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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com
From left: Brandon Smith of Chicago, Mecca Highsmith of Oak Park, and Trenton Hiley of Zion carry crosses to display on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. The 128 crosses, created by Greg Zanis of Aurora and placed around the courtyard outside of the Holmes Student Center by members of the NIU group Black Male Initiative, symbolized each murder so far this year in Chicago.