Chicago street vendors want police to do more to protect them from attacks

CHICAGO - Some Chicago street vendors say they've had enough and are calling on police and the community to help protect them from crime.

Vendors from a number of Chicago neighborhoods gathered in Little Village on Saturday, saying that attacks on vendors are growing.

"I ask, and we ask, that the community forms a coalition to protect the neighborhood. I do not believe that the police is the only answer to this. I believe that the community together can solve this issue," said Elizeth Arguelles, who is the daughter of a street vendor.

They also called for a tax on Amazon to help pay for better living conditions for people in the city's poorest neighborhoods.