Daily News | A ‘Peace Ride’ highlighted Philly’s gun violence, its victims and new resources to address it
In interviews leading up to Saturday’s caravan for change, survivors attested to the incalculable toll of that loss.
Politicians were visible — and accessible — Saturday. Yet, not many bystanders showed up to interact with the motorcade along its route. “Statistically, on a Saturday in July or August in this community, there are going to be shootings,” said Street. Community engagement like this, he claimed, helps jolt young people inclined toward violence off that path.
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