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Rather than merely giving an opinion Morrow is actually doing something to give children alternatives. Earlier in the year, Morrow proposed a curfew for youngsters unders a certain age, but the idea got little coverage as the only station to publicize the plan was Chicago’s WGCI.

“I’m an executive director for a non-for profit called Because I Care, president, a free program. The YMCA has to pay for the park district, this is a program you can come for free get their homework done, go on trips. Our focus to restructure, we teamed up with Phillip Jackson [of the Blackstar Project to hold] Saturday university. We make sure that young Black men and woman get the type of education, get the type of help that they need. You can’t find that nowhere else for free. I give kudos to a vision that Margaret and James Spearman, that got a chance to see a problem and used their own money, and built it up on their own pocket to get these kids off the street. In doing that we’re going to WNBA games, Chicago White Sox [games], I think it’s very important that the kids in the community, get out of the community [to see other areas].”

“We had five consecutive months of shooting reductions, and now in the month of September, we’re down 30% in the murder rate, so something’s working.” -Police Supt. Garry McCarthy

Only time will tell if a change will actually be made, but there is good news on the horizon. The murder rate in Chicago was down for the month of September, a number which Police Supt. Garry McCarthy takes credit for. “I can’t go back and change what happened in March. I can’t do it,” he said making mention to the violent start that Chicago got off to at the top of the year. “The shooting rate was up 40% and the murder rate was up 66% at the end of March for the year to date.

“We had five consecutive months of shooting reductions. We had a very average month of August, and now in the month of September, we’re down 30% in the murder rate, so something’s working.”

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