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Little Village Quiets After Days of Anger, Violence

Clip: 6/3/2020 | 7m 48sVideo has Closed Captions

How communities came together to push past tensions that were feeding a racial divide.

The last 48 hours have been a frenzy of conflict and confrontation in the Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods. But just as it looked as though the conflict might boil over into carnage, community organizations scrambled to coordinate marches and demonstrations that brought factions together and restored a fragile peace.

06/03/2020 | Rating NR

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