{"id":69725,"date":"2018-03-27T16:48:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T21:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=69725"},"modified":"2018-05-22T13:49:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T18:49:35","slug":"punching-back-at-the-crime-in-chicagos-southside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/punching-back-at-the-crime-in-chicagos-southside\/","title":{"rendered":"Punching Back at the Crime in Chicago\u2019s Southside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Nick Mantas<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Children on the south side of Chicago are subjected to an alarming rate of violence from a very young age. Without after school activities to keep these kids from joining gangs, many find themselves in a gang before high school.<\/p>\n<p>Sally Hazelgrove took it upon herself to create Crushers Club in Englewood in order to get the kids off the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Her goal is to open multiple clubs like this one in order to turn off the stream of the next generation of gang members.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Mantas_Crushers!\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/261898202?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: The walls are decorated with photos of Crusher&#8217;s Club members. (Nicholas Mantas\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nick Mantas Medill Reports Children on the south side of Chicago are subjected to an alarming rate of violence from a very young age. Without after school activities to keep these kids from joining gangs, many find themselves in a gang before high school. 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