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    Some activists who feel left behind by the national focus on Highland Park say ‘Peace Book’ could combat Chicago shootings

    CHICAGO — Miracle Boyd held onto the bullhorn, twirling the cord as she waited for her fellow protesters to finish their chants for justice. Then she made sure her voice boomed enough to project across the noisy Loop street. “Growing up, I lost more than 10 — more than 10 — of my classmates to gun violence. I got an uncle who was killed in 2012 to gun violence. What are we gonna do? What are ...
    by Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune Jul 19, 2022 5 minutes
    A 2018 rally to bring attention to gun violence in Chicago was organized by Good Kids Mad City, the year the organization formed as a response to the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.

    CHICAGO — Miracle Boyd held onto the bullhorn, twirling the cord as she waited for her fellow protesters to finish their chants for justice.

    Then she made sure her voice boomed enough to project across the noisy Loop street.

    “Growing up, I lost more than 10 — more than 10 — of my classmates to gun violence. I got an uncle who was killed in 2012 to gun violence. What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do?” Boyd asked the crowd, her ponytail swinging back and forth. “We can’t keep living these tragedies and investing in these punitive systems.”

    Boyd’s mention of “punitive systems” was one of many digs at law enforcement during a July 6 rally in Chicago to condemn the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man by Akron, Ohio, police. The.

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