The Ballot or The Bullet: Can New Leadership End Street Violence?

As candidates ponder strategies to end violence and bring economic opportunities to depressed urban communities, many are proposing to increase the police presence in high crime areas. But given the recent high profile shooting deaths of citizens at the hands of police, will residents of low income communities feel safer or more endangered by an increase of police? What can really transform urban communities - elected leadership that can initiate new and creative ideas to generate a prosperous economy? Or the launching of a paramilitary force that mturns every low income community into a police state? Does anybody believe that  those who choose to commit unlawful acts would do something else if given viable options for survival? Is rehabilitation possible? Or is police confrontation inevitable? today, more candidates discuss their plans to resolve the crises of crime and poverty. Rev. Cassandra Harris, candidate for Alderman of the 18th Ward in Chicago, discusses her candidacy. What will be used to change urban communities, the Ballot or the Bullet?