Daily News | Mayor’s latest comments hurt thousands of families of homicide victims
“I’ve never met with any families in almost seven years in that regard,” Kenney said at a virtual news conference on the city’s gun violence crisis. “I’ve met with some children who have been shot — little babies who have been shot in cross fire — I’ve met with their families. But it’s not something that I’ve done from the time that I’ve started being mayor. I don’t know if any mayor has done that.”I doubt it.
You can’t be burned out if you’re not doing the job, and when gun violence is the most pressing issue in the city, meeting with families of shooting victimsHis office tried to swoop in to clean up his latest mess and said that Kenney this year has, in fact, met with some family members — including mothers of homicide victims — through the Group Violence Intervention program.that.
You can’t delegate your humanity — not as the mayor of a city where people are increasingly afraid for their safety, not with families who feel unseen and unheard and alonealongside Dresean Jefferson, 18, last month in a bizarre shooting. Two roommates said they shot the men in self-defense, but now police are investigating their claims.
I talked to his mother Nyderra Green and his great-aunt Darnetta Green-Mason about the mayor’s comments. Green works at the same hospital where her son is still struggling to recover. She told me her son got an unexpected visit from Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts that lifted his spirits.
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