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Last week, when conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh lost his bid for partial ownership of the St.

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Every time a soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan is killed, it makes headlines.  Whenever a police officer or firefighter dies, we hear about it.  If there’s an unfortunate shooting at a prestigious university or small town all-American school, society pauses and grapples with the notion of how this could have happened there, in middle America, far removed from the mires of urban life.  But what about the countless young children whose lives are cut short daily in cities across this nation?  Who hears their cries?  Who listens to the plight of suffering mothers and fathers mourning the dead?  And who will step in to curb the extreme rise in violence and utter disregard for human life that is so pervasive now in our community? RELATED: Four Charged With Beating Murder Of Chicago Teen The world was recently fixated on a disturbing video clip which captured the brutal, senseless murder of 16-year-old Chicago honor roll student Derrion Albert.  Apparently caught in between two rival student groups on his way home from Fenger High School, young Derrion was beaten with wooden planks, kicked, stomped upon and beaten some more till his lifeless body was dragged away.  In what appeared to be an all-out ‘brawl’ outside of his school, the horrific incident was followed by more incomprehensible unrest at what was supposed to be a peaceful memorial for Derrion a few days later