Community Uniting for Change; Grappling with Boston's High Percentage of Youth Homicides

BOSTON - On Tuesday April 28 2009 the office of City Councilor Chuck Turner (G/R - District 7) released a 20 year study of homicides in Boston. The study found the highest percentage of murders were those ages 14-25. Also in the last 10 years over half of the city's murder investigations have yielded no arrests. Community activists and local politicians respond in this video by the youth video news group Press Pass TV. Featuring commentary from: Milton Jones Dir. of Operations Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Lt. Larry Ellison MAMLEO City Councilor Charles Yancey City Councilor Sam Yoon Produced by Richard Prophete for Press Pass TV. Bookmark/Search this post with: Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Newsvine Facebook Google Yahoo Technorati