Gun Violence Takes Life of Another Little Girl in Englewood

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"I knew her, yeah, I knew her," [Cortez McClung] said of [Kierra Polk] Pope. "I knew her and her brother. I found out about it because I heard one of my friends say it. No one came up to the school and told us (anything)."

"The streets of Englewood is my office," [Fred Hampton Jr] said. "But just look at the vacant lots and lack of social services in our community. Vacant lots are our playgrounds."

"With them failing to give (10-year-old Siretha White's family) on 70th Place a citation, here we go again about the police not knowing how to deal with knowing how to deal with domestic violence cases in the city," [John Paul Jones] said. "Even though it was an accident, it was still domestic violence, and the city need to find a clever way for law enforcement to speak to these situations inside of the homes."

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Gun Violence Takes Life of Another Little Girl in Englewood

For the third time in two months, residents in the Englewood community will wake up this morning having to face the reality that the life of one of its young, bright and promising girls has been cut short by ...

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