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  • 1 month ago | thetrace.org | Victoria Clark |Justin Agrelo

    The Trace When Estela Díaz lost her son, Fernando Zadkiel Vega-Díaz, to gun violence, the police did not  allow her to touch him because his body was being used as evidence. That experience, she said, was cold and insensitive. At the time, she didn’t know it would help prepare her for the Cook County court system, where seeking justice would force her to relive trauma.

  • 1 month ago | chicagoreader.com | Justin Agrelo

    This story was published by the Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. When Estela Díaz entered the Cook County courthouse on 26th and California last November, she steadied herself with a reminder: Expect nothing. Díaz was attending the start of the court proceeding for the fatal shooting of her 18-year-old son, Fernando Zadkiel Vega-Díaz.

  • 1 month ago | thetrace.org | Tatyana Turner |Justin Agrelo

    The Trace Across the United States, major cities are touting a downward trend in homicides because of a drop in the number of shootings. Compared to last April, Chicago saw a decline, while Baltimore and Philadelphia recorded 30 and 31 percent drops respectively. While different factors contributed to the reduction in crime, city leaders have pointed to the efforts of local community violence intervention groups — groups that may soon face extreme constraints.

  • 1 month ago | thetrace.org | Justin Agrelo

    The Trace When Estela Díaz entered the Cook County courthouse on 26th and California last November, she steadied herself with a reminder: Expect nothing. Díaz was attending the start of the court proceeding for the fatal shooting of her 18-year-old son, Fernando Zadkiel Vega-Díaz. The insensitive way Díaz said police treated her immediately after Zadkiel’s death made her assume that the trial would not be any less painful.

  • 2 months ago | thetrace.org | Justin Agrelo

    The Trace The Trace is a nonprofit newsroom solely dedicated to covering gun violence in the United States. We use the power of journalism to improve public understanding, increase accountability, and identify solutions that can lead to safer communities. We’re working to better understand the factors that drive gun ownership among everyday people, and we need your help to do so. Are you a gun owner living in Cook County? We’d love to hear from you.

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