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Gulfton community members hold march on crime
Dozens got here out to the “march towards violent crime” held in southwest Houston Saturday.
HOUSTON — Group members within the Gulfton space joined forces with native regulation enforcement, metropolis and county leaders Saturday to take again the streets.
Dozens got here out to the “march towards violent crime” held in southwest Houston Saturday.
The hassle is led by council member Edward Pollard and goals to handle the latest uptick in violent crime within the Gulfton space and throughout the town.
It’s a problem neighborhood activist Tammy Rodriguez has been preventing for many years. Rodriguez helped manage the grassroots effort.
“You will note that there are shootings, what saddens me probably the most is the home violence,” she mentioned.
The march began at Benavidez Elementary college in Southwest Houston and ended at Burnett Bayland Park.
Rodriguez mentioned their hope is to unfold consciousness that preventing violent crime takes a neighborhood effort.
“Should you see one thing, say one thing simply making an attempt to get residents extra concerned making an attempt to fight the crime, calling suggestions, calling police,” she mentioned.
A number of households of the victims of violent crimes attended the March.
Amongst them was Paul Castro, whose son David was killed in an obvious street rage taking pictures final July.
“Sadly, there’s sufficient victims proper now in Houston, particularly victims, whose surviving relations of youngsters who’ve been shot and a few circumstances murdered, that’s why we’ve to come back collectively, we’ve to come back along with one voice,” he mentioned.
Castro mentioned he’s has been in fixed communication with the households of different victims of violent crimes, like Arlene Alvarez and Ashanti Grant.
“We don’t need another father or mother to undergo what we’re struggling,” he mentioned.
Rodriguez says the assist of Mayor Turner’s $45-million-dollar, Protected One Initiative to finish violent crime is an efficient begin.
She mentioned the one manner we’re going to see tangible change is thru unity and training.
“We’re making an attempt to get that solidary and assist it is time for the neighborhood to step up too, they cannot do it by themselves.”
