Thursday, January 02, 2003
Peace Heals
by Insight News Source 

On Nov. 22, while sitting at the dining
 room table doing her homework, Tyesha 
Edwards was fatally shot. The shot struck
 more than a nerve throughout Minneapolis
 as public outcry reflected the pain that
 echoed through every community. The 
Minneapolis Police Department spent more
 than 1,000 person-hours working to solve
 the crime over the following few days 
with over 100 cops working both day and 
night. By the fourth day, three young men 
were incarcerated for the seemingly random
 shooting of the young South Minneapolis
 girl who had many more years ahead of 
her.

Edwards should never have left this world 
as early as or in the way she did. Recently,
 a step was taken to make certain that she
 did not die in vain and her memory is not
 forgotten.

On Monday, Dec. 16, Edwards� mother and 
stepfather, Linda Longino and Leonard Winborn
 along with the Rev. Randy Staten and 
Jonathan Palmer met with Nancy Sabin, the 
Executive Director of the Jacob 
Wetterling Foundation and Co-founder 
Patty Wetterling, Jacob�s mother, to 
discuss plans for founding a Peace 
Project in Edward�s name.

http://www.insightnews.com/articles.asp?mode=display&articleID=295

Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood
-- 
_______________________________________________
Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com
http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup

Meet Singles
http://corp.mail.com/lavalife

_______________________________________

Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy
Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls

Reply via email to