With EIGHT homicides in Newark in the first 13 days of the year and Dr. Martin Luther King's struggle for nonviolent social change being honored tomorrow, violence and its aftermath is on everyone's mind.
The prevalence of guns, the turf fights in the drug world and the youth of those involved are focusing people's attention. Two deaths yesterday brought Newark's total so far this year to EIGHT (read more...) in the year's first thirteen days.
Former attorney general John Farmer, Jr. argues in an OpEd in today's Ledger that it was all predictable -- based on what he calls our misguided criminal justice policies (read more...). This Thursday, Harvard prof and psychiatrist Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint will speak at the Newark Public Library about this deadly crisis (read more...).
In Somerset, Stanley Croughter, whose son was killed execution style, is starting New Jersey's first chapter of Parents of Murdered Children (read more...).
While Plainfield saw homicides in 2006 drop to ten after 2005's fifteen, we are anything but out of the woods. The under-reported prevalence of guns and gunplay, the relative youth of the shooters and the drug trade's flourishing presence in our city leave us in a vulnerable position.
You will want to read Farmer's thoughts on the matter, and consider making time to hear Dr. Pouissant at the Newark PL if possible.
Newark Public Library
5 Washington Street
(973) 733-7793
Presentation at 6 PM, Reception follows.
More on Library's website.
Help and support for homicide victims' families:
- Parents of Murdered Children, NJ Chapter
Stanley Croughter, chapter leader
email: stanley184@patmedia.net
phone: (732) 227-1023 or (908) 458-7171
- Parents of Murdered Children, National
email: natlpomc@aol.com
phone: (888) 818-POMC
- Survivors of Murdered Children, Orange
Beverley Henderson, Director
email: echoes1@verizon.net
phone: (973) 675-1199
- Mothers of Murdered Sons and Daughters, East Orange
Christine Johnson, Founder
phone: (973) 399-5029
OpEd, SL: John Farmer, Jr.: "Rise in violent crime was predictable"
Dr. Alvin Poussaint: "In Newark for a King event, Harvard prof looks at deadly crisis"
Parents of Murdered Children: "Out of dad's pain, others get outlet for grief; Somerset man starting state's first Parents of Murdered Children chapter"
Newark Homicides: "Two separate murders raise Newark death toll to 8 in 13 days"
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