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Spotlight Politics: Lightfoot Calls Shooting a Hate Crime

Officials denounce a recent wave of anti-Asian violence after a mass shooting in Atlanta.

Aired 03/17/2021 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight

Spotlight Politics: Lightfoot Calls Shooting a Hate Crime

Clip: 3/17/2021 | 12m 45sVideo has Closed Captions

Officials denounce a recent wave of anti-Asian violence after a mass shooting in Atlanta.

Officials denounce the recent wave of anti-Asian violence and offer messages of support in the wake of a mass shooting in Atlanta that left eight people dead. Our politics team of Amanda Vinicky, Heather Cherone and Paris Schutz discusses this story and more in this week’s roundtable.

Aired 03/17/2021 | Rating NR

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