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In this Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, photo Skip Horween, president of Horween Leather Co., poses for a portrait at the factory in Chicago. Horween represents the fourth generation of immigrants from Ukraine who opened a Chicago tannery in 1905 and would come to provide the leather for NFL game balls used today, including the Super Bowl LI ball. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2017, file photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel answers questions during a news conference in Chicago after the the U.S. Justice Department issued a report on civil rights abuses by the Chicago Police Department. In a tweet Tuesday night, Jan. 24, 2017, President Donald Trump said he's ready to "send in the Feds" if Chicago can't reduce its homicide figures. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2016 file photo, protesters gather in downtown Chicago as they protest the election of President-elect Donald Trump across from the Trump hotel tower. Two Chicago street signs honoring President Donald Trump pulled down after the then-candidate characterized the city as a "war zone" have gone missing a city official said. One Trump sign does remain in Chicago: the 20-foot-tall letters that spell the president's name on the side of his hotel tower along the Chicago River. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh File)

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Edward J. Majerczyk, leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago in this Sept. 27, 2016, file photo. (Santiago Covarrubias/Sun Times via AP)

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Arewa Karen Winters, left, and Tambrasha Hudson, the great aunt and mother of Pierre Loury, join other protesters at a news conference outside the Chicago Police District 1 headquarters on South State Street in Chicago on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Speakers were critical of the mayor and the police department and said Chicagoans already knew from experience what the Department of Justice said in its report critical of the Chicago Police department. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune via AP)

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Kofi Ademola, left, of the group Black Lives Matter Chicago, and other protesters talk to the media outside the Chicago Police District 1 headquarters on South State Street in Chicago on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Speakers were critical of the mayor and the police department and said Chicagoans already knew from experience what the Department of Justice said in its report critical of the Chicago Police department. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune via AP)

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In this Dec. 4, 1969 file photo, Chicago police remove the body of Fred Hampton, leader of the Illinois Black Panther party, who was slain in a gun battle with police on Chicago's west side. The U.S. Justice Department on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, is scheduled to release the findings of an investigation of the Chicago Police Department, and a law enforcement official says the report will show a pattern of civil rights violations. The probe was launched after a video showed a white officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times. (Chicago Daily News courtesy of Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

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FILE- This undated file photo provided by the United States Attorney's office in Chicago, shows Paris Poe's back tattoo that reads "The Earth Is Our Turf", and Hobo. Poe was one of six defendants that were on trial for racketeering and other charges. Body art has played a role in a surprising number of criminal cases nationwide, though legal experts concede that tattoos by themselves are rarely a deciding factor in convictions. (United States Attorney's office in Chicago via AP, File)

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FILE - This undated file photo in a court filing provided by the United States Attorney's office in Chicago, shows Paris Poe's back tattoo that reads "The Earth Is Our Turf", and Hobo. Poe is one of six defendants on trial for racketeering and other charges are purported leaders of the widely feared Hobos, a South Side gang that federal prosecutors said murdered, maimed and tortured their way into control of some of Chicago's most lucrative drug markets. (United States Attorney's office in Chicago via AP file)

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FILE - In this April 27, 2016 file photo, U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon speaks to reporters at the federal building in Chicago. President-elect Donald Trump said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel should ask for federal help if he isn't able to bring down a homicide count that soared last year. Current U.S. Attorney Fardon came under pressure when selected to be the top federal law enforcement official in Chicago three years ago to put violent crime at the top of the city's agenda. But from the start of his tenure, he tempered expectations about what a U.S. attorney's office could do. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

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FILE - In this May 30, 2016 file photo, police work the scene where a man was fatally shot in the chest in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood. President-elect Donald Trump said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel should ask for federal help if he isn't able to bring down a homicide count that soared last year. Trump isn't the first to broach the idea that the U.S. government could do more to stem violence in Chicago. But what more it can do isn't at all clear. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune via AP, File)

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FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2016 file photo, crosses are displayed for each person slain in Chicago this year during a quiet march along Michigan Avenue in Chicago. President-elect Donald Trump said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel should ask for federal help if he isn't able to bring down a homicide count that soared last year. Trump isn't the first to broach the idea that the U.S. government could do more to stem violence in Chicago. But what more it can do isn't at all clear. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

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Colin Clark, 12, kisses the cross for his father, 55-year-old Lazane Clark, who was shot to death in February, during a march along Michigan Avenue, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Chicago. Hundreds of people carried crosses Saturday for each person slain in Chicago this year during the march. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

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FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2016, file photo, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson speaks during a news conference in Chicago. One of the bloodiest years on record in Chicago ended with 762 homicides and more than 3,500 shooting incidents, in 2016, according to crime statistics released by police on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Tae-Gyun Kim, File)

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Veronica Aguilera, 31, carries the cross for her husband, Louis Antonio Torres, who was shot to death in November, during a quiet march along Michigan Avenue, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Chicago. Hundreds of people carried crosses for each person slain in Chicago in 2016 during the march. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

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Indiana Pacers' Aaron Brooks (00) yells to his teammates as he looks to pass during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, in Chicago. Chicago won 90-85. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

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Indiana Pacers head coach Nate McMillan looks on during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, in Chicago. Chicago won 90-85. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

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Chicago Bulls' Jimmy Butler (21) shoots against Indiana Pacers' Glenn Robinson III (40) and Thaddeus Young (21) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, in Chicago. Chicago won 90-85. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

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Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg talks to his players during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, in Chicago. Chicago won 90-85. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

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Chicago Bulls' Dwyane Wade (3) goes up for a shot against Indiana Pacers' Al Jefferson (7) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, in Chicago. Chicago won 90-85. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)