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Derrion Albert Beating Death: 14-Year-Old Is 4th Teen Charged

AP | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert, Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert Murder, Derrion Albert Suspects, Chicago Gang Violence, Youth Violence, Fenger High School, Chicago News

CHICAGO — A fourth teen is facing murder charges in the beating death of a Chicago high school honor student last month. The 14-year-old's name...

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Neighborhood School Carver Will Be Opened To Some Fenger Students Following Derrion Albert's Death

Chicago Breaking News | Azam Ahmed | Posted 10.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Altgeld Gardens, Youth Violence, Derrion Albert, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago School Violence, Fenger High School, Roseland, Cps, Carver Academy, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago News

Chicago Public Schools announced today it will open enrollment at a South Side military academy for students who no longer want to attend Fenger High ...

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Jesse Jackson Rides School Bus To Fenger: 'This Is A State Of Emergency'

Huffington Post | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Jesse Jackson Fenger, Fenger High School, Derrion Albert, Jesse Jackson, Video, CPS Violence, Chicago Youth Violence, Chicago Gang Violence, Cps, Chicago News

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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Yes, Institutional Violence Does Exist and It Exacerbates Youth Violence

Tracy Siska | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Violence, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Crime, Youth Violence, Vice Lords, Illinois Charter Schools, Chicago Education Reform, Chicago School Reform, Collins High School, North Lawndale, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago News

Who in their right mind thought it would be a good educational decision to move black kids from 95% black North Lawndale to Little Village High School in a 95% Latino community? Racial violence was predictable if not guaranteed.

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Daley's New Anti-Violence Plan: More Police Patrols, CTA Stops, Parking Meter Money Diverted

AP | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Youth Violence, Daley Youth Violence, Derrion Albert, Chicago Youth Violence, Fenger High School, Mayor Daley, Cps, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago News

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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Duncan: Teen Deaths Not Caused By School Reform

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

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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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Chicago Teen Deaths, Violence Tied To School Reform Plan?

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert, Derrion Albert Beating, Chicago School Reform, Renaissance 2010, Chicago School Closings, Chicago Youth Violence, Chicago Gang Violence, Fenger High School, Ron Huberman, Arne Duncan, Cps, School Closings, Chicago News

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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A Post-Olympic Plan for a City Under Siege

Kevin Coval | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert, Arne Duncan, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Daley, Chicago Violence, Chicago Olympics, Cps, Louder Than a Bomb, Ron Huberman, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago News

The city will be abuzz with language and records of now from people who are normally never heard from, the youth. Seen and now heard. And safe.

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Daley Holds Violence Meeting In Wake of Derrion Albert Beating Death

Chicago Sun-Times | MAUREEN O'DONNELL AND FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert, Chicago Violence, Mayor Daley, Father Pfleger, Derrion Albert Murder, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago News

On his first day back at work after the Olympics debacle, Mayor Daley called a high-level meeting Monday with city and school officials to seek an ans...

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Fatally Beaten Teen Derrion Albert Mourned At Funeral: 'The Eyes Of The World Are Watching'

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 12.03.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — The funeral of a Chicago teen who was beaten to death on his way home from school drew civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson and ...

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Ebert: Put Olympics Effort Toward Derrion Albert's Memory

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, Derrion Albert, Chicago Olympic Bid, Derrion Albert Murder, Chicago Youth Violence, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

We have lost the Olympics bid. Perhaps this is our opportunity to win Derrion Albert's bid. He was an honor student, not a gang member, not a drop out...

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Obama Sending Cabinet Members To Chicago Over Derrion Albert's Fatal Beating

AP | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is sending Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to Chicago next week to discuss ...

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Another Teen Critically Beaten In Chicago

CBS 2 | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Violence, Edgewater Teen Beating, Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert, Edgewater Beating, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago News

A 14-year-old boy is in critical condition after police say he was chased down and beaten by a mob of other teens in the Edgewater neighborhood, in an...

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White House: Derrion Albert Beating Death Video 'Chilling'

Huffington Post | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago

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White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the beating death of 16-year-old honor student Derrion Albert was discussed at President Obama's morning meeti...

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Public Health Key To Reducing Urban Violence: Kotlowitz

The Daily Northwestern | Lauren Kelleher | Posted 11.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Health, Chicago Violence, Alex Kotlowitz, Ceasefire, Chicago Gang Violence, Gang Violence, Chicago News

According to acclaimed author Alex Kotlowitz, an unlikely tool - public health - can be used to help combat violence in Chicago's impoverished neighbo...

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Derrion Albert Beating Death: 4 Teens Charged With Murder

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 11.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert, Derrion Albert Murder, Derrion Albert Beating, Honor Student Beaten to Death, Fenger High School, Eric Carson, Eugene Riley, Silvanus Shannon, Chicago Gang Violence, Fenger High School Brawl, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Cell phone footage showing a group of teens viciously kicking and striking a 16-year-old honors student with splintered railroad ties ...

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Beating Death Of Derrion Albert, 16, Caught On Video

Huffington Post | Posted 11.27.2009 | Chicago

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UPDATE: Four teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder in Derrion Albert's beating death. Silvanus Shannon, 19, Eugene Riley, 18, and Eric...

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Derrion Albert, 16, Beaten To Death In 'Mob Action'

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 11.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Gangster Disciples, Derrion Albert, Rev. Victor Grandberry, Chicago-Illinois, Fenger High School, Chicago Gang Violence, Roseland, Chicago News

Family and friends believe 16-year-old Derrion Albert was beaten to death by other teens because he resisted joining a gang that was forming near Feng...

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Uptown Alderman Helen Shiller: 'I Am Not In Hiding'

CBS 2 | Jim Williams | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Shiller Violence, Uptown Violence, Helen Shiller, Chicago Gang Violence, Uptown, Shiller Uptown, Chicago News

Where is Helen Shiller? That's what people in Uptown have been asking for weeks, demanding answers and help from the 46th Ward alderman. As their conc...

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Uptown Residents Demand Action After Gang Violence Erupts In Streets (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 09.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Uptown Violence, Chicago Gang Violence, Helen Shiller, Gang Violence, Video, Uptown Gangs, Uptown Protest, Chicago Gun Violence, Chicago Violence, Uptown, Uptown Shiller, Chicago News

UPDATED Uptown residents are furious over escalating neighborhood violence and what they perceive as their alderman's ambivalence to it. Fed up afte...

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Alisa Campos Is 3rd Person Charged In Burning, Shooting Murder Of Boy

AP | Posted 07.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Edgar Silva, Alex Arellano Murder, Alisa Campos, Jovanny Martinez, Latin Kings, Alex Arellano, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- A 22-year-old suburban Chicago woman has been ordered held without bond in the death of a Chicago teen whose body was found severely b...

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Hudson Deaths Shine Light On South Side Violence

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 11.30.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Murders, South Side Violence, Jennifer Hudson, Englewood, Hudson Murders, Jennifer Hudson Tragedy, Chicago Violence, Jody Weis, Chicago Gun Violence, Englewood Violence, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago Gangs, Chicago News

CHICAGO — During the same weekend that county pathologists conducted autopsies on the bodies of actress-singer Jennifer Hudson's mother and brot...

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Mayor Daley: Always There With Outrage the Day After Gang Violence

Ray Hanania | Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Gun Violence, Mayor Daley, Street Gang Violence, Chicago Police, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Civil Rights, Jody Weis, Chicago Murders, Chicago Gun Violence, Nequiel Fowler Killed, Nequiel Fowler Shot, Nequiel Fowler, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago Gangs, Chicago News

Clearly Mayor Daley cares about the well-being of Chicago. But does he care enough?

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Gangs, Violent Crime, And Unintended Consequences in Chicago

Tracy Siska | Posted 09.15.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Drugs, Chicago Police, Gangs, Phil Cline, Violent Crime, Bobby Gore, Chicago Black Panthers, Richard J. Daley, Reducing Gang Violence, Fred Hampton, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago Crime, Jody Weis, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Gangs, Edward Hanrahan, Chicago News

If we as Chicagoans truly want reduced levels of violence in our low-income high-crime neighborhoods then we must be prepared to face the unvarnished truth.

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