Forsyth County law enforcement, activists discuss rise in violence in community
"Are we gonna be my brothers' keepers or are we going to be pallbearers?"
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Updated: 6:11 PM EDT May 25, 2021
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"Are we gonna be my brothers' keepers or are we going to be pallbearers?"
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Updated: 6:11 PM EDT May 25, 2021
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HAVE NOT MADE ANY ARRESTS. RECENT SHOOTINGS IN THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM, MASS COMMUNITY WAS RATHER AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONCERNED OUR FORT HATCHET SHARES THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION TO TRY AND SAVE LIVES. TODAY THE FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HOSTING A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE RECENT UPTICK IN VIOLENCE AND POLICING IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE DON’T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES. I HAVE HEARD MOTHERS CRY IN MY ARMS. YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE SET AND TALKED TO KIDS AND IT ASKS ME WHY MY DADDY WON’T WAKE UP. WHY WON’T MY MOTHER WAKE UP COMMUNITY ACTIVIST FRANKIE GUEST WAS ONE OF SEVEN PANELISTS HOSTED BY THE FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE TODAY FOR THEIR BLACK WHITE AND BLUE PANEL AIMING TO BUILD BETTER RELATIONSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY. I NEED TO COMMUNE TO SAY YOU KNOW WHAT WE GOT CHILDREN AND BABIES DONE. YOU KNOW, I NEED SOMEBODY AS I SAID YESTERDAY. ARE WE GOING TO BE MY BROTHER’S KEEPER? ARE WE GONNA BE PAUL? BURIOUS? ARE WE GOING TO CARRY THEM? ARE WE GONNA CARE FOR THEM FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFF BOBBY KIMBROUGH SAYS ACTIVISM FROM THE COMMUNITY. CAN’T BE ONLY ON SELECT OCCASIONS, ESPECIALLY AS THE PERPETRATORS AND VICTIMS OF CRIMES GET YOUNGER. WHERE’S THE SAME ENERGY READING TO THESE KEYS? WHERE IS THIS? SAME ENERGY FEEDING THESE KIDS. YOU KNOW, WE QUICK THE POINT OUR THINGS THAT THE POLICE I’M GONNA POINT MY FINGER AT HIM TOO IF WE DO SOMETHING WRONG WINSTON-SALEM POLICE ASSISTANT CHIEF WILLIAM PENN SAYS THE RISE AND VIOLENT CRIME CAN BE TRACED BACK TO SYSTEMIC DISPARITIES. TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAPS. LOOK AT WHERE THE POVERTY IS. LOOK AT WHERE UNEMPLOYMENT IS. LOOK AT WHERE WHERE HEALTHCARE DISCREPANCY IS. AND YOU’LL SEE CRIME IN THAT SAME AREA. AND THE PANEL IS CALLING ON LOCAL BUSINESSES TO USE THEIR FINANCIAL POWER TO INSPIRE CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE THE FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE