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In Chicago, police are trying a different approach to stop gang violence.

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Then, police warn, if one gang member commits a murder, the entire gang can expect even more scrutiny from law enforcement agencies looking for illegal activity. Weis announced recently that's exactly what happened after a gang-related murder occurred.
When Sanya emerged from her bedroom, she found her nephew lying on the dining room floor. "And what hurts is that I was hiding when I heard the shots," Sanya says.
Jim Allen, 32, who says he's been a member of the Vice Lords, speaks with reporters after a news conference. Allen says Chicago's pilot strategy to curb gang-related violence on the city's west side will have an impact, as gang leaders are fearful of tougher federal charges they may face as a result.
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Chicago has one of the largest gang populations in the country, and police have targeted one of the most notorious gangs operating in the city, as it tries to bust drug sales and drive down gang-related murders and violence. Last month, police and the FBI arrested scores of members of the Vice Lords gang, spurred by the murder of an off-duty officer in 2008.



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Police say the two cousins were mistaken for gang members. There have been no arrests.

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- Jody Weis, Chicago Police superintendent
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Weis says if gang-related murders decline on Chicago's west side, this new strategy will be implemented in other high-crime police districts.
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Jim Allen, 32, who says he's been a member of the Vice Lords, speaks with reporters after a news conference. Allen says Chicago's pilot strategy to curb gang-related violence on the city's west side will have an impact, as gang leaders are fearful of tougher federal charges they may face as a result.
At a news conference, former gang member Reginald Akeem Berry Sr. lashed out against Chicago's new policing initiative to reduce gang-related violence, which he claims offers gang members an "ultimatum" rather than an "alternative."
On top of a bookcase in Lorraine Sanya's dining room, a small candle flickers next to a framed flier with portraits of her grandson Percy Lavelle Day and nephew Tyrone Williams. "Assist in Solving a Double Homicide," the flier reads.
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Sanya, her daughter and son-in-law were there,redwings Encyclopedic [knowledge;education and lea, too, and spoke directly to the gang members. "I explained to them the effect that the death of my grandson and nephew has taken on the family," she says. "It's like we [are] in a time warp, you know."
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Over a month and a half, more than 60 people associated with the reported perpetrator's street gang, the Black Souls, were arrested and charged with misdemeanors and felonies.
Criminologist David Kennedy with the John Jay College of Criminal Justice is often on hand to oversee its implementation. Kennedy says Chicago's pilot and another under way in Los Angeles are even more crucial because of each city's large number of gangs.
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A framed flier with portraits of Percy Lavelle Day and Tyrone Williams sits on top of a bookcase in Lorraine Sanya's home. The cousins were gunned down as they ran toward Sanya's home in 2009.
Sanya is hoping for that type of success. "Nobody should have to go through what we have gone through, but so many parents,コーチ 銀座 three selection interviews around a multi function very, they have. And I want it to just stop," Sanya says.
At a news conference, former gang member Reginald Akeem Berry Sr. lashed out against Chicago's new policing initiative to reduce gang-related violence, which he claims offers gang members an "ultimatum" rather than an "alternative."
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"It is our obligation to the residents of Chicago to attack this violence from every angle and with every resource," Weis said at a recent news conference. "The message will be made very clear: Gang violence must stop."
First,red wing 8875 875, they meet with gang members and let them hear firsthand from residents who are tired of violence. The gangs are even offered help finding jobs.
A framed flier with portraits of Percy Lavelle Day and Tyrone Williams sits on top of a bookcase in Lorraine Sanya's home. The cousins were gunned down as they ran toward Sanya's home in 2009.
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That sort of direct contact between gangs and residents is part of the Chicago Gang Violence Reduction Initiative. Gang members are also offered help with applying for jobs, finishing school or getting drug treatments.
"They're giving an ultimatum ... instead of an alternative," Berry said. "What we're offering these young men are alternatives, saying, 'Listen, brother, get off the corner selling these bags,mulberry bag, and come on this construction site and pick up this brick.' "
Jim Allen, a 32-year-old self-described member of the Vice Lords, organized the news conference. He says gang leaders are afraid of the strategy because of the threat of federal charges.


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Allen says he thinks the police arrests did have an impact. "It's definitely a dent, because that gang didn't have a lot of members to begin with," Allen says. "It just may be the demise, to a certain degree, for that gang."
The message will be made very clear: Gang violence must stop.
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He says it usually takes a series of focused investigations by police before people believe the strategy is real. "It took three times before the streets in Cincinnati believed it," Kennedy says, "and then at the end of the first year, there was a 50 percent reduction in gang homicide."
Nobody should have to go through what we have gone through, but so many parents, they have. And I want it to just stop.
This strategy has been used in Boston, Cincinnati and a number of other cities.
Day, an honor roll student at a technical school, died in the backyard. Williams, a college sophomore, died in the dining room. "He fell right there," says Sanya, looking at a spot on the floor next to the bookcase.
Not everyone is completely comfortable with the tactic. The governor of Illinois and some Chicago aldermen say it gives gangs too much status if the superintendent of police meets with them.
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Police are experimenting with the controversial approach — rounding up as many as 60 gang members in one crackdown — on Chicago's west side.
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Now Chicago police are trying a new strategy in Sanya's west side neighborhood and other areas in Chicago's 11th police district. This summer, Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis and other law enforcement officials held what is known as a "call-in,cheap genuine ugg boots," summoning a small group of former and current gang members on parole to a meeting.
Police plan to have another call-in with other gang members soon, but they are not saying when or where.

But then comes the part you might call "All for One and One for All": If any one gang member is suspected of a serious crime,コーチのサングラス, police arrest as many of the group as they can find for any other infraction they might have committed.
The latest statistics say the city is the safest it's been in 50 years.