The launch of a new federal effort to combat gun violence across the country brought Attorney General Merrick Garland back to his native Chicago, where he called gun violence an ongoing tragedy Thursday and said, “I feel it particularly in my hometown.”
Garland’s first official visit as attorney general to Chicago came in the wake of three mass shootings in a single day. One of them took place just down the street from St. Agatha Catholic Church, where Garland met with community members Thursday and talked briefly with reporters.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke with U.S. attorneys and agents in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives at the ATF headquarters in Washington Thursday morning before traveling to Chicago to discuss the new initiative with local leaders.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland’s visit to Chicago drew national attention yesterday as he stood alongside Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Sen. Dick Durbin, vowing to target gun-trafficking corridors across various law enforcement jurisdictions. In Chicago, that means federal prosecutors will search out weapons beyond the city into southern Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland visited St. Agatha Church on the city’s West Side yesterday amid several meetings in Chicago with city leaders on gun violence.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland, along with Supt. David Brown and Mayor Lori Lightfoot, toured Chicago’s Strategic Decision Support Center, which is the city’s hub for crime intelligence, data analyses and technology.
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A day after Chicago saw a series of mass shootings in a matter of hours, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared in the city Thursday to meet with police and community leaders as the Justice Department launches new efforts to stem the flow of illegal firearms here.
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As Attorney General Merrick Garland visited Chicago, it’s not by accident that St. Agatha Catholic Church in North Lawndale was chosen. It’s where Heartland Alliance’s Rapid Employment and Development Initiative, otherwise known as READI Chicago, does a lot of work. It is one of the largest anti-violence programs in the country.
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The effort began back in 2017 as a way for Chicago’s major professional sports teams to join forces and provide help to solve the city’s issues with gun violence. The Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs, and White Sox announced that they’ll keep the partnership going for another year.
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Senior Director of READI Chicago, Eddie Bocanegra, discusses finding solutions to Chicago’s gun violence.
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This editorial from READI’s Eddie Bocanegra, Erica Ford of LIFE Camp, and Pastor Mike McBride of The Way Church and LIVE FREE, explores the importance of community violence interventions across the country.
Read the full story from Time here.
