Letters: Gun violence in Chicago needs proactive policing, as well as measures that combat poverty

I once worked at a business where the owner had placed in the breakroom a plaque with the saying: "The beatings will continue until morale improves."This cynical, tongue-in-cheek display was understood as a reflection of my boss's wacky sense of humor.So I was dismayed to hear Mayor Brandon Johnson suggest a similar strategy in response to the spate of gun violence that gripped our city this past weekend.

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