A summer festival with food, music, games and the Jesse White Tumblers brought the community together at Chicago's Palmer Park in an effort to stop the violence…
A summer festival with food, music, games and the Jesse White Tumblers brought the community together at Chicago's Palmer Park in an effort to stop the violence Saturday.
“If we could affect one person, then we’ve done our mission,” pastor Michael Jones of St. Titus One Missionary Baptist Church said. “The fact that we have to tell people to stop everything bad, is like, what are we doing?” Amber Nyece Whitelaw said. “We should all come together and just be one.”While the number is a decrease compared to this time in 2023, nearby residents said that one is still too many.
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