Slew of Young Deaths Catch President Obama’s Attention
by: Sean Garmer
Each year in Chicago the amount of children killed or wounded rises. a record 37 children were killed last year and at least 500 children were wounded by gunshots. 40 children under 18 have been murdered this year.
This has caught the attention of President Barack Obama who sent two U.S. Cabinet secretaries to Chicago today. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. and Education Secretary Arne Duncan were sent there after a cellphone video captured an after school fight near Christian Fenger Academy School that killed one student.
A study released Wednesday by the Justice Department says nearly half the children and adolescents reported being assaulted at least once.
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