Chicago Gang Violence

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

AP | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago


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...

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


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 ...

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

Huffington Post | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago


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 ...

Yes, Institutional Violence Does Exist and It Exacerbates Youth Violence

Tracy Siska | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago


Tracy Siska

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.

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

AP | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago


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

Duncan: Teen Deaths Not Caused By School Reform

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago


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

Chicago Teen Deaths, Violence Tied To School Reform Plan?

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago


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 ...

A Post-Olympic Plan for a City Under Siege

Kevin Coval | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago


Kevin Coval

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.

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


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...

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

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 12.03.2009 | Chicago


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 ...

Ebert: Put Olympics Effort Toward Derrion Albert's Memory

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


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...

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

AP | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago


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

Another Teen Critically Beaten In Chicago

CBS 2 | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago


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...

White House: Derrion Albert Beating Death Video 'Chilling'

Huffington Post | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago


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...

Public Health Key To Reducing Urban Violence: Kotlowitz

The Daily Northwestern | Lauren Kelleher | Posted 11.28.2009 | Chicago


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

Derrion Albert Beating Death: 4 Teens Charged With Murder

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 11.28.2009 | Chicago


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

Beating Death Of Derrion Albert, 16, Caught On Video

Huffington Post | Posted 11.27.2009 | Chicago


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

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

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 11.25.2009 | Chicago


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...

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

CBS 2 | Jim Williams | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago


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...

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

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 09.17.2009 | Chicago


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

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

AP | Posted 07.16.2009 | Chicago


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...

Hudson Deaths Shine Light On South Side Violence

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 11.30.2008 | Chicago


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

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

Ray Hanania | Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago


Ray Hanania

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

Gangs, Violent Crime, And Unintended Consequences in Chicago

Tracy Siska | Posted 09.15.2008 | Chicago


Tracy Siska

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.