As the sweltering July heat baked the streets of Bed-Stuy Monday morning, mourners dressed in black and white filed out of Pleasant Grove Baptist behind the three-foot-long, cartoon-covered casket of one-year-old Davell Gardner, Jr, who was shot and killed in Brooklyn on July 12. The procession, led by Rev. Al Sharpton, spilled onto Fulton Street …
For many people, the abrupt arrival of civil and social unrest amid the COVID-19 pandemic and recent wave of protests was a striking wakeup call. For Pastor Gilford Monrose and the 67th Precinct Clergy Council (less formally known as “The God Squad”), the breadth of seemingly new challenges, especially in relation to the existing gun …
As gun violence continues to roil NYC, with 18 people shot in 24 hours Monday, anti-gun violence leaders and elected officials say there’s a way to reduce the violence—but there’s no one quick fix. In June, shootings increased 130 percent citywide compared to that month last year. In response, Mayor Bill de Blasio rolled out …
De acuerdo con cifras oficiales, se presentaron 178 homicidios durante los primeros seis meses del 2020, lo que significa un incremento del 21% comparado con los actos violentos informados durante el mismo periodo del 2019. Entretanto, autoridades aseguraron que seis tiroteos ocurrieron este martes en Brooklyn y ocho en toda la ciudad. Líderes comunitarios hablaron …
The faith community in Brooklyn last Sunday joined calls for justice, police reform and end to all forms of racism at a “Let Me Breathe” March and Prayer Rally. The event was organized by pastors of churches in Flatbush and East Flatbush, as well as community leaders, in solidarity and support of George Floyd, Breonna …
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — As the George Floyd protests continue in the Tri-State Area and around the country, community leaders are determined to end the cycle of violence and make a solid plan for change. They protest out of pain. Frustration is building because certain steps have seemingly lead nowhere. Read full story
Introduction: An Epidemic of Violence It was a warm summer day in Brooklyn when my wife and I took our kids out after dinner so they could ride their scooters on Eastern Parkway, only two blocks from our apartment. A short time later, we came home to discover that our block had been transformed. An …
