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Resident urges city to add lights, cameras and school protections after family killings and bullying
Summary
At the Sept. 3 City Council meeting a resident, Anna Williams, described two family tragedies and urged the mayor and council to install street lighting and cameras in high‑crime “red‑zone” areas and to work with schools and the park district on student safety.
Anna Williams, a resident who identified herself during public comment at the City Council meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 3, urged the mayor and aldermen to install lighting and cameras in what she called “red‑zone” areas and to increase protections for students after a series of violent incidents and bullying in local schools. “A few years ago, my grandson was murdered, gun violence,” Williams said. “We need some street lights. We need to get a few people like me… I’m not a detective, and I can just about tell you where it's all coming from.”
Williams said her grandson, identified in her remarks as Kimani Franks, was killed at age 16 after an earlier confrontation that involved…
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