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Volunteers create Black Lives Matter memorial in Chicago with the names of people killed by police
Box Collective member Amy Patridge hangs up posters as she works on the memorial to people killed by police officers in the United States. - Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS

Volunteers create Black Lives Matter memorial in Chicago with the names of people killed by police

CHICAGO – On a brisk Sunday morning, half a dozen people congregate under the Red Line tracks at the intersection of Glenwood and Farwell avenues in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood to clean the sidewalk, stock inspirational posters into a recycled Chicago Reader newspaper box and write the names of those who have died at the hands of law enforcement. It’s a regular occurrence since July Fourth. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Matthias Regan, a former North Central College professor of English literature, and members of PO Box Collective, which creates community in Rogers Park through arts programmi...

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