The mom of a 13-year-old boy shot useless on the streets of Mattapan has a message to metropolis leaders: “Where are you?”
A minister and group activist attempting to cease shootings in his neighborhood additionally desires to know.
“I am appalled that our city leaders only chose to conduct a drop by press briefing Sunday at the site of a murdered boy,” Rev. Kevin Peterson tells the Herald. “Tyler (Lawrence)’s dying should turn into a metropolis precedence which ought to have begun with fast outreach to his household by Mayor Wu and Police Commissioner Cox. I stood over the positioning Sunday hours after the place Tyler was killed and noticed the Mayor and Commissioner hurry themselves to ready cameras and reporters to assert that crime in Boston is down. That’s nonsense. No one in Boston’s Black group would agree that they really feel protected in communities the place 95% of the town’s murders are dedicated yearly.’’
Police Commissioner Michael Cox got here to the town with a lot fanfare final 12 months however is seemingly absent when it comes time to deal with violence within the metropolis.
Wu, in the meantime, is on public radio taking straightforward questions in regards to the Embrace statue, or placing all her time right into a canine and pony present State of the City tackle. She additionally generally takes days when she has no public schedule.
She must be at Tyler Lawrence’s household residence holding herself and the town accountable, if she hasn’t already.
When a 13-year-old is shot to dying in your metropolis that’s a disaster.
When college students are stabbed outdoors a faculty, as occurred this week, that’s a disaster.
Wu and Commissioner Cox did present up the day of the Tyler Lawrence taking pictures and made an announcement and thanked first responders and the police on the scene.
“This is a part of the city with incredibly strong community, so many residents have come together to plan and make sure that everyone is on the same page, and today, on a morning when so many families are at church or just enjoying a quiet Sunday morning, it’s incredibly painful to have this take place,” she mentioned.
Wu additionally promised to “get justice for this young person and their family” and mentioned that she was there “for the long haul with these families.”
But Tyler Lawrence’s mom, Remy Lawrence, didn’t really feel that method. She desires solutions why her boy was gunned down and mentioned your complete metropolis must be “outraged.”
Let’s hope Wu and metropolis leaders are listening.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”