Downtown beating witness: 'They were going to kill that young man'

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6. Unfortunately, sometimes the parents are often MIA

The jury I sat on eventually convicted a teenager for a gun crime. After the verdict, the judge told us jurors the kid had been in jail since being arrested over two years prior and had no visitors, including family. I believe the bailiff purchased his court attire for him. No one came to support him during his trial. He was effectively raised on the streets of Chicago since he was a little kid by other older kids. It was a tragedy all around.

Certainly parental involvement would be ideal. I have no answers.

Johnson is going to be blamed for every bad and/or corrupt thing that happens in Chicago regardless of what he does by those that opposed him. If Vallas had won, the opposition would be blaming Vallas.

Chicago is a wonderful city and certainly not the only city (big or small) dealing with these issues.