Demonstrators march against Chicago gun violence after bloody 2020
By AFP
10 January 2021 |
2:01 pm
Demonstrators march through the streets of Chicago in memory of victims of gun violence. The number of victims has risen dramatically in the third-largest US city in 2020. Police in the Windy City recorded 762 homicides in 2020, up 55 percent from 2019, according to a December 27 count.
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