gun violence

Illinois Passes Concealed-Carry Law

New Program Allows Public to Send Chicago Police Crime Tips Via Text and Twitter

Summer Surge in Gun Violence Forces Chicago Hospital to Hold Blood Drive

At Least 73 People Shot in Chicago Over 4th of July Weekend

Al Sharpton to Move to Chicago to Address Gun Violence

Mistrial Declared in Trial of Detroit Cop In Death of 7-Year Old Aiyana Stanley-Jones

Hadiya Pendleton’s Parents Discuss Chicago Gun Violence Crisis

Mother Watches Police Shoot Black Teen Hours After Her Own Was Killed By Cops

7 Killed, 41 Injured, In Chicago’s Most Violent Weekend of the Year

Bullet Intended for Alleged Gang Member Strikes 9 Year-Old

Jordan Davis Receives Honorary HS Diploma

18 Year-Old Dionte Maxwell Shot and Killed When Strangers Crashed Family BDay Party

11 Year-Old Tayloni Mazyck Paralyzed After Being Struck with Stray Bullet

George Zimmerman’s Attorneys Apologize for Mischaracterizing Evidence

St. Louis Police Under Fire After Shooting Black Honor Student 25 Times

Bobby Rush Calls IL Sen. Kirk’s Chicago Gang Plan “Upper-Middle Class, Elitist White Boy Solution”

Father of Slain 6-Month Old Jonylah Watkins Pledges to Turn His Life Around

29 Shot, 6 Fatally in Memorial Day Weekend Violence in Chicago

Koman Willis Charged w/ 1st Degree Murder of 6-Month Old Jonylah Watkins

14 Year-Old D’Asia Robinson Killed by Stray Bullet While Riding City Bus

Murder of Mark Carson in NY’s Greenwich Village Being Investigated as Antigay Hate Crime

Suspect in New Orleans Mother’s Day Parade Shooting Arrested; Faces 20 Charges

David Dennis: Why isn’t New Orleans Mother’s Day parade shooting a ‘national tragedy’?

Occupy the Streets of Chicago! March for Peace on June 21st!

Chicago Violence: 2 Killed, 11 Wounded in Overnight Shootings

Parents of Kimani Gray File Wrongful-Death Suit Against New York City

Trailer Released for Oscar Grant Film “Fruitvale”

Gunmen Open Fire on New Orleans Parade, Injuring 19

Harlem Youth Hope to Help End Gun Violence w/ Documentary

Does America Care About Murders in Black Communities?

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