In North Lawndale, one of city’s most violent neighborhoods, a lot of police stops, a lot of crime, fewer arrests

Walter Primous III has covered the windows of his porch in North Lawndale with programs from funerals for people in his neighborhood, many of them victims of gun violence. (Pat Nabong / Sun-Times)

On a sweltering June morning, 64-year-old Walter Primous III held court with a gathering of younger Black men in front of the home where he has lived for 40 years in North Lawndale. 

The West Side neighborhood is one of the most violent in the city.