Michael Tucker created the Lay the Guns Down Campaign, which was inspired in 2005 after the loss of his oldest son, due to gun violence. Mr. Tucker used this traumatic experience as a catalyst for change; instead of being upset at the world he decided devoted his time to bringing about change and striving to…
The summer’s sun comes with a slight sense of dread. That old adage is often repeated, “Sun’s out, guns out.” This is the season in which the murder rate rises. Last weekend seemed to confirm that belief. Saturday night, an East New York party ended with gunfire and nine people wounded. That same night, 20-year-old…
Dr Glenville Ashby New York – As gun violence in Brooklyn inner cities continues to shatter families throughout the nation, grieving parents are doing more than relying on the judicial system for answers. When Trevonne Winn, 23, formerly of Belmont, Trinidad, was murdered last month on Nostrand Avenue and Farrugut Road, in what authorities called,…
The worst thing imaginable for any parent is that their child ends up a victim of gun violence. When Bed-Stuy resident Mike Tucker’s son was shot in 2005 by a police officer, Tucker was completely devastated. “It was sudden, shocking,” Tucker recalls now of his son’s death. “But I didn’t want to be an angry…