Milwaukee celebrates Juneteenth Day: Stop the violence is theme of event
One of the marching units in the Juneteenth Parade on June 19, 2014 displayed huge pink signs saying “Stop the Violence,” after a series of gun violence resulting sometimes in deaths and an innocent child being critically wounded on the playground at Clarke Street School and another inside a grocery on W. Hopkins Street. In recent weeks there has been a Clergy Gun Buyback, a Cease Fire Sabbath Week, and numerous community forums addressing the issue of crime. On the other hand, many people quickly say, when talking about crime: “Somebody should do something,” while others are aloof and say nothing at all until a loved one of theirs becomes a victim to crime or gun violence, which prematurely ends the life or critically injures too many of our loved ones too soon.
One of the marching units in the Juneteenth Parade on June 19, 2014 displayed huge pink signs saying “Stop the Violence,” after a series of gun violence resulting sometimes in deaths and an innocent child being critically wounded on the playground at Clarke Street School and another inside a grocery on W. Hopkins Street. In recent weeks there has been a Clergy Gun Buyback, a Cease Fire Sabbath Week, and numerous community forums addressing the issue of crime. On the other hand, many people quickly say, when talking about crime: “Somebody should do something,” while others are aloof and say nothing at all until a loved one of theirs becomes a victim to crime or gun violence, which prematurely ends the life or critically injures too many of our loved ones too soon.
