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Hadiya Pendleton

Barber Antonio Coye cuts Stevens Taylor's hair at the Hyde Park Hair Salon moments before U.S. President Barack Obama takes the oath of office to officially start his second term on January 20, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama would get his hair cut at The Hyde Park Hair Salon, which is near his Chicago home, before he was elected to the White House. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the official swearing-in today and a public ceremony will take place January 21. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

In Chicago, even Obama's neighborhood may be unsafe

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - As Chicago’s violence issue continues to sit in the spotlight, incidents happening in President Barack Obama’s hometown have become national news, an unfair scrutiny, many residents argue...
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Dennis Johnson

'Melissa Harris-Perry Show': How to end gun violence

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VIDEO - Chicago State University student Dennis Johnson joined the panel on MSNBC's 'Melissa Harris Perry' show to talk about the Black Youth Project, and his own experiences with gun violence...
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First lady Michelle Obama visits Harper High School in the Englewood neighborhood to talk with students about the plague of violence in their area April 10, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. According to published reports Chicago has had 79 murders in 2013. Twenty-seven of the victims have been under 21-years-old, the most recent victim was fourteen-year-old Michael Orozco who died April 7, from two gunshot wounds to his chest. A 17 and a 19-year-old are in custody for Orozco's murder. (Photo by Nancy Stone-Pool/Getty Images)

Chicago gun violence is personal for first lady

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - Since Chicago topped 500 murders in 2012, followed by Hadiya Pendleton’s death in February, the city’s gun violence issue has received more national attention..
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Michelle Obama: 'Hadiya was me and I was her'

Don Babwin and Nedra Pickler, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama made a deeply personal entrance into the gun debate Wednesday...
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With police officers who solved the case behind him, Chicago Police Superintendant Garry McCarthy announces arrests have been made in the murder of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton during a press conference at Area Central on February 11, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Suspected gang members Micheail Ward and Kenneth Williams have been charged in the murder. McCarthy said the two thought they were shooting at rival gang members in retaliation for a July 2012 incident when Williams was shot. Hadiya's murder was the 44th murder in Chicago in January. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Are Chicago cops driving the murder rate down?

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - Dubbed the deadliest city in America, Chicago showed signs of improvement through the first quarter of 2013, a move Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy say is a direct result of a coordinated strategy among the city and police...
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Kenneth Williams, 20, (left)/Michael Ward, 18, (right) (AP Photo/Chicago Police Department)

2 plead not guilty in Hadiya Pendleton death

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CHICAGO (AP) - Two men have pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of a 15-year-old Chicago girl who performed at President Barack Obama's inaugural festivities about a week before she died...
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FEBRUARY 02: Andrew Holmes (C) hands out flyers offering a $40,000 reward for the arrest of the killer of Hadiya Pendleton February 2, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Hadiya Pendleton was a fifteen-year-old honor student at King School who was shot and killed while hanging out with friends on a rainy afternoon under a shelter in Harsh Park on January 29. Pendleton was the 44th homicide recorded in Chicago for 2013. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Why major gun control legislation may not pass

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - The strong momentum early this year around new gun control laws, spurred by the mass shooting in Newtown and a spate of murders in Chicago, has stalled on Capitol Hill...
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First lady invites Hadiya Pendleton family to Easter egg roll

Alexandria Fisher, NBC Chicago
CHICAGO - The family of slain teen Hadiya Pendleton has reportedly been invited to another White House function by First Lady Michelle Obama.
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Judy Watkins (C), the mother of slain infant Jonylah Watkins, mourns during a vigil on March 12, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. The 6-month-old girl was shot five times on the 6500 block of South Maryland Avenue while her father was changing her diaper in the passenger seat of his car. The father, Jonathan Watkins remains is stable condition at Nothwestern Memorial Hospital after receiving three gunshot wounds.(Photo by Jonathan Gibby/Getty Images)

Are gangs a bigger threat than guns in Chicago?

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - This year, Chicago received national attention because if its violence issue, a problem that along with other undesirable traditions, has plagued the city for years...
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Hadiya

911 tapes released in Hadiya Pendleton shooting

Lisa Balde, NBC Chicago
CHICAGO - The frantic 911 calls that came the night Hadiya Pendleton was gunned down in a Chicago park were released Monday, and they included a key description of the shooter...
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