It is Friday night in Chicago, and the Memorial Day weekend is just getting started. Police Department officials plan to deploy more than a thousand extra officers to deal with the violence they fear will intensify with the unofficial start of summer.  With some of the toughest gun restriction laws in the Unites States, crime in Chicago has spiked and is out of control.

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Chicago Crime takes you inside America's most segregated city, where some communities live with security, but most live in constant fear of violent crime.

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