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Chicago group aims to stop shootings

In one of the United States's deadliest cities, a group is attempting to curb gun crime by working with community. Thanks to a group that's using former gang members to reach out to one of the city's most violent neighbourhoods, gun shootings in Chicago have plummeted. It's using a novel method with a disruptive approach. by John Hendren Al Jazeera's John Hendren reports from Chicago.
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Chicago cops acquitted of cover-up charge in black teen’s killing

Relatives of Laquan McDonald, killed in 2014, call ruling step backwards for black community's fight for justice. Reverend Marvin Hunter: 'To say that these men are not guilty is to say that Jason Van Dyke is not guilty' [Noreen Nasir/AP] Activists and relatives of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager in the United States who was killed by a white police officer more than four years ago, have decried a court ruling that acquitted three current and former Chicago officers of conspiring to protect a white colleague by lying about the circumstances around the fatal shooting. The October 2014 killing of 17-year-old McDonald, which was captured on police video, triggered months of protests and became emblematic of long-standing police abuse in Chicago, the country...
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Chicago Police Accused Of Racist Use Of ‘Bait Trucks’ Tactic

The tactic, which sees trucks filled with valuable goods and left unattended, has been criticized for both creating the crimes it catches and for its use in impoverished, minority neighborhoods. The Chicago police department has been accused of targeting some of the city's poorest communities with a controversial tactic. Local activists say police are entrapping young black men with a so-called "bait truck", which is parked on the road with expensive products and left unattended. by John Hendren Al Jazeera's John Hendren reports from Chicago.
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