Chicago Youth Violence

WATCH: Chicagoans March For Trayvon, Local Slain Teens

Posted 04.02.2012

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Hundreds of Chicagoans poured into the streets on the city's West Side Sunday to rally against youth violence not only in solidarity with slain Florid...

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High School Student Stabbed Inside South Side Classroom

Posted 03.07.2012

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Updated story A 16-year-old female Chicago Public Schools student was stabbed by a classmate inside a classroom Tuesday morning. Police report t...

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Was Suspect In Fatal School Stabbing Provoked By A Bully?

Posted 03.04.2012

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The defense attorney for a 17-year-old student charged with fatally stabbing a classmate Thursday morning inside an alternative high school on Chicago...

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Teen Killed, 3 Wounded In South Side Shooting

Posted 02.28.2012

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A 15-year-old Chicago boy was killed and three others were wounded when a gunman opened fire in an apartment building on the city's South Side. Geo...

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Shocking Number Of Local Teens In Abusive Relationships

HuffingtonPost.com | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 02.16.2012

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CHICAGO--"I don’t know why Rihanna complained, Chris Brown could beat me anytime he wanted to.” This Tweet and similar others circulated in th...

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An American Problem: Can Changing Culture End Youth Violence?

Sarah Garland | Posted 04.14.2012

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Change the culture of low expectations, and then watch schools and whole communities achieve success. Change the culture of violence, and then watch as young people and whole communities stop the cycle of self-destruction.

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Teen Allegedly Bit Cop's Hand During Lunchroom Brawl

Posted 01.27.2012

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A 17-year-old Chicago girl has been charged with biting a Chicago police officer who intervened Thursday in a cafeteria fight at an East Garfield Park...

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7 Teens Charged In Brutal Attack Posted On YouTube

Posted 01.19.2012

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Updated story Seven teens were charged early Wednesday in connection with the brutal beating, captured on video and posted on YouTube, of a 17-year...

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Listening to Students About Violence

Hermene Hartman | Posted 01.28.2012

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Our students are struggling. They want to succeed in life. They want to go to school. They want jobs. They want to do what is right. But they realize the odds are against them.

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Two Men Charged In Halloween Shooting Of 10-Year-Old Boy

Posted 01.02.2012

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Two Chicago men have been charged in the Halloween shooting of a 10-year-old boy on the city's Northwest Side. Cruz Perez, 22, and Steven Figueroa,...

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WATCH: Emanuel Attends Memorial For 260 Chicago Children Killed By Violence

Posted 01.02.2012

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was among the attendees at a Monday memorial honoring some 260 Chicago Public School students killed by violence during the...

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After School Matters To Cut Student Paychecks By 75 Percent

Posted 12.10.2011

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Students in Chicago's After School Matters program, which supports student participation in after school enrichment programs by providing participants...

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The Trauma Of Violence And Our Broken Communities

Chicago Magazine | Posted 10.12.2011

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Fifteen years ago, I was on vacation with my family in upstate New York, when late one night I got a phone call from a homicide detective I knew from ...

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WATCH: Grandma Mentors South Side Chicago Gang Members

Posted 06.08.2011

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Amid rampant gang violence in a Chicago South Side neighborhood, a grandmother has an open door policy. Roseland resident Diane Latiker, 54, started ...

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'Beyond The Ball': Chicago Couple Helps Kids Stay Out Of Gangs With Sports Program

Posted 05.25.2011

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Looking to make a difference for young people in a Chicago neighborhood riddled with gang violence, Rob and Amy Castaneda founded "Beyond The Ball," a...

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Isiah Stroud Murder: Man Arrested In NY For Teen's 2008 Slaying On North Side

Posted 05.25.2011

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A man was arrested in New York this week more than a year after his alleged involvement in the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old boy in the North Side R...

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Violence Inside High Schools Surges

Catalyst Chicago | Sarah Karp | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the past year, violent incidents inside or on the grounds of Chicago's high schools rose by almost 20 percent, with students committing aggravated ...

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Teen Cleared In Derrion Albert's Beating Death With Little Explanation

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — First-degree murder charges were dropped Monday against one of four teens accused in the brutal beating of a Chicago honor student tha...

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Duncan: School Reform Not Related To Surge In Teen Violence

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday pledged federal support to fight a surge in youth v...

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Pfleger Billboards Put Bounty On CPS Student Killers

Chicago Sun-Times | MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a litter-strewn, vacant lot in Englewood, steps away from three houses of worship, a billboard went up Tuesday, asking, essentially, what is the pr...

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'This Is A State Of Emergency'

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Responding to a wave of teen violence and the brutal killing of honor student Derrion Albert, the Rev. Jesse Jackson hopped on a school bus to escort ...

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Mike Tyson Meets With Daley About Youth Violence

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former world champion Mike Tyson paid Mayor Richard Daley a visit today and the boxing heavyweight and political heavyweight talked about youth violen...

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Rash Of Teen Deaths, Violence Due To School Reform?

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Even in the cold rain, Danielle Jones would rather stand on the street and wait for her father to pick her up from her high school on ...

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Judge To CPS: Let Unsafe Fenger Students Transfer

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A federal judge says Chicago Public Schools must arrange for the immediate transfer of students who want to leave a South Side high sc...

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Is This The Plan To Combat Youth Violence, Killings?

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he's proposing several plans to curb youth violence, including adding more police officers at schools...

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