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THE WORLD.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A BAD
SITUATION.
THE KIDS WERE PUSHING THE
ENVELOPE.
>> THE WITNESSES AGREE THAT THE
POLICE ACTED QUICKLY AND THE
CROWD REMAINED NONVIOLENT.
IT'S ALSO BEEN A VERY BUSY DAY
FOR CHICAGO POLICE ELSEWHERE AS
MORE THAN 16 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
SHOT OVER THE COURSE OF THE
WEEKEND.
THE SHOOTINGS CONTINUED TO
ERUPT, KILLING FIVE PEOPLE THIS
WEEKEND.
ANOTHER SHOOTING AT 79th AND
SAINT LAWRENCE JUST THIS
AFTERNOON LEFT ONE MAN DEAD AND
TWO OTHER PEOPLE, INCLUDING A
17-YEAR-OLD GIRL, INJURED.
A SHORT TIME LATER, CHICAGO
POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, GARY
McCARTHY, ANNOUNCED 15 ARRESTS
OF GANG MEMBERS CHARGED WITH
NARCOTICS VIOLATIONS IN THE WENT
WORTH AND ENGLEWOOD DISTRICTS.
>> WE'RE NOT WINNING.
WE'RE NOT LOSING.
WE'RE BASICALLY TREADING WATER.
THIS MONTH OF AUGUST, WE'RE
HAVING SOME TROUBLE, BECAUSE
SOME OF THESE RETALIATORY
SHOOTINGS ARE HAPPENING QUICKER
THAN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET IN
FRONT OF.
>> McCARTHY SAYS THE ***
RATE IN ENGLEWOOD IS ACTUALLY
DOWN 25%.
>> IT IS A MATTER OF TIME, BUT
IT'S ALSO A MATTER OF ONE STEP
FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK, THREE