, interrupting news anchor Ravi Baichwal. Witnesses to the event saw Richardson make a series of u-turns before crashing into a section of thick bullet-proof glass, which did not shatter and prevented the van from proceeding into the studio. Following the crash, Richardson fought with police officers and asked what he had done wrong. Chicago police charged Richardson, who was 25 at the time and from , with criminal damage to property, reckless driving, driving without vehicle insurance, and two counts of resisting arrest. Richardson’s family told reporters that Richardson had a history of mental illness and had intended to submit him for psychiatric examination following the holiday season.
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