Commentary: Arne Duncan has done violence prevention work for 5 years. Would he make a difference as Chicago mayor?
by David Greising, Chicago Tribune
Feb 08, 2022
3 minutes
The phone rang, and it was Arne Duncan on the line. He was on his way to Roseland, he said, in hopes he might help prevent violent retribution for a killing the previous week.
The homicide happened outside the Youth Peace Center of Roseland, on Chicago's Far South Side. Stephon Mack, 24, the man who was killed, had come for the life coaching and job training provided by Duncan’s organization, Create Real Economic Destiny, better known as CRED. A security guard trying to protect him also was shot.
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