U.S. Rep. Danny Davis said “things that were burned down and torn down 50 years ago ... are still down. There are vacant lots that were created after the assassination” of Dr. Martin Luther King. “They were vacant then. They’re vacant now.”

“We have to have some conversation. Problems get out of hand when people are not talking,” West Side Ald. Emma Mitts (37th) said. https://t.co/LIY9OSnEHb

— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) August 12, 2020