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>> THANK YOU.

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>> THE LEAD ORGANIZER OF

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SATURDAY'S MASSIVE ANTIVIOLENCE

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MARCH SAYS HE IS REACHING OUT TO

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POLITICIANS TO COMMUNICATE THE

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CONCERNS OF PROTESTORS AFTER

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POLITICAL WRANGLING AND

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NEGOTIATIONS WITH POLICE, THE

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DEMONSTRATIONS SHUTDOWN ONE OF

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CHICAGO'S BUSIEST ROADWAYS:  THE

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DAN RYAN EXPRESSWAY.

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MATT MASTERSON WAS THERE AND HAS

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THE LATEST.

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MATT, THE PROTEST WAS BIG AND

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EYE-CATCHING?

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>> FATHER MICHAEL PFLEGER HE AND

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YOUTH ORGANIZERS CHICAGO STRONG

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ARE WORKING TO SETUP MEETINGS

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WITH MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL AND

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GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER AND THE

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CANDIDATES RUNNING TO REPLACE

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THEM IN THE ELECTIONS.

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THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEIR

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OWN IDEAS FOR REDUCING GUN

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VIOLENCE AND HEAR WHAT THE

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OFFICIALS AND POTENTIAL

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OFFICIALS WANT TO DO ABOUT IT.

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>> DID PFLEGER INDICATE WHICH

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GUBERNATORIAL AND MAYORAL

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CANDIDATES AGREED TO MEET?

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>> HE TOLD ME WHILE THEY HAVE

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HEARD BACK FROM SOME PARTIES

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THEY WOULD NOT SAY IF THEY HAVE

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HEARD BACK FROM THE MAYOR OR THE

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GOVERNOR SPECIFICALLY.

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THEY PLAN TO KEEP REACHING OUT

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THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND THEY

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WILL GO FROM THERE.

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>> DID FATHER PFLEGER SAY

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WHETHER FUTURE PROTESTS ARE

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BEING PLANNED?

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>> NOT YET BUT IT WILL DEPEND

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HOW THE MEETINGS GO.

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WHAT THEY HEAR FROM THE

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OFFICIALS AND THE CANDIDATES THE

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YOUTH SETTING UP THE MEETINGS IF

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THEY ARE NOT HEARING WHAT THEY

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WANT TO HEAR, THEN THEY WILL

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SETUP THE NEXT DIRECT ACTION.

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HE DID NOT SAY IT WOULD BE A

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PROTEST OR A MARCH.

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>> HAVE THE DEMONSTRATIONS HAD

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AN IMPACT ON THE VIOLENT CRIME

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IN THE CITY?

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>> THE BELIEF WAS NOT THAT THE

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PROTEST WOULD SHUTOFF CRIME BUT

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IT WAS GOING TO BE AN ATTENTION

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GRABBING ACTION TO GET PEOPLE

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TALKING.

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THIS PAST WEEKEND AFTER THE

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PROTESTS, VIOLENCE CONTINUED IN

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THE CITY.

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THERE WERE TWO DOZEN SHOOTINGS

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AND FOUR WERE KILLED BETWEEN

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FRIDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING

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AND THE NUMBERS ARE ON PAR WITH

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OTHER WEEKENDS.

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THE CITY TOPPED 1400 SHOOTINGS

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THIS YEAR ACCORDING TO THE

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TRIBUNE.

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SO THE LONG-TERM MESSAGE OF THE

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PROTEST IS THAT PEOPLE ARE

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LIVING THROUGH THE VIOLENCE ON A

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REGULAR BASIS AND THEY ARE SICK

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OF IT AND WANTED TO TAKE A

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RADICAL ACTION TO GET OTHERS TO

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REALIZE WHAT THEY ARE GOING

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>> WHAT WAS THE PROTEST LIKE,

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WAS THERE VIOLENCE OR ARRESTS?

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>> IT WAS A POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE.

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IT WAS ANTIVIOLENCE BUT THEY

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WERE NOT CALLING OUT GROUPS OR

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PEOPLE.

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THEY WANTED TO SPEAK OUT IN

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FAVOR OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES,

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HIGH

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QUALITY EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS.

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THERE WERE NO ARRESTS ACCORDING

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TO THE CHICAGO POLICE AND THEY

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SAY THAT THIS THERE WAS NOT ANY

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VIOLENCE OR ANYTHING, EITHER.

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THIS DID NOT APPEAR TO BE AN US

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VERSUS THEM.

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INSTEAD PROTESTORS WERE CHATTING

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WITH OFFICERS ON THE EXPRESSWAY

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WHILE THEY WERE THERE.

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IT WAS A VERY COMMUNAL

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ATMOSPHERE.

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>> EVENTUALLY, THE EXPRESSWAY

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WAS SHUTDOWN BY STATE POLICE WAS

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THAT SUPPOSED TO BE THE PLAN?

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>> SORT OF DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK.

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GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER HE AND THE

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ILLINOIS STATE POLICE SAID THERE

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WAS AN AGREEMENT REACHED THAT

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WOULD ALLOW THE PROTESTORS TO

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USE THE SHOULDER FOR THE MARCH

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BUT PFLEGER SAID NO AGREEMENT

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HAD BEEN MET IT WAS ALWAYS THE

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PLAN TO SHUTDOWN THE EXPRESSWAY

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AFTER THEY MARCHED ON TO THE DAN

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RYAN THEY GOT A COUPLE LANES

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SHUTDOWN.

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AND IT TOOK NEGOTIATING BETWEEN

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POLICE AND THE PROTESTORS BEFORE

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THEY SHUTDOWN THE ENTIRE

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NORTHBOUND DAN RYAN.

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>> AND GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER AND

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MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL THEY TRADED

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BASHES ON TWITTER OVER THIS

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SHUTDOWN.

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>> RIGHT AFTER THE DECISION WAS

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MADE TO SHUTDOWN THE DAN RYAN

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GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER WAS

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DISAPPOINTED WITH THE MAYOR FOR

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ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN.

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CALLING HIM TO PUT AN END TO THE

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CHAOS AND MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL

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TOLD THE GOVERNOR IT WAS A

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PEACEFUL PROTEST AND DELETE YOUR

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ACCOUNT.

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THE TWEETS GENERATED RESPONSE

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BUT THE MAYOR SAID TODAY WHAT

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HAPPENED SATURDAY WAS NOT ABOUT

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THEM BUT THE PROTESTORS'

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MESSAGE.

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>> MATT MASTERSON THANK YOU FOR