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Eileen M. Ahlin

In this July 5, 2016 photo, Ruby Mack, stands with 5 of her grandchildren as Englewood neighborhood residents gather for a meeting with Chicago police on the South Side of Chicago. The meeting was set up in response to two children, ages 4 and 6, being shot on the 4th of July 2016. With a spike in killings and shootings this year in Chicago, statistics show more bullets are hitting children as they do normal kid things like play with sparklers, draw on the sidewalk or hold a mother’s hand. () (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Want to help Chicago’s youth? Pay more attention to the effect of violence on police

Eileen M. Ahlin, Maria Joao Antunes