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'Devastating': Louisville advocates speak out after teen boy latest victim of deadly gun violence


‘Devastating’: Louisville advocates speak out after teen boy latest victim of deadly gun violence
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Updated: 8:08 PM EDT Apr 15, 2021
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Updated: 8:08 PM EDT Apr 15, 2021
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ADVOCATES ARE WORKING TO STOP THE SHOOTINGS. A MEMORIAL LATHE RIGHT NEXT TO THE SPOT WHERE A 14 YEAR OLD WAS SHOT AND KILLE HERE IN SOUTH LOUISVILLE NEIGHBORS. TELL ME THIS IS A RELATIVELY QUIET AREA INTERRUPTED BY YET. ANOTHER ACT OF GUN VIOLENCE IN LOUISVILLE. YOU HAVE SOMETHING HAPPEN OUT THERE ON THAT BLOCK WHEN I KNOW HOW INVESTED THE NEIGHBORS ARE IN MAKING THAT A SAFE PLACE A TEENAGE BOY IS THE LATEST VICTIM OF LOUISVILLE’S GUN VIOLENCE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER HE WAS BROUGHT ON TRUMPET WAY NEAR CANE RUN ROAD METRO COUNCILWOMAN JESSICA GREEN REPRESENTS THE AREA AND SAYS, IT’S PAINFUL THAT IT HAPPENED DURING A WEEK DEDICATED TO PREVENTING YOUTH VIOLENCE IN THE CITY A YOUNG PERSON WHO HAD A PROMISING FUTURE A YOUNG PERSON. WHO WAS NOT GONNA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR OWN FAMILY TO GO AWAY TO COLLEGE TO HAVE A CAREER THAT SEEMS TO BE NO VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE. NO MATTER WHAT THE AGE IS IT’S INCUMBENT UPON US TO FIND THE PERSONS OF RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS TO THE VIOLENT OUTCOMES. VIOLENCE PREVENT TELL ME THE REAL WORK BEGINS WITH LESS TALK MORE. ACTION AND INVOLVING YOUTH IN DECISIONS BEING MADE ABOUT THEIR LIVES. THAT’S NOT JUST THE SEAT AT THE TABLE. THAT’S THE SEAT AT THE TABLE WITH THE MICROPHONE AND EARS LISTENING TO THEM. THESE ARE REAL LIVES BEING DEVASTATED BY THESE PREVENTABLE ISSUES WITH RESOURCES LIKE J PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTERS REOPENING ADVOCATES TANGIBLE SOLUTIONS TO COMBAT CRIME ARE IN PLACE, BUT MORE CAN ALWAYS BE DONE IN THE CITY SHOULD NOT BE DISCOURAGED THERE BUT T

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