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By John Kass When we were young raising our family, pinching pennies to pay the mortgage and take care of the children, we'd see news stories about rising violent crime in my hometown of Chicago. We'd ...

Federal prosecutors say the fearsome reputation of the Rollin' 60s gang allowed Eugene "Big U" Henley to intimidate ...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a father of three and a protected legal resident when he was deported and imprisoned in El Salvador, accused of being a gang member -- all because he was wearing a Chicago ...

Linda Beckstrom, co-author (with Angalia Bianca) of ‘In Deep: How I Survived Gangs, Heroin, and Prison to Become a Chicago Violence Interrupter‘ joins Rick Kogan to highlight the book and discuss her ...

In Chicago, where gangs long have had powerful ... had warned the boy’s mother that he was a “member of a violent street gang and threatened to get the gang to attack them,” according ...

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