W.J. Kennedy News
'Mr. Ceasefire' no fan of aggressive ticketing policies, overnight winter parking ban
By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 15, 2022
Tio Hardiman, known on the streets as "Mr. Ceasefire," spends his days, and many nights, stemming gang violence in some of the city’s toughest neighborhoods.
Violence Interrupters plans '24-hour boots on the ground' over holidays
By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 13, 2022
The holidays bring with them the risk of heightened violence, and for Tio Hardiman, the executive director of Violence Interrupters, that means “24-hour boots on the ground.”
Chicago’s 'Mr. Ceasefire' came by his nickname the hard way
By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 9, 2022
In 2003, Tio Hardiman talked his way out of a potentially deadly conflict when five gang members confronted him on the Southside.
Hardiman: 'Too many crimes are being committed'
By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 9, 2022
No one escapes the ravages of violent crime in the toughest neighborhoods in Chicago.