>>> THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT ON CHICAGO TONIGHT, I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>>> FIVE YEARS AGO I WAS MADE AWARE OF A NEGOTIATION BETWEEN COMMENT AND THE CITY.

A LOCAL RESIDENT SAID THEY WERE POLITICALLY TARGETED AFTER SPEAKING AT THIS WEEK'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

>>> IN A REPORT ON WHY HOMICIDES INVOLVING BLACK MEN ARE SOLVED LESS THAN ANY OTHER RACIAL ETHNIC GROUP.

>> ONCE I KNEW HE WAS COMING TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO, I HAD TO DO SOMETHING.

WE REVISIT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN MARTIN LUTHER KING GRIZ KINGS MARCH.

>>> WE CHECK IN WITH A CHICAGO GRAMMY NOMINATED PRODUCER AHEAD OF SUNDAY'S AWARD SHOW.

NOW SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

SENATOR DURBIN IS CALLING FOR GUN DEALERS TO DO MORE TO PREVENT GUNS FROM BEING STOLEN.

HE HIGHLIGHTED HIS LEGISLATION ALONGSIDE NANCY ON AMONG NATIONAL AND SURVIVORS WEEK.

THIS MARKS THE TIME WHEN GUN DEATHS IN THE YEAR SURPASS THOSE IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

>> EVERY DAY IN THE U.S. ON AVERAGE 110 PEOPLE ARE SHOT AND KILLED .

MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE SURVIVE GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

COUNTLESS OTHERS ARE TRAUMATIZED BY ACTS OF GUN VIOLENCE.

>> DURBIN ALONG WITH BRAD SCHNEIDER DISCUSSED THEIR SECURE FIREARMS STORAGE ACT WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS LAST WEEK.

THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE FEDERALLY LICENSED GUN DEALERS TO SECURELY STORE ALL FIREARMS WHEN THEY ARE CLOSED TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING STOLEN.

DURBIN POINTED TO A 2021 CHICAGO TRIBUNE INVESTIGATION ON A STOLEN GUN THAT WAS LINKED TO 27 DIFFERENT SHOOTINGS IN CHICAGO.

>> UP IN THE SKY IT IS A BIRD, A PLANE.

ACCORDING TO DEFENSE OFFICIALS IT IS A CHINESE SURVEILLANCE BALLOON.

IT WAS SPOTTED IN THE SKY ABOVE STATES LIKE MONTANA AND KANSAS MOVING EASTWARD.

DEFENSE OFFICIALS SAY THEY DON'T HAVE PLANS TO SHOOT IT DOWN AT THIS POINT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T POSE A SECURITY THREAT.

GIVEN ITS SIZE THE DEBRIS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE.

ON THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, THEY SAID THEY SHOULD FACE CONSEQUENCES.

>> THEY HAVE POSTED ECONOMIC AND MILITARY THREAT AND WE ARE SEEING THE LATEST EVIDENCE OF THIS RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE TO COUNTER IT ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS.

WE SHOULD AVOID PARTISANSHIP ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

>> I WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF IT WAS OVER CHICAGO TODAY BUT I THINK IT WAS AN AIRPLANE.

>>> U.S. ECONOMY ADDED 517,000 JOBS.

THAT BRINGS THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TO A 53 YEAR LOW OF 3.4%.

ECONOMISTS PREDICTED 185,000 JOBS BUT THE REPORT SUGGESTS A POSSIBLE DEVIATION IN A LONG-STANDING CONNECTION BETWEEN JOBS AND INFLATION.

THE INFLATION NUMBER FELL TO 6.5% FROM ITS PEAK AT OVER 9% LAST MONTH.

>>> THE SCHOOL LUNCHROOM COULD BE GETTING A BIT HEALTHIER.

FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL OFFICIALS PROPOSED NEW NUTRITION STANDARDS FOCUSING ON LIMITED ADDED SUGARS.

ITEMS LIKE CEREAL, FLAVORED MILK AND PASTRIES WOULD BE LIMITED IN HOW MUCH ADDED SUGAR THEY CAN CONTAIN.

THEY PLAN TO REDUCE SODIUM IN SCHOOL MEALS BY 30%.

>>> IF IT SNOWS THIS WINTER, YOU CAN BET THE PLOW WILL BE OUT CLEARING CITY STREETS.

IT GOT THE NUMBER 1 VOTE-GETTER OUT OF SEVEN IN A SNOWPLOW NAMING CONTEST.

CHICAGO SUBMITTED 7000 NAMES IN THE CONTEST.

OFFICIALS WHITTLED THEM DOWN TO 50 FINALISTS.

SOME FINALISTS WERE MRS. O'LEARY'S PLOW, SEARS FLOUR, SWEET HOME CHICAGO, HOLY PLOW AND SALTER PAYTON.

SIGNS WILL BE INSTALLED ON SEVEN PLOWS AND YOU CAN FOLLOW THEIR PROGRESS ON THE CITY'S PLOW TRACKER SITE.

>>> RACIAL DISPUTE HE'S IN THE HOMICIDE CLEARANCE RATE AND VICTIMS FAMILIES.

>>> A RESIDENT SAID THEY ARE BEING POLITICALLY TARGETED FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE CITIES, A DEAL.

HEATHER WITH THAT STORY RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> A CHICAGO RESIDENT AND PUBLIC SPEAKER WAS EJECTED AT WEDNESDAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITHOUT APPEARING TO HAVE VIOLATED ANY RULES.

NOW THEY WONDER IF IT WAS RETALIATION FROM THE MAYOR AND CITY OFFICIALS ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS.

HEATHER JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK AT THIS INCIDENT.

THE PERSON WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE, ONE OF THE LEADERS TO CONVINCE CITY OFFICIALS TO CUT TIES WITH COMMENT.

LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT ESTELLE TOLD CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THIS MIRROR THAT WAS BROKERED.

>> WE HAVE A MAYORAL CANDIDATE IN THE POLLS WITH NO POLITICAL GROUND TO STAND ON , AND ALSO PUT FORWARD A DRAFT FRANCHISE AGREEMENT FACING THE DEMAND PUT FORWARD BY THE COM AD CAMPAIGN AND ALDERMANIC CHAMPION.

>> WHO REMOVED HER FROM THE MEETING AND WHAT WAS THE REASON THEY GAVE?

>> THEY WERE REMOVED BY CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS WHO THEY SAID WERE ACTING AT THE REQUEST OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURITY IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

THE SERGEANT AT ARMS REPORTS TO ALDERMAN MICHELLE HARRIS WHO IS A CLOSE LIGHTFOOT ALLEY WHO HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF THE RULES COMMITTEE.

ALDERMAN HARRIS TOLD ME THAT SHE AND HER STAFF HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DECISION TO REMOVE ESTELLE FROM CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS SO IT IS UNCLEAR WHO ORDERED THE POLICE OFFICERS TO ACT.

>> YOU WERE THERE AND THERE IS TAPE OF THE MEETING.

IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT SHE VIOLATED ANY RULES SO HOW DID SHE REACT?

>> THEY WERE SCARED AT FIRST AND THEN ANGRY.

THEY HAVE BEEN A LEADER IN THE CAMPAIGN TO CUT TIES WITH COM AD AND HAVE THE CITY FORMED ITS OWN MUNICIPAL UTILITY.

THEY WERE UNABLE TO WATCH THE DEBATE THAT ERUPTED WHEN MAYOR LIGHTFOOT INTRODUCED THE DEAL AND IT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING.

>> THEY ARE A POLITICAL GROUP YEAR WITH PROMINENCE IN CHICAGO.

WHAT EXPLANATION DID YOU GET FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT?

>> I GOT NO EXPLANATION FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OR POLICE DEPARTMENT DESPITE REPEATED REQUESTS FOR COMMENTS AND THAT HAS LED ESTELLE AND THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA TO CONCLUDE THAT IT IS NOTHING BUT PURE POLITICAL RETALIATION.

>> THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE ALL PUBLIC AND RESIDENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AT THE BEGINNING PORTION.

IS THIS POSSIBLY A FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUE?

>> IF THEY WERE REMOVED BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL SPEECH THEY ENGAGED IN, IT WOULD BE A FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATION AND A VIOLATION OF CITY COUNCILS RULES OF PROCEDURE.

THAT IS WHAT MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WANT TO KNOW AND THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE ASKED THE INSPECTOR GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE.

>> THANKS.

>>> YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>>> HOMICIDES INVOLVING BLACK MEN ARE SOLVED LESS THAN ANY OTHER RACIAL GROUP.

STAY WITH US.

>>> WHAT SHOULD THE CITY OF CHICAGO DO BETTER?

>> THE LEFT HAND DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT HAND IS DOING.

>> POWER IS THE VOICE.

POWER IS THE PEOPLE.

AND THE ABILITY TO SWAY ELECTIONS IS POWER.

>>> THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SOLVED AN AVERAGE OF 50% OF THE CITIES HOMICIDES PER YEAR.

THAT NUMBER KNOWN AS A CLEARANCE RATE FOR BLACK VICTIMS IS EVEN LOWER.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO LIVE FREE CHICAGO WHICH SAID THIS FAILURE TO SOLVE HOMICIDES IS ITSELF A ROOT CAUSE OF VIOLENCE.

JOINING US WITH MORE IS THE LEAD CHICAGO ORGANIZER WITH LIVE FREE CHICAGO.

WE REACHED OUT TO THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SENT US A STATEMENT.

WELCOME BACK.

FIRST, LET'S DEFINE WHAT A CLEARANCE RATE IS.

WHAT IS THAT?

>> IT IS THE RATE AT WHICH LAW ENFORCEMENT SOLVE HOMICIDES.

THAT EQUATION LOOKS LIKE THE AMOUNT OF HOMICIDES THAT ARE CLEARED THROUGH ARREST OR PROSECUTION DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF TOTAL HOMICIDES THAT HAPPEN WITHIN A YEAR.

>> THERE ARE TWO WAYS FOR HOMICIDE TO BE CLEARED EITHER THROUGH PROSECUTION OR EXCEPTIONAL MEANS.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?

>> PROSECUTION IS THE STATE'S ATTORNEY CHARGING SOMEONE FOR A HOMICIDE.

EXCEPTIONAL MEANS IS A TERM USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO EXPLAIN THAT THEY HAVE CLEARED A CASE TO CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WERE IN THEIR CONTROL.

THIS IS DUE TO A PERSON THEY FOUND AS A SUSPECT IN A CASE DYING OR BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN BARRED TO PROSECUTION WHICH MEANS THE STATE'S ATTORNEY DID NOT DETERMINED THERE WAS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO BE ABLE TO PROSECUTE SOMEONE.

>> IN 2021 HOMICIDE CLEARANCE RATES BY PROSECUTION WAS 21.7% IN PREDOMINANTLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS.

45.6 NEIGHBORHOODS IN PREDOMINANTLY WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS DRIVING THIS DISPARITY?

>> I THINK IT IS LACK OF TRUST WITH COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE LACK OF CARE THAT IS GIVEN TO BLACK COMMUNITIES WHEN DEALING WITH HOMICIDES.

I THINK EVEN THE WAY THEY ARE CLEARING THE CASES HAS TO DO WITH THAT.

WHEN YOU CLEAR A LOT OF CASES BY EXCEPTIONAL MEANS THAT MEANS WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF EVIDENCE OR DOING PROCEDURAL THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THESE THINGS ARE SEEN THROUGH.

AND ALSO IN WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS THEY MAY HAVE THOSE RESOURCES AND CONNECTIONS TO DO THAT PROPERLY.

>> IS IT POSSIBLE SOMEONE COULD MAKE YOU THE ARGUMENT THAT THE CASELOAD IN SOME COMMUNITIES IS SO HEAVY THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO PROSECUTE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THAT IS AN ARGUMENT.

WHEN PORTION IS WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW THIS PROCESS LOOKS.

WE CAN HAVE TONS OF PATROL OFFICERS WHO ARE COMING IN AND ADDING TO THE AREA IN BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS.

IF WE DON'T HAVE DETECTIVES TO DETERMINE THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE, YOU WILL LOOK AT HIGH CASELOADS.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE TO TAKE AND WHAT IS NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, THEN YOU WILL LOOK AT DISPARITIES.

I THINK EVEN MORE SPECIFICALLY A LOT OF OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE CIVILIAN PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING WITH INVESTIGATIONS LOOKING INTO EVIDENCE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

CPD DOES NOT HAVE THAT CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.

HOW DO WE BUILD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE ?

>> CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT DID SEND US A STATEMENT.

IT READS "THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT DETECTIVES WORK AROUND THE CLOCK TO IDENTIFY AND APPREHEND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR SENSELESS VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ALL HOMICIDES ARE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED AS WE SEEK JUSTICE FOR EVERY VICTIM AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THESE INVESTIGATIONS CAN TAKE TIME, BASED ON EVIDENCE AVAILABLE AND COMPLEXITY OF THE CASE OUR DETECTIVES REMAIN COMMITTED TO SOLVING THE CASES AND BRINGING A SMALL MEASURE OF PEACE TO THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES.

WHAT IS THE REACTION YOU HEARD FROM FAMILIES WHO SAID THEY ARE NOT GETTING CLOSURE?

>> I THINK FAMILIES IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE ESPECIALLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY ARE BEING OVER POLICED AND UNDER PROTECTED.

WHEN POLICE OFFICERS ARE COMING IN TO FAMILY MEMBERS COMMUNITY HOMES, THEY ARE NOT TREATING THE LOVED ONES WITH CARE.

THEY ARE TELLING THEM TO FIND THE INFORMATION THEMSELVES AND INVESTIGATE THEMSELVES.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS AND EQUIPPED TO GO DO WHAT DETECTIVES ARE DOING.

THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE FUNDED TO DO.

A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE FEELING LIKE THEY ARE BEING CRIMINALIZED WHILE ALSO SEEKING CLOSURE DURING HOMICIDE CASES.

>> YOUR REPORT POINTS TO THE DISPARITY IN HOMICIDE CLEARANCE RATES WHERE WOMEN ARE THE VICTIMS.

SINCE 2001 THE UNSOLVED HOMICIDES FOR BLACK WOMEN IS AT 35% COMPARED TO 23% FOR WHITE WOMEN.

YOUR REPORT TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED THE PERFECT VICTIM NARRATIVE.

WHAT IS THAT?

>> IT IS THE MANNER IN WHICH PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE OR VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE HAVE TO BE PERFECT.

ANY BLEMISH IN THEIR PAST OR STORY COULD DEEM THEM AS LESS WORTHY OF HAVING THE CASE SOLVED.

AND THOSE LIMITS IS THAT DEEM THEM LESS WORTHY ARE CHARACTERISTICS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN IMPOVERISHED NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE IN THEIR BACKGROUNDS.

SO AGAIN, IT IS UNREALISTIC.

EVERY FAMILY DESERVES THE CLOSURE, THE ATTENTION AND CARE WHEN DEALING WITH HOMICIDES.

>> HOW IS THE FAILURE TO SOLVE ANY OF THESE HOMICIDES, NOT JUST THOSE FOR WOMEN BUT HOW IS THAT A ROOT CAUSE OF VIOLENCE?

>> IT PERPETUATES THE VIOLENCE.

IF SOMEONE CAN GET AWAY WITH MURDER 85% OF THE TIME IT TELLS US THERE IS NO ONE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE.

WE ARE NOT CALLING FOR HARSHER STRATEGIES BUT CLOSURE FOR FAMILIES.

WE ARE SAYING THIS PROCESS IS NOT TRANSPARENT.

WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT IS THE POLICE BUDGET GOING TO WORD?

A LOT OF OTHER PROGRAMS, IF THEIR EFFICACY ISN'T PROVEN THAT A LOT OF PROGRAMS GET CUT.

THEY ARE ELIMINATED.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE DISPARITIES WE ARE SEEING THAT PERPETUATES THE VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO I NEED TO TAKE THIS INTO MY OWN HANDS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HERE TO DO IT AREN'T.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY NEEDS TO CHANGE ?

>> I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE OF A CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.

THERE NEEDS TO BE PEOPLE FROM COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GREATLY IMPACTED WHO CAN GO IN AND HANDLE EVIDENCE THE DAY AN INCIDENT HAPPENS.

PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE AND WILLING TO HANDLE THE FAMILIES AND CASES WITH CARE FROM THE INCIDENT ALL THE WAY TO PROSECUTION.

AND JUST LOOKING AT HOW DO WE START LOOKING AT THE INVESTMENT TO COMMUNITIES ON THE FRONT END.

HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE PROACTIVE RESOURCES AND ACCESSIBILITY TO RESOURCES TO GET FAMILIES WHAT THEY NEED LIKE MENTAL HEALTH CARE, TRAUMA CARE.

GUN VIOLENCE IS HUGE IN THESE COMMUNITIES.

SO THE HEALING THAT IS NEEDED TO BE A SOLUTION FOR THAT PROBLEM IS HUGE.

I THINK PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM THESE COMMUNITIES CAN HELP US SOLVE THIS ISSUE.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>>> THERE IS MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT JUST AHEAD.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>>> THIS WEEK IS THE START OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND CHICAGO HAS A BIG PART TO PLAY IN THAT HISTORY.

THE CHICAGO LAWN IS KNOWN FOR ITS DIVERSITY BUT IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY 50 YEARS AGO.

JOANNA HERNANDEZ AND PRODUCER, BLAIR SPENT TIME IN THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY TO EXPLORE MARTIN LUTHER KING'S WORK IN THE AREA.

>> Reporter: BARBARA MILLER WAS IN HER EARLY 20s WHEN SHE HEARD MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR WAS COMING TO CHICAGO.

>> I HAD TO DO SOMETHING.

I HAD ALREADY SEEN ALL OF THE MARCHES HE HAD DONE.

SO, IT WAS MY OPPORTUNITY.

>> Reporter: ON AUGUST 5, 1966 MILLER WAS ONE OF THE HUNDREDS WHO MARCHED ALONGSIDE DOCTOR KING PROTESTING HOUSING SEGREGATION ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF CHICAGO.

A TIME WHEN REALTORS REFUSED TO SELL HOMES IN WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES.

>> DESCRIBED TO ME WHAT WAS IT LIKE.

>> THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT IN THE CROWD.

THERE WAS A LOT OF ANXIETY IN THE CROWD.

AND I WAS FEELING THAT ANXIETY AND EXCITEMENT.

BUT ONCE WE WERE IN A SITUATION WHERE THERE WERE THRONGS OF PEOPLE ON THE SIDE OF US YELLING, SCREAMING AND CALLING US NAMES AND TELLING US TO GET OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THROWING THINGS, ROCKS AND BOTTLES .

>> CHAOS ERUPTED AS MARCHERS WALKED TOWARD MARQUETTE PARK.

DOCTOR KING WAS HIT BY A ROCK ALONG THE WAY.

>> I HAVE BEEN IN MANY DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS THE SOUTH.

I CAN SAY I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MOB AS HOSTILE AND HATE FIELD AS I HAVE SEEN IN CHICAGO.

>> THE MARCH WAS PART OF A BIGGER MOVEMENT.

>> CHICAGO IS A SEGREGATED CITY.

THERE WERE LINES DRAWN.

WHAT DOCTOR KING WAS TRYING TO DO WAS OPEN UP THE CITY AND OPEN UP THE METROPOLITAN AREA.

>> Reporter: AT THE CORNER OF MARQUETTE ROAD INSIDE MARQUETTE PARK, THERE IS A MEMORIAL HONORING NOT ONLY DOCTOR KING'S LEGACY BUT THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR RACIAL EQUALITY.

>> I LOVE COMING TO THE MLK LIVING MEMORIAL.

IT IS A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO THE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY, MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR AND THE FAIR HOUSING MARCHES.

A SIGNIFICANT DATA IS COMING UP.

>> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN SIX YEARS SINCE SONJA HENDERSON AND WEBER CREATED THE SCULPTURES.

HENDERSON SAID THEY WANT PEOPLE TO FIND A SPIRITUAL CONNECTION WHEN THEY VISIT.

>> WHEN YOU WALK UP THE SIDEWALK IT HITS YOU IMMEDIATELY.

YOU START CIRCLING AROUND TO SEE .

WHEN YOU COME IN, YOU ARE MET BY THE PROTEST SCENE.

AT THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE KING AND CORETTA WHO WASN'T HERE FOR THESE MARCHES BUT I DID SCULPT HER .

YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM OF THEIR LEGS.

THEN THERE IS ARM IN ARM AND THEN PROTEST SIGNS.

THE NEXT IS KING GETTING STRUCK BY A ROCK.

THE MEATPACKERS UNION WAS THERE TO PROTECT THEM.

THEY ARE PUSHING THEM DOWN .

>> Reporter: A REMINDER OF THE PAST THAT ROLF SAID NEEDS MORE ATTENTION.

>> THE SPIRIT SHOULD BE EMBRACED BY MORE CHICAGOANS AND THE SHOULD STUDY AND RECOGNIZE WHAT HAPPENED HERE SO WE CAN LEARN FROM IT AND MOVE FORWARD.

MARTIN LUTHER KING'S DREAM FOR CHICAGO WAS A CITY OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER.

A CITY OF BROTHERHOOD.

>> THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE CHANGED.

MILLER SAID SHE CAN'T FORGET THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE HERE MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO.

>> IT IS ALMOST A MIRACULOUS SITUATION.

YOU REALIZE HOW HARD THEY FOUGHT TO TRY TO KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY COULD HAVE JUST SHARED.

IT IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD I CAN HAVE WALKED THROUGH.

>> HOLDING ONTO THE VISION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.'S MOVEMENTS.

>> IT SADDENS ME THAT HE HAD TO DIE IN SUCH A VIOLENT WAY.

BUT I STILL KNOW THAT HE SET US ON THE PATH.

AND THE DREAM WILL BE REALIZED.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, I AM JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

>>> YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT MARQUETTE PARK ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> THE 65th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS ARE THIS SUNDAY AND THE LOCAL CHICAGO AND IS UP FOR AN AWARD BUT CELEBRATES A MUSIC STYLE THAT ORIGINATED IN CHICAGO.

ANGEL INTRODUCES US TO CARRIE HUNTER WHO BREAKS DOWN THE MUSIC GENRE HE USED TO REMIX BEYONC÷'S BREAK MY SOUL.

>> HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE HOUSE MUSIC?

THAT IS GOOD ENOUGH.

IT IS DEFINITELY A FEELING.

[ MUSIC ] >> IT MIGHT BE COVERED IN STONE NOW BUT IN THE SUMMER MONTHS JACKSON PARK IS HOME TO A HOUSE MUSIC FESTIVAL .

>> THE MUSIC GENRE THAT HAS MOVED THE CITY FOR DECADES AND WHERE CHICAGO PRODUCER , CARRIE HUNTER FOUND HIS LOVE FOR MAKING MUSIC.

>> I FOUND MY NICHE IN HOW DO HOUSE AND DISCO MUSIC MADE YOU FEEL.

HOW HOUSE CAME ABOUT IS WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE KEYBOARD.

WHAT WE DID WAS INTERPRET WHAT WE HEARD FROM DISCO RECORDS.

>> HUNTERS INTERPRETATION WOULD LEAD HIM TO PRODUCE MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD.

>> T.J. LANG IS MY FIRST LOVE.

WHAT MADE MY PRODUCTION SKILLS GREAT IS MY EAR TO BE A DJ.

AND PUTTING THAT INTO MY PRODUCTION HOPEFULLY BRINGS THE SAME RESPONSE.

>> WHEN SHARING SOME MUSIC HE RECENTLY PRODUCED ON A LIVE STREAM HE RECENTLY RECEIVED THESE CALLS TO REMIX A NEW SONG FOR BEYONC÷.

>> I WAS LIKE I AM KIND OF BUSY.

BUT YEAH.

THEY ENDED UP SENDING ME THE SESSION AND I WORKED ON IT THAT NIGHT.

HE CALLED ME BACK AND SAID THEY LOVE IT.

>> SHE COULD HAVE GONE TO ANYONE ELSE.

SHE CAME BACK TO CHICAGO.

I HAVE NOTHING BUT LOVE AND RESPECT FOR HER.

>> AS HE WAITED FOR THE OFFICIAL APPROVAL FROM BEYONC÷'S CAMP, HUNTER DECIDED TO SHARE HIS HOUSE TAPE WHILE MIXING AT THE CHOSEN FEW PICNIC LAST SUMMER.

>> IT STILL WASN'T OUT YET.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

I PLAYED THE RECORD AT THE PICNIC AND BROKE IT AND IT WENT NUTS.

EVEN AFTER THAT, I THINK IT DIDN'T COME OUT UNTIL A MONTH LATER.

I GOT MY FIRST GRAMMY NOD WITH JENNIFER HUDSON.

TALK ABOUT FULL CIRCLE.

NOW I AM NOMINATED WITH BEYONC÷.

SO I AM CLAIMING IT.

WE WILL BRING IT HOME.

BUT WHEN LOSER DRAW I FEEL LIKE TIM CARRIE HUNTER CAN DO IT.

I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL MY MUSIC AND TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT A COMPUTER-GENERATED SOUND.

THIS IS SOMETHING COMING FROM SOMEONE'S INSIDE, SOMEONE SOLD.

SOMETHING YOU CAN'T REALLY EXPLAIN.

BUT WHEN YOU HEAR IT LIKE HOUSE MUSIC IT MAKES YOU FEEL SOME TYPE OF WAY.

>> BREAK MY SOUL, CARRIE HUNTER REMIX.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, I AM ANGEL.

>> THE 65th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS ARE HAPPENING THIS SUNDAY.

>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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>>> ELIMINATING CONFUSION ON GOVERNMENT FORMS.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SUGGEST CHANGES FOR THE RACE AND ETHNICITY BOX ON THE CENSUS.

>>> FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I AM PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.