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Arne Duncan: “If that happened in one of Chicago's wealthiest suburbs, and God forbid it ever did. But if there's a child being shot…”

On the recordJune 1, 2007
If that happened in one of Chicago's wealthiest suburbs, and God forbid it ever did. But if there's a child being shot dead every two weeks in Hinsdale or Natka or Barrington, do you think the status quo would remain? There's no way it would. All hell would break loose.
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Duncan compares the response to gun violence in affluent areas versus inner-city Chicago.

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