Mayor Says Crime Strategy is Working

" Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday said his plan to attack gangs and drugs in Chicago's neighborhoods is showing success but there remains more work to be done.

"I am pleased that the police department is doing hard work [and] getting results, but to any individual parent or parents or a grandmother, there's only one fact in their life when their child's a victim,"  Emanuel said Thursday during a visit to 4th District headquarters.

The purpose of his stop at the south side station was to announce the takedown of two drug markets that were allegedly operating on opposite sides of the city. In one case, a two-month investigation lead to the arrest of eight people, he said. Nine others are still being sought "

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