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Violence In The Black Community: Impression Analysis

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We’ve been seeing our youth and elders plastered all over the news because of gun violence in the black community. The cowardly and senseless acts of violence have destroyed us all and it’s only getting worse. Just last year Laquan McDonald (17) was shot (16 times) and killed by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke. This year a 9 year old was lured from a playground and shot in the head because of his father's gang ties. A simple conversation turned into reality as the men of Alpha were fed up with the violence that is happening in Chicago. Over 100 brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. gathered in the snow to hold an anti-violence rally in the city on November 21, 2015. This march was the beginning of activism taking place on 79th

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