The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com: Barack Obama Chicago Violence: Leaders Call For President To Stem Tide Of Homicides In Hometown

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Barack Obama Chicago Violence: Leaders Call For President To Stem Tide Of Homicides In Hometown Feb 3rd 2013, 18:42 Civic leaders at a loss of how to stem Chicago's bloody tide of homicides are calling on the president to help his hometown. "The president's voice is so urgently needed here," said Rev. Jesse Jackson during a Saturday march, according to The Guardian. "[That alone] would illuminate the condition." Leading the weekend march in honor of recently slain 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, Jackson argued Obama's presence would spotlight the complex social and economic issues in Chicago that "compound problems related to gun violence." Read More... More on Chicago Crime

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