Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. Summer of 2021, with Chicago in the midst of a surge in gun violence, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the police department declared war on gangs.

Context Explanation

With support from key members of theCity Council, the mayor introduced a plan to sue gangs for their assets. Chicago police are searching for a woman who opened fire on a CTA Red Line platform, killing another woman at the 69th Street station. This marks the second Red Line shooting in just a month. Later on in the program, a modern Medal of Valor for the service people behind drone attacks, but first this tragic trend in Chicago.

Insight Material

Joining us now from our bureau in Chicago is NPR's Cheryl Corley, who is the correspondent from Chicago for the national desk. gangs and a culture of violence stubbornly persist in some of Cleveland's... While it is known for being on Route 66 and its long history as a mining town, it is possibly best known for being the location of the first McDonald's. In a 2019 FBI report, thecity had a violent crime rate of 1,319 incidents per 100,000 residents. O Block sits in the midst of the Chicago Police Department’s Beat 312, which stretches east from the Dan Ryan Expressway past Cottage Grove, roughly between 63rd and 65th streets.

Final Conclusion

Historically significant yet marked by violence and gang activity, O Block has been a focal point of crime in Chicago, especially between June 2011 and June 2014 when it recorded the most shootings in thecity.