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GIANNO CALDWELL: Four years after my brother’s murder, I’m marching for justice

We march for every family whose grief was treated as collateral damage by the people who were supposed to protect them

By Gianno Caldwell Fox News

Published July 23, 2026 7:00am EDT

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Gianno Caldwell Explains How He's Carrying On His Brother's Legacy

Gianno Caldwell discusses his advocacy for public safety on the anniversary of his brother Christian's murder in Chicago.

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Four years ago, I got the call no family should ever receive. My innocent teenage brother, Christian, had been shot and killed on the streets of Chicago. He was just a kid, full of promise, full of life. Gone. This Saturday, I am going back. Not to mourn. To march.

Chicago is the shining example of how soft-on-crime policies devastate families across our nation. It is the epicenter of a political failure so profound and so deliberate that its consequences have spread to cities all across America. Those who have chosen to put virtue signaling ahead of victims have turned one of America's great cities into a graveyard of broken promises. The families paying the price are not the politicians who made those promises. They are the mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters who have lost not one, but in some cases, multiple loved ones to violent crime.

Are sanctuary city policies destroying these communities? Yes. Is it the elimination of cash bail? Yes. Is it elected officials who have fought harder for criminals than for the public they were elected to serve? Yes. It is all of the above and more.

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