Defying Teachers, Schools in Violent Chicago Neighborhoods Keep Police on Campus

Defying Teachers, Schools in Violent Chicago Neighborhoods Keep Police on Campus
Chicago Probationary Police officer Juan Soto watches as students leave Laura Ward Elementary School on Chicago's West Side, on Aug. 28, 2013. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images
Cara Ding
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CHICAGO—For the new school year beginning in the fall, more Chicago public high schools are opting to remove on-campus police officers, a movement that gained momentum citywide last summer after the death of George Floyd.

Among about 45 high schools that retain officers, eight out of 10 are in the most violent neighborhoods on the South Side and West Side of the city, and most of their student bodies are predominantly African American.
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