Chicago gives $1m backing to ‘violence interrupters’

The city of Chicago has given anti-violence group CeaseFire a US$1 million grant to help police reduce conflict in the town, after Mayor Rahm Emanuel saw Steve James's doc The Interrupters (pictured), which profiled the organization.
June 28, 2012

The city of Chicago has given anti-violence group CeaseFire a US$1 million grant to help police reduce conflict in the town, after Mayor Rahm Emanuel saw Steve James's doc The Interrupters (pictured), which profiled the organization.

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