Street gangs

PUBLISHED: June 6, 2011 at 1:00 AM CDT | UPDATED: August 23, 2021 at 5:39 AM CDT

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Those roving gangs now terrorizing Michigan Avenue, Streeterville and the Gold Coast? Treat them like urban terrorists, which is what they are.

— Virginia Helm, Chicago

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