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This group of fifth and sixth graders at Johnson Elementary School in St. Paul recently shared their experiences with crime in their neighborhood. (MPR Photo/Jeff Horwich)

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The Loop: Crime hits home

What kids have to say about crime

by Jeff Horwich, Minnesota Public Radio
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We visited with some students on the east side of St. Paul. to hear what they had to say about how crime affects them.

St. Paul, Minn. — The families in east St. Paul are a wide mix of incomes and backgrounds. Johnson Elementary is a beautifully remodeled old school, with cheery hallways and new playgrounds.

But the principal says there have been four gunshot incidents in recent weeks, including one at a home visible from the school's front door. The violence makes him worried about the very un-childlike thoughts and anxieties kids might bring to the classroom.

MPR's Jeff Horwich got a dozen fifth and sixth graders together to talk about how crime hits home for them.

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