Street Violence

One Woman's Fight For Social Justice

Constance L. Rice | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: La, Street Violence, Los Angeles, Gang Culture, Gang Intervention, Power Concedes Nothing, Books News

In twenty years as a civil rights attorney in Los Angeles, I've had my share of shattering midnight calls from police and gang intervention workers, clients and social workers. But few calls rattled my world like the one that came on a quiet Jacaranda June morning in 2008.

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Man Killed, Teen Seriously Wounded In Woodlawn Shooting

Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: South Side Shooting, Woodlawn, Shootings, Chicago Crime, Chicago Shootings, Edward Riley Shot, Chicago Street Violence, Street Violence, Edward Riley Killed, Edward Riley, Woodlawn Chicago, Chicago News

A man was killed and a teenage boy was seriously injured Tuesday night when two gunmen opened fire on them in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood on the S...

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11-Year-Old Girl Struck By Stray Bullet While In Her Home

Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Shot While Watching Tv, Chicago Crime, Shot in Drive-By, Chicago Shootings, 11-Year-Old Girl Shot, Chicago Street Violence, Street Violence, 11-Year-Old Shot, Chicago Summer Crime, Shot by Stray Bullet, Chicago News

An 11-year-old girl was injured Sunday afternoon on the Far South Side of Chicago when she was struck in the arm by a stray bullet while she sat insid...

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Sleeping Teen Killed When Car Crashes Into Apartment After Driver Shot

Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Video, Dominique Thomas Killed, Chicagoland Crime, Car Kills Teen, Chicago Street Violence, Street Violence, Summer Crime, Chicago Summer Crime, Dominique Thomas, Maywood Illinois, Chicago News

Story updated with additional details A 14-year-old girl who had been sleeping on a sofa in west suburban Maywood was killed early Tuesday when a c...

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13-Year-Old Boy Among 3 Teens Injured In Rogers Park Shooting

Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Summer Violence, Shooting, Chicago Crime, Crime, Gang Violence, Chicago Street Violence, Street Violence, 13-Year-Old Shot, Rogers Park Crime, Rogers Park Shooting, Chicago Gang Violence, Video, Chicago News

A 13-year-boy was in serious condition Tuesday morning after being shot along with two other teens in the Rogers Park neighborhood on Chicago's North ...

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Chicago's Top Cop: CPD Gets 'Too Many' 911 Calls, System 'Broken'

Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Crime, Chicago Shootings, Chicago Budget, Garry McCarthy, Street Violence, Chicago Police Department, 911 Calls, Summer Crime, Chicago Police, Rahm Emanuel 100 Days, Chicago 911 Calls, Summer Shootings, Chicago News

Chicago Police Department Superintendent Garry McCarthy admitted that his police force can, at times, be slow to respond to reports of shootings at a ...

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Teens Charged In Chinatown Mob Attack

Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Chicago Mob Violence, Summer Violence, Robberies, Chicago Crime, Denzel Olagbegi, Mobs, Chicago Street Violence, Street Violence, Chicago Mob Attacks, Summer Mob Violence, Chicago Summer Violence, Mob Attacks, Video, Chicago News

Police have charged seven teenage boys in connection with a mob attack that severely injured an 18-year-old victim walking in Chicago's Chinatown neig...

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Butcher Killed By Stray Bullet While Working

Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Alfredo Cuellar r.i.p., Alfredo Cuellar Killed, Chicago Crime, Crime, Gang Violence, Margarita's Meat Market, Chicago Violence, Street Violence, Alfredo Cuellar, Chicago Gang Violence, Video, Chicago News

A butcher and cashier of a South Side meat market was killed Thursday morning after a bullet came through the window of his workplace, Margarita's Mea...

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Indiana Man Charged In Boystown Stabbing, Investigation Continues

Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Kathleen Boehmer, Boystown, Mob Violence, Chicago Crime, Boystown Stabbing, Street Violence, Tom Tunney, East Lakeview, Chicago Summer Violence, Boystown Violence, Chicago News

UPDATE: The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Hayes was ordered held in lieu of a $700,000 bail Friday. He is reportedly cooperating with police...

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Boystown Violence: Hundreds Pack Into Tense Community Meeting

Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Kathleen Boehmer, Boystown Crime, Summer Violence, Lakeview, Chicago Crime, Center on Halsted, Chicago, Boystown Stabbing, Street Violence, Chicago Police Department, Tom Tunney, Chicago News

Story by Kate Sosin, courtesy of the Windy City Times In the midst of a community uproar over violent crime in Lakeview, the much-anticipated July ...

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Mourning Family Questions LAPD's Use Of Deadly Force

ktla.com | KTLA News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Street Violence, Los Angeles Violence, David Matthews, Roger Williams, Lapd, Los Angeles News

SOUTH L.A. (KTLA) -- Family members of Roger Williams are questioning if deadly force was necessary after Williams was shot and killed by police offic...

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Who is # 30?

Mari Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, CPS Deaths, CPS Students Killed, Chicago Violence, Street Violence, Urban Crime, Guns, Chicago News

As other competing stories unfold - the Olympic visit, parking meter revolts, government bailouts - the 30th CPS student to die from violence is a bit below the radar.

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