�If you want me to be poised and patient and polite, you�re not getting that today,� said [Kaleem Caire, former head of the Urban League of Greater Madison and founder of One City Early Learning Center], his voice rising with passion. �When you walk out of here today I don�t want to have unity, I want to have action. I want to have purpose. I�m tired of holding hands. Hold these babies� hands.�
Caire said his anger grew in recent days as he heard about the gang-related shooting last Saturday outside West Towne Mall and then about another man firing shots at police officers Friday on the Southwest Side.
�When these boys shot up that mall, I wanted to round them up and give them an old-fashioned butt whuppin�,� he said. �I am dead serious. You can�t come into this city and do this mess. But we don�t tell our kids this. Our own people don�t do enough for our kids. We sit back and let tragedy strike.�
Sunday, March 8, 2015
"There was outrage in a 4-hour rally as hundreds of marchers chanted 'The whole damn system is guilty as hell'... "
"... as they moved from Downtown to 1125 Williamson St., where Robinson of Madison was shot by a white officer."
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