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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Andy Grimm

He walked away from a violent life in Chicago and still got shot. But he doesn’t even want to know who pulled the trigger.

Larice Nelson is about as committed to the principles of nonviolence as anyone you’re likely to meet on the streets of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.

Walking those streets from his teens until he turned 30, Nelson was arrested an average of twice a year for selling drugs, shooting guns or petty offenses that indicated he was likely getting extra attention from police. 

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