Save Our Streets Crown Heights – No More Shootings
Posted by LaurelB in Crown Heights 360 on 07 26th, 2010
For those fed up with the shootings in the neighborhood, Crown Heights Community Mediation Center (the same group that commissioned the powerful anti-gun violence mural last year) is spearheading an anti-gun violence initiative in the neighborhood called S.O.S. – Save Our Streets.
They held a meeting last week regarding the recent shooting on Eastern Parkway and Schenectady, and there will be a meeting on July 28th about the recent shooting that happened on Franklin Ave and Park Place.
By way of background, S.O.S. is a neighborhood based movement to end shootings and killings. Working with the community, highly trained workers:
- Provide immediate interventions whenever a shooting occurs.
- Reach out to the victims, friends and family members.
- Work to ensure that retaliatory shootings do not take place.
- Create a community network of residents, clergy and business owners.
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Sadly, I walked by 2 police officers yesterday standing on the corner of Franklin and Lincoln, mocking these posters out loud in a whiny voice. ” Don’t shoot I want to grow up, sos crown heights wah wah wah”. It’s pathetic. They act like the whole thing is a joke. A few months ago, I overheard 2 policemen laughingly tell the owners of the salon on Franklin at Park Place “Don’t worry ladies, we’ll keep your store safe.” These attitudes are despicable. It’s one thing to be a rookie, it’s another to act like you’re in junior high.