Post Tagged with: "Gun violence"

Government / Police

Borough President calls for gun crime registry

The Bronx Borough President wants the New York State Legislature to create a new online registry that would list gun owners who have been convicted of gun-related crimes. In his annual State of the Borough address on March 5,, Ruben Diaz Jr. urged the legislature to establish a gun crime [...]

Crime

Demonstrators protest media’s depiction of slain neighbor

Some 80 protesters lit candles and erected “No Cop Zone” posters at a makeshift shrine on the corner of Hoe Ave. and Aldus St. on Friday evening, June 8, where Abduel Garcia, 24, was shot and killed early last week. On Monday, June 4, around 6:45 p.m., Garcia was found [...]

Crime

Peace month seeks to combat violence

Peace month seeks to combat violence

A single mother raises her child in a violent household. She escapes, hoping for a new life. She finds it as an importer of tropical fruits in the Hunts Point Food Market. At first she prospers, but then her business collapses. Then her son is shot and killed. Again she [...]