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Brandon Johnson: “There are about 35 beats that are most violent beats in…”

Featuring: Brandon Johnson, Democratic | Mayor of Chicago | Illinois

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One-on-one with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson | Cap Times Idea Fest

Published | Video Starts at 48:15

… I think about this every day, and there are three or four things that we're doing. First of all, we are concentrating in the city where violence is most pervasive. There are about 35 beats that are most violent beats in Chicago, 56 if you expand. Some of these are police. These are particular police rights, where the vast majority of violence happens in those beats. So we have a people and place based approach in those beats. (48:15–48:21)

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