Trump Campaign Arrives in Chicago Trailing Incidents of Violence
- Blacks, Hispanics protest following attacks on demonstrators
- Front-runner denies he incites followers, blames local police
New Trio of Controversy Explodes Around Trump
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Donald Trump’s raucous campaign tour makes its first stops today in U.S. cities still wrestling with racial tension spawned by police shootings, just as his rallies have turned increasingly violent.
Four days before primaries in Illinois, Ohio and Missouri, Trump will address supporters in St. Louis, a short drive from Ferguson, which erupted in 2014 after a grand jury didn’t indict a white officer who shot an unarmed black teenager. Hours later, the Republican front-runner has a rally in Chicago, where Mayor Rahm Emanuel is dealing with the fallout of a video showing an officer shooting a black teenager 16 times.