In a message dated 8/3/00 3:55:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Are WE there? >> I showed this article to a fellow worker and was she mad.Seems to her a lot was taken for granted. She lives in the neighborhood where those shootings occur. We remember the funeral , the knifings, but not the shootings.(think it didn't happen) She is a member of one of the Pentacostal churches in that 10 coalition, YES they did help on the street, yes crime went down 77% BUT lets put it into perspective, The coalition had been around before that, and helping, it wasn't until the community, got on board with DROP aDIME, Community Watch patrols, and neighbors fighting back. The Boston Police ANTI GANG UNIT went into overtime and hundreds of arrest were made of Gangbangers and drug reallers, The DA's office got tough, so tough a senior District attorney was assasinated in a parking lot (they got the guy). now hundreds of those young men arein jail, Thats how peace came to boston, yes we Thank GOD, but thank all of God's people also in responce for Veronica, Denis Levitre _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
