Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Wednesday, May 25, 2016.
Could lack of communication be at the heart of the city’s violence problem?
De’Kayla Dansberry, 15, was stabbed to death during a large fight; a 13-year-old girl and her mother were charged with Dansberry’s death. Esquire magazine (and sometimes Reader) contributor Britt Julius argues that the murder is part of a larger pattern of arguments leading to deadly violence in Chicago. Cultural issues are contributing to the widespread violence, she says, which is instead largely blamed on street gangs. [Esquire]
