CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2012. At 4pm on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012, local residents and business owners in the Park Manor will be rallying to demand an end to violence in their South Side neighborhood. Sparked by a spate of shootings and a high-profile murder of a young man wielding an semi-automatic assault rifle, this emergency march will take participants through some of the roughest streets in Chicago, calling on their neighbors to break with the fear that has kept many children and seniors from coming outside after sundown. To highlight the need for neighbors to call for an end to these shootings, participants will be carrying caskets that signify to what residents say are the killings that continue to occur if residents do not stand up and demand a change.
