Residents of Corona marched to demand peace in a neighborhood that last Saturday saw a shooting that left at least 10 injured.
Clark Peña, organizer of the march, pointed out: “We have been talking that we have to do something, after 10 people who were shot four blocks from here, we cannot remain silent.”
And it is that in this door there are still marks of the balance sheet of Saturday that began on 97th street and ended shortly after 99th.
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Those attending this event say that the Blasio administration has not been able to carry out a strategy that contains the outbreaks of violence that have increased crime in the city. They claim that Latino and African American neighborhoods are the most affected.
Carlos Ortiz, president of the national association of Latino peace officers, shared his position: “Mayor de Blasio has tied the hands of the authorities, the police. And taking money from the police is not the solution, the solution it is helping the police that they can fight crime. ”
The march was organized by the Corbán church. In it was a special prayer, which included the family of Winston Ortiz, the young man who was stabbed and burned, allegedly by his brother-in-law in the Bronx in August 2020.
Joan Tamarez, is the mother of the murdered youth: “My son did not go with gun violance but it was also with violence. Crime is what is increasing today and our young people are dying. ”
The Republican mayoral candidate, Curtis Sliwa, also participated in the march because his organization, the Guardian Angels They attended this neighborhood after the weekend swing.
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