Chicago's youth-led anti-violence organization, Good Kids Mad City, teaches teens how to act as first responders to gun violence that may happen right in front of them
weekend of the year, with 52 people shot and 10 killed. For children living in Chicago’s poorest areas, “it’s like navigating through a war zone,” said Deborah Gorman-Smith, dean at the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration and director of the Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention.
Police inspect the scene where a 40-year-old man was found fatally shot on the sidewalk in Chicago on Sept. 29, 2017.“Young people aren't able to be young people. They're being forced to be adults starting at a young age,” said Carlil Pittman, 26, founder of Good Kids Mad City, who organized the recent first responder training session.
“How many of you are fearful of the police?” asked Jennifer Maddox, a Chicago police officer and founder of the after-school program, called Future Ties.Children in Chicago attend a "know your rights" training as part of the Future Ties after-school program.K’Juan Williams, 12, wearing a gray sweater over his charter school uniform, was worried about being arrested for a crime he didn’t commit.
Ke’Meriell Hunter, 12, asked Maddox what would happen if the stress of police questioning causes her to “snap off” at an officer.
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