Video: ‘One Bronx’ Reaches Out Against Gun Violence

[Video: The Borough President’s office produced this video for its “Hands Across the Concourse”anit-gun violence event on Sunday, April 14.]
Hundreds of anti-violence demonstrators made a strong statement against gun violence as they held hands along the Grand Concourse, from Kingsbridge Road to Mosholu Parkway on Sunday, April 14. The event, organized by the Bronx Reentry Task Force and the Bronx Clergy Criminal Justice Roundtable, featured several speakers, including Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and Bronxite Yvette Montanez, whose niece was caught in the crossfire of a shootout between two rival gangs in the South Bronx. Montanez explained, “The more people that come out, the more that our elected officials know that they need to stick together and stop the violence and stop the trafficking of illegal guns.”
–David Greene

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