The Insight Needed for Understanding Violence against Blacks

"As the city (Chicago) began to demolish its high-rise public housing projects, people -- including gang members -- were displaced. This meant drug-selling gang members were forced to live in areas already claimed by other gangs, which caused conflicts. In the early 1990s, gangs battled not just each other over territory, but in-fighting among members also occurred, according to a 1996 report by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.

The violence spread wide. Sixty-two children were killed in gang violence in 1993 -- including 7-year-old Dantrell Davis, who was shot by a sniper while walking to school with his mother."