“Just two days after graduating from high school, my closest friend was murdered,' said Anthony Driver. “And most of us — a lot of us —could have pointed the police in the right direction and, you know, showed them who actually committed the crime. But back then we weren't even interviewed. There was never anybody brought to justice in his murder. I've personally lost about 20 to 21 folks to gun violence in the city.'
Anthony Driver says that harrowing experience will inform the questions he poses as his Commission on Public Safety and Accountability is about to begin meeting with candidates for the job of police superintendent.
The 30-year-old said he grew up in Englewood and Back of the Yards, enduring the horror of one classmate after another being shot dead."Just two days after graduating from high school, my closest friend was murdered," said Driver. "And most of us — a lot of us —could have pointed the police in the right direction and, you know, showed them who actually committed the crime. But back then we weren't even interviewed. There was never anybody brought to justice in his murder.
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