During stops in black and Latino neighborhoods in Chicago this week, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner promised to fight crime in low-income neighborhoods by creating jobs, funding a stronger social safety net, and especially targeting the most dangerous criminals—all things that he accused Governor Pat Quinn of neglecting to do.
"What we've got to focus on is the violent crime in our communities," he said at a church in Humboldt Park. "We've got to prevent it, and Pat Quinn is failing on that issue."
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