Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot takes part in peace march: 'We want the violence to end'
by Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune
May 19, 2019
3 minutes
CHICAGO - Days after Lori Lightfoot announced her long-shot bid for Chicago mayor last spring, she marched for peace alongside gun violence victims and anti-gun advocates in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
Just two days before she will succeed Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Lightfoot returned to the neighborhood Saturday to support grieving families and proponents of stricter gun laws. This time she promised to use her mayoral powers to fight the
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