It’s summer in Chicago, which means Independence Day won’t be the only night with bombs bursting in air. The city’s public school officials thought they’d get out in front of the warm-weather gun violence by enlisting religious leaders and their churches to help curb the bloodshed.
On July 2, over 100 churches on the far south and west sides of the city held “anti-violence” rallies. Elementary school students took to the streets with signs that read “More Peace, Less Guns” and chanted “put the guns down!”
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