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  • 61 Shot in Chicago Over Christmas Weekend 

    More than 60 people were shot in Chicago over the Christmas weekend, leaving 11 dead, the Chicago Tribune reports. Most of the violence took place on the city’s South and West sides. The holiday weekend started with five teenagers being shot within feet of one another in the city’s South Austin neighborhood. The Tribune reports…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • 2 Los Angeles Gang Members Sentenced to 50 Years for Killing Teen Over Shoes

    Two gang members were sentenced Wednesday for the killing of a mentally disabled teenager over a pair of red shoes. On Oct. 24, Kanasho Shadrick Johns, 29, and Kevin Deon Johnson, 26, were found guilty of one count each of first-degree murder in the shooting death of 19-year-old Tavin Price at a South Los Angeles…

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    Monique Judge

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  • Ga. Teenagers Hired on the Spot After Asking for Jobs to Avoid Gangs

    A group of Georgia teens landed themselves summer jobs with the LaGrange (Ga.) Housing Authority after explaining to its head, Zsa Zsa Heard, that they were trying to stay out of trouble, KHOU11 reports. According to Heard in a Facebook post Wednesday, she was approached by the four teens while working in her office. When…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • How to Get Away With Murder: A Story of Grief, Apathy and Gun Violence in the African-American Community

    Ken McClenton is a grieving father whose family is getting by on faith. His daughter, Charnice Milton, was killed last year in Southeast Washington, D.C., while she was changing buses on her way home from work. “We are persevering in the midst of our loss,” McClenton tells The Root. “You never get fully over the…

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    Allison Keyes

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