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Showing posts with label gun violence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gun violence. Show all posts
Sunday, August 21, 2022

Newark NJ Residents March Against Violence

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Newark residents took to the streets Saturday for a citywide peace walk. The walk was a call to action for business leaders, the commu...
Saturday, July 30, 2022

Rep. Donald Payne statement on passage of assault weapons ban in the House of Representatives

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NJ congressman Donald Payne Jr. released the following statement after the House passed a bill banning assault weapons: Rep. Donald M. P...
Monday, June 13, 2022

"Blood on Your Hands", a plea to the United States Congress to act on gun violence

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Hello, my name is George L. Cook III. I wrote this poem, "Blood on Your Hands" in response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas and ...
Thursday, March 25, 2021

NAACP PRESIDENT DERRICK JOHNSON CALLS ON CONGRESS TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS

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After the tragic mass shootings in both Georgia and Colorado, NAACP President Derrick Johnson has released the following statement asking ...
Sunday, November 24, 2019

Congreswoman Lucy McBath's letter to her deceased son, Jordan Davis

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Congresswoman Lucy McBath (GA 6th District) has written a letter to her deceased son, Jordan Davis who was shot and killed in 2012 fo...
Thursday, September 05, 2019

Chicago mayor slams Sen. Ted Cruz for his tweet about Chicago violence

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) took to Twiiter to slam Republican Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) after the lawmaker revived an old conservativ...
Saturday, August 31, 2019

Senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker statements on West Texas shootings

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Senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker released the following statements on the Odessa and Midland Texas shootings , in which 21 were i...
Sunday, June 02, 2019

Cory Booker Speech On Gun Violence At California Democratic Party State Convention

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New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker delivered a passionate about gun violence at the California Democratic Convention after hearing about the tw...
Monday, June 18, 2018

Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman Statement on Shooting at Trenton Art All Night

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Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) released the following statement on the shooting at the Art All Night festival in Trenton ear...
Monday, November 28, 2016

58 Shot, 8 Fatally, over Thanksgiving Weekend In Chicago

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This has got to stop, we are at a point where people are actually saying "only" 8 died as if that's a good thing. There ar...
Monday, May 30, 2016

Stopping the violence in black communities starts at home

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By George L. Cook III EMAIL Every Memorial Day Weekend we all read or watch the stories on Facebook or other media about the numbe...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

NBA player, Bryce Dejean-Jones shot and killed

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New Orleans Pelicans guard Bryce Dejean-Jones has died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The Pelicans issued a statement Saturday aft...
Friday, January 01, 2016

Is the #NoJusticeNoLebron movement fair to Lebron James

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LeBron James spoke publicly for the first time since a grand jury declined to press charges against the police officers responsible for ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

NBA and its stars airing commercials against gun violence

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It seems the NBA is willing to face an NRA backlash and maybe even a financial hit to take a stand against gun violence. In conjunction ...
Monday, November 30, 2015

SPIKE LEE, OTHERS CALL FOR NATIONAL ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE INITIATIVE

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Film director Spike Lee, the director of ChiRaq a movie about gun violence in Chicago and the Reverend Al Sharpton are part of a major...
Monday, July 14, 2014

Just Think Twice: National ad campaign created by teens against gun violence.

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Just Think Twice is a new organization founded by teenagers and ran by Mary-Pat Hector to stop gun violence across the United States. ...