Bobby Rush: “There is a plague across this Nation that has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of American citizens, and it is…”

“There is a plague across this Nation that has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of American citizens, and it is disturbing and upsetting that there is no public outcry over the destruction that it leaves in its path. The plague is urban violence. Over 75 African American and Latino males are killed in our inner cities on a daily basis. Over 75 Latinos and American males are killed on a daily basis in American streets, a number that dwarfs the number of fatalities, Iraqi and American, that are suffered in the war zone. Mr. Speaker, we must break this silence and stop this violence. It is time to stop the killing, stop the violence.”