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National Night Out

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2008-08-05
| El Diario NY

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Today, New Yorkers will spend the night out, not at the movies or restaurants, but in the streets. With violence wounding so many families, this annual stand against crime is a reminder that we need to do far more than lock up perpetrators.

Each year, National Night Out draws residents, police officers, and precinct councils together in outdoor activities meant to raise awareness about crime prevention. This year marks the 25th Anniversary of National Night Out, the chief goal of which is to create a friendly environment for police officers and community residents to interact.

For some communities, the urgency of making a public statement for cooperation came much sooner this year. On Saturday, in a plaza near the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge, neighborhood residents and congregations of several local churches gathered for a mass in memory of 22-year-old Richard Duran, who was shot and killed last month.

Young people there wore T-shirts with photos of Duran as others circulated flyers with an image of the baby-faced alleged shooter. For hours, NYPD community liaisons, youth groups and local elected representatives converged in a community that is seeing a spike in gang-related violence.

Williamsburg is far from alone in seeing young people lives get cut short. As with other neighborhoods, under-funded teen programs and intervention, limited alternatives for youths, the threat of gangs and accessible weapons are all a recipe for violence. The floating of firearms, for example, was more than evident when Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes and the NYPD recently collected 700 illegal weapons in exchange for cash.

Bridging police and community residents is a major piece in keeping our streets safe. National Night Out is an opportunity for that exchange but should also remind us of the year-round strategies needed to prevent violence.

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