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Analysis of Chicago Violence

WTTW News | September 24, 2013, 11:30 am

We take a closer look at what happened the night of the Back of the Yards mass park shooting and examine Chicago's persistent violence with Felicia Davis, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's deputy chief of staff, and Chicago Tribune reporter Peter Nickeas.

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