South Side residents stage silent protest against gang-related funerals

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Community members from Mount Greenwood, and the surrounding area, gather outside Mount Hope Cemetery to protest the recent gang activity in their neighborhoods during funeral processions in the area, on Saturday, September 15 , 2012, in Chicago. | Chandler West~for Sun-Times

A hearse leads funeral processiinMount Hope Cemetery Saturday September 15 2012 Chicago. | Chandler West~for Sun-Times

A hearse leads a funeral procession into Mount Hope Cemetery, on Saturday, September 15 , 2012, in Chicago. | Chandler West~for Sun-Times

A hearse leads processiinMount Hope Cemetery last autumn. | Sun-Times Library

A hearse leads a procession into Mount Hope Cemetery last autumn. | Sun-Times Library

A hearse leads a funeral procession into Mount Hope Cemetery, on Saturday, September 15 , 2012, in Chicago. | Chandler West~for Sun-Times

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Mia, 9, leads members of her community in a march against the recent gang activity in their neighborhoods during funeral processions at the Mount Hope Cemetery, on Saturday, September 15, 2012, in Chicago. | Chandler West~for Sun-Times

A concerned community member walks march against recent gang activity her neighborhood during funeral processions Mount Hope Cemetery Saturday September

A concerned community member walks in a march against the recent gang activity in her neighborhood during funeral processions at the Mount Hope Cemetery, on Saturday, September 15, 2012, in Chicago. | Chandler West~for Sun-Times

Community members from Mount Greenwood surrounding aregather march against recent gang activity during funeral processions Mount Hope Cemetery Saturday September

Community members from Mount Greenwood, and the surrounding area, gather to march against recent gang activity during funeral processions at the Mount Hope Cemetery, on Saturday, September 15, 2012, in Chicago. | Chandler West~for Sun-Times

Concerned community members walk march against recent gang activity their neighborhood during funeral processions Mount Hope Cemetery Saturday September 15

Concerned community members walk in a march against the recent gang activity in their neighborhood during funeral processions at the Mount Hope Cemetery, on Saturday, September 15, 2012, in Chicago. | Chandler West~for Sun-Times

More than 200 local residents, fed up with what they perceive to be dangerous gang-related funeral processions rolling through their Beverly and Mount Greenwood communities, were staging a silent protest Saturday afternoon. Residents gathered at the west end of Kennedy Park and were headed south …