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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s anti-violence strategy takes ex-Mayor Lightfoot’s plans to a new level in 4 violent neighborhoods

People gather at a shooting scene in Englewood where two people were killed and three others were wounded on Thursday, May 11, 2023. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere /Sun-Times)

When Mayor Brandon Johnson took the wraps off his “People’s Plan for Community Safety,” it sounded more like a rebranded mix of plans championed by his predecessor, Lori Lightfoot, with violence prevention initiatives bankrolled by business leaders sprinkled in.

But it turns out that Johnson does have at least the bones of his own plan to take the fight against the root causes of crime to a whole new level.

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