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Chicago Police Department To Hold Gang-Fighting Summit

AP | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Jody Weis, Chicago Cops, Cpd, Chicago Police Gang-Fighting Summit, Chicago Crime, Chicago Gangs, Chicago Police Department, Chicago News

Chicago police officers will study gang-fighting strategies at a summit that will focus on getting search warrants, building tight cases against gang ...

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Hudson Deaths Shine Light On South Side Violence

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 10.30.2008 | 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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A(nother) Beautiful Child is Killed: What Should We Do With Her Murderers?

Harold Pollack | Posted 09.28.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Capital Punishment, Nequiel Fowler, Death Penalty Moratorium, Crime, Death Penalty Debate, Nequiel Fowler Killed, Death Penalty, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty Costs, Illinois Death Penalty, Chicago Crime, Chicago Gangs, Death Penalty Reform, Chicago News
Harold Pollack

I've seen nothing to suggest that we accomplish much by brutalizing the small and troubled people who commit atrocities. Killing these four gang bangers who murdered Nequiel Fowler does nothing to honor or memorialize this beautiful child.

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

Ray Hanania | Posted 09.08.2008 | 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
Ray Hanania

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

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Chicago Police, Assault Rifles and No Demonstrable Need!

Tracy Siska | Posted 09.02.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Jody Weis, Chicago Police, Civil Rights, Chicago Police Assault Weapons, Police Transparency, Cpd, Chicago Justice Project, Mayor Daley, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police M4 Carbine, Chicago Assault Weapons, Chicago Gangs, Chicago Police Violence, Chicago News
Tracy Siska

The decision by Mayor Daley and Police Superintendent Weis to deploy assault weapons on the streets of Chicago has been made without providing a demonstrable need for the weapon.

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Gangs, Violent Crime, And Unintended Consequences in Chicago

Tracy Siska | Posted 08.15.2008 | 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
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.

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