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Friends and classmates visit a memorial for 15-year-old Caleb Westbrooks in the West Town neighborhood on January 19, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Half of America’s states sanction carrying a gun in public without first securing a license. All the data suggests that permitless carry could saddle the Black community with a heavy burden.

Allowing guns in public without permits could create increased risks for Black Americans, experts say

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Grandma, 70, takes lifeguard job to get kids in the pool, off the streets where 100 have been shot  

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Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille O’Neal to pay for 3-year-old gun victim’s funeral

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Rep. Cori Bush launches student initiative after emotional youth ‘speak-in’

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Sykea Patton thegrio.com

Man accused of killing ex-girlfriend while she walked twin sons home

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Thomas DeLaCruz Jr. theGRIO.com

Indiana boy, 13, killed while trick-or-treating

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Two men arrested for 2020 killing of 7-year-old boy

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Demetrius Stevenson thegrio.com

Illinois boy, 8, killed while playing on porch after shooters fire at family friend

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Lashana Henderson thegrio.com

Mother accused of shooting infant daughter, killing man who was holding baby

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Investigation finds ‘high probability’ police killed 8-year-old Fanta Bility

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Chicago Assigns Extra Police Due To Threat Of Gun Violence Memorial Day Weekend

Girl, 6, killed in Washington D.C. shooting; mother, five others injured

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Michigan Ryan Le-Nguyen thegrio.com

Man accused of shooting boy, 6, back in jail after bail increase

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NYC boy killed just days before his 11th birthday: ‘He’s so intelligent, bright’

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11-year-old boy killed in Atlanta drive-by shooting

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The Download | June 4th: Reporter asks Serena Williams an awkward question + Black family verbally attacked + Youth Over Guns protest

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#NationalSchoolWalkOut Black Student thegrio.com

On #NationalSchoolWalkOut Day, remember our Black and Brown students #WalkOut everyday

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