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Community activists call on Lightfoot to give kids bulletproof backpacks amid Chicago gun violence
Friday, September 18, 2020
Community activists are calling on Pritzker and Lightfoot to give kids body armor, like bulletproof backpacks, amid recent Chicago shootings.
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