This evening I noticed Dean Street between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues was closed off to traffic. I silently prayed and hoped that it wasn't another shooting. Sadly, I heard moments ago that it was indeed a fatal shooting.
The past two weeks have been plagued with violence, all within a one-mile radius. This is heart-wrenching and it must be stopped. You may think that one person perhaps can't make a difference, but that way of thinking is going to have to change. The street motto of "snitches get stitches!" has to go. If you see something say something.
We cannot be prisoners in our own homes. We all have a voice; let's use it. Perhaps many of you are right--one person may or may not make a difference. If we stand together our voices will echo to the 77th Precinct and 1 Police Plaza that we deserve the same protection that Crown Heights South (south of Eastern Parkway) receives on a daily basis--we pay taxes too!!!!
Once the community support is there, these thugs will take notice and respect the fact that this community will no longer accept living in fear. We must stop living our lives as if these robberies, rapes and murders are the norm--I refuse to accept it!!!
There is strength in numbers...your homes are your sanctuaries, but in order to enter your sanctuaries you must walk on these streets. Stop pretending that if crime is happening a block away it doesn't affect you and your family--you're wrong!!
Join your block association, attend the 77th Precinct meetings as well as the Community Board monthly meetings.
We've worked too hard to come this far to relinquish our hard work to these thugs!!!
Let's take back our neighborhood!!!
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