Image: A home-made gang shirt displayed at a June 3 forum on gangs.Another panel discussion on gang violence in Plainfield will take place Aug. 1, according to the city's web site.
"A Call to Action" will be held 6.p.m. on that date at Washington Community School.
To read about the June 3 panel discussion, click here.
The announcement of the Aug. 1 meeting included no further information.
A series of gang-related shootings led to a June 28 rally at City Hall, after which participants boarded buses to be taken to three troubled neighborhoods, where they distributed fliers and talked to residents about the need to increase awareness of gang activity and to report it to authorities. Residents were advised to check bedrooms and backpacks of young people for weapons and to learn gang signs and culture. The neighborhood visits have continued on Tuesday evenings.
--Bernice Paglia
Is it just me or does it seem that the action taken on gangs in Plainfield is more talk than action. When are we going to get the state and feds involved to help us with this very serious problem. When will Sharon get her act together. Too many questions and too little time.
ReplyDeleteAmazing and sad that the only comment about the very real and very scary threat of violent gangs is of the same old blame Sharon genre but anything by or about RASRAHMATAZ, one of nine BOE members, gets a boatload of verbiage.
ReplyDeleteLet's see......bring in people and/or consult people from cities who have had gang problems and have successfully combated it or stemmed the tide ????? Absolutely not in Plainfield.
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