Why Can't Police Halt Chicago Gun Violence?

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November 10, 2016

In this Monday, July 7, 2014, file photo, Chicago police display some of the thousands of illegal firearms they confiscated so far that year in their battle against gun violence in Chicago. (M. Spencer Green/AP)

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Angry protesters took to the streets of a Chicago neighborhood earlier this week, demanding an investigation into the fatal police shooting of 25-year-old Joshua Beal. Police say he was armed at the time.

This comes amid a surge of shooting deaths, including four last weekend.

Here & Now's Robin Young continues our look at gun violence in the city today with Chicago Sun-Times crime reporter Frank Main (@FrankMainNews).

This segment aired on November 10, 2016.

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