Ashadow hung over Brighton Park on the Southwest Side, tauntingthe July sun.
Indeed, this disturbance has been spreading for a few years,according to some who have staked their lives on this section of thecity that still has neat houses.
Gang graffiti oozed onto walls. Bullets tore dumbly, shatteringsigns, snapping siding and puncturing the car of a father driving hisyoung daughter at the intersection of Kedzie and 38th. City servicesseemed less reliable, and some found police downright hostile.A few months ago, a handful of residents started bandingtogether, guided by a slightly built organizer from the NationalTraining and Information Center, a Chicago …
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