
Community activists said Tuesday that the answer to tamping down violence among young people across the city is not curfews and more cops, but support and investment.
Earlier this month, a 16-year-old boy was shot to death in Millennium Park, allegedly by another teenager. Mayor Lori Lightfoot responded by banning unaccompanied minors from the park after 6 p.m. four days a week, a rule that went into effect Thursday.