Thursday, October 02, 2014





Protests in 2009 coincided with a new community policing program that brought peace.





























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Neighborhood protest
against violence


ST. PETERSBURG - A Bay Area community rallied together Saturday to stop violent crimes in their neighborhood.
Hundreds in St. Petersburg gathered at Bartlett Park, an area that has been plagued by shootings in the area just this year.
A long-running feud in a St. Pete neighborhood ended with 57 shots from two assault rifles into a home killing 8-year-old Paris Whitehead-Hamilton. About two weeks after that, another shooting at a recreation center sent a teenager to the hospital with two bullet wounds.
So Saturday, the community came together wanting violent crimes to end. Hundreds came out. The mayor, police chief, council members and other city officials were there, asking for the public's help in solving crimes.
Shenita Williams-Joseph was Whitehead-Hamilton's Aunt. The little girl was staying at her house when she was killed. Shinto is hoping her nieces death will help police in the future..
"They're going to solve a lot of cases due to Paris and other children. People are not going to be shutting up. They'll be talking to the police and sharing information," says Williams-Joseph.

People came out from all over the south side and throughout the city. Many neighborhood association leaders joined the march.

In 2006 a march from Bartlett Park carried a powerful message. Holding portraits of murder victims marchers called out for peace.
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/08/05/Southpinellas/85_SLAIN_IN_5_YEARS.shtml


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