Attorney General, in Chicago, Pledges Youth Violence Effort - NYTimes.com:
"CHICAGO — Trying to spark what he called “a sustained national conversation” about youth violence, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. met with public school students and elected officials here Wednesday, pledging a heightened crime-fighting commitment from the federal government toward vulnerable children."
Mr. Holder, joined by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, the former head of the local public schools, said the Obama administration was dedicated to being a full partner in the fight against youth violence, in part, because “too many of today’s victims become tomorrow’s criminals.”
“Youth violence is not a Chicago problem any more than it is a black problem, a white problem or a Hispanic problem,” Mr. Holder said at a morning news conference, flanked by Mayor Richard M. Daley and other city officials. “It is something that affects communities big and small and people of all races and all colors. It is an American problem.”
"CHICAGO — Trying to spark what he called “a sustained national conversation” about youth violence, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. met with public school students and elected officials here Wednesday, pledging a heightened crime-fighting commitment from the federal government toward vulnerable children."
Mr. Holder, joined by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, the former head of the local public schools, said the Obama administration was dedicated to being a full partner in the fight against youth violence, in part, because “too many of today’s victims become tomorrow’s criminals.”
“Youth violence is not a Chicago problem any more than it is a black problem, a white problem or a Hispanic problem,” Mr. Holder said at a morning news conference, flanked by Mayor Richard M. Daley and other city officials. “It is something that affects communities big and small and people of all races and all colors. It is an American problem.”