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National Effort

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National Effort

Published: Wed, 7 Oct 2009

Description: What can administration do to stop wave of youth violence in Chicago?

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" Turns -- back to Chicago where two top members of the president's cabinet are there in the wake of a fatal beating of a teenager. The attorney general Eric Holder the education secretary Arnie Duncan -- Duncan used to run the Chicago public school system and of course this is the president's hometown it was this cell phone video. That captured the death of the sixteen year old honor student named -- Albert's he mistakenly got caught in the middle of the street fight on his way home from school kids were wielding these railroad ties. He's big boards and he got hit in the head for teenagers have been charged with his murder that that is. -- a reporter for the Chicago Tribune is on the phone to snap -- heading these events today. -- what are they really think that federal officials can do here outside of what they have been doing this morning is bring attention to this."

" It seemed like that was the primary focus the press conference the day. Secretary Scott -- holder met with -- student morning. And there has been in community Coke. And it was in their words about starting a conversation not just locally but nationally."

" It is very they -- there they tried video cameras in Chicago extra cops more security you know tougher curfews. There's a new plan out there that involves -- I guess what you might call softer approach in terms of more -- terrain. Of kids at risk what are the thoughts on that."

" We'll be approach was outlined by the current school achieved Rhonda you -- and it essentially look. You can specifically database of the past five years urban Chicago Public Schools being he's been shot. You look how. Patterns and in this pattern in any -- five significant pattern. And based off of those patterns he determined the typical. Level a bit. Where about twelve about 200 it in the school system based -- 1% higher rate of being shot within the next few years while -- country -- Are going to receive spoke on mentors one man's work report children are -- fifteen hours in addition to that -- Steve Jobs. Now that's somewhat different from what happened that finger. Only in that -- Daryn Albert was not one of those children had been bit uncertain they haven't released whether any of those charged were were among those to --"

" Among the ones that had been highlighted there and focused on -- that is that the Chicago Tribune thank system."

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