ALSO TODAY IN MILWAUKEE...ALTHOUGH FEW PEOPLE AREACTUALLY HERE IN THE HOSTCITY... VARIOUS GROUPS ARETRYING TO GET THEIR MESSAGEOUT TO DELEGATES AND POWERBROKERS.
TODAY... A GROUPCALLED "MARCH FOR OUR LIVES"WILL FOCUSE ON VIOLENCEPREVENTION... ...AND OURADRIANA MENDEZ SHOWS US THEUNIQUE WAY THEY WANT TO HITMILWAUKEE WITH THEIR MESSAGE.THIS MONING DAY TWO OF THE DNCMEMBERS OF MARCH FOR OUR LIVESWISCONSIN WILL BE PRESENT ALLTHROUGHOUT THE CITY TODAYDROPPING BANNERS ACROSSMILWAUKEE INCLUDING HERE ATRED ARROW PARK.THE SIGNS WILL READ PROTECTMARGINALIZED GROUPS, REDUCEGUN SUICIDES, AND EXPECTPOLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY.THISIS ALL AN EFFORT TO BRINGAWARENESS TO GUN VIOLENCE HEREIN WISCONSIN... AND ACROSS THECOUNTRY.AND MILWAUKEE IS NOSTRANGER TO GUN VIOLENCE-THISPAST JULY CITY LEADERSADDRESSED THE INCREASE OFVIOLENT CRIMES IN OUR CITY.ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS SINCEJULY, THERE HAS BEEN 86HOMICIDES....A 100% INCREASESINCE THE SAME TIME PERIODLAST YEAR AND ALMOST 300NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS , A 50%INCREASE FROM THE YEAR PRIOR.NOW ACCORDING TO THE GROUP --THEY ARE HOPING TO CAPITALIZEON THE NATIONAL ATTENTION THECITY OF MILWAUKEE IS GETTINGBECAUSE OF THE DNC.
AND HOPEIT WILL HELP SPREAD THEIRMESSAGE ON CHANGES THEY WANTTO SEE IN OUR NATION.THE GROUP WILL DROP THEBANNERS HERE IN THE NEXT HOUR.THEY WILL THEN MOVE TO THETHIRD WARD AND PUT THE BANNERSON BRIDGES ACROSS THE DOWNTOWNAREA.REPORTING IN MILWAUKEEADRIANA MENDEZ TMJ4 NEWS
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