‘We Want To Look Out For Our People’: South Side Neighborhood Patrol Aims To Stop Violence Without Police – Block Club Chicago

As Americans grapple with the role of policing and impacts of police violence, some Chicagoans are are revitalizing block club networks and watch groups to oversee their neighborhoods, modeling how community safety can work without typical police intervention. “We don’t need police. We’re capable of policing ourselves, and this is how.".

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