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STANDING TOGETHER: About 50 protesters gathered on July 10 on W. 28th Street in
the wake of a shooting to push Coney Islanders to educate each other about gun safety.
Rose Adams
Coney Islanders rally after
shooting of local mother
BY ROSE ADAMS
Coney Islanders rallied
in the wake of the
neighborhood’s latest
senseless shooting on
Wednesday, banning
together under signs that
read “Life is a gift” and
“We stand for change” to
make one simple demand
— stop shooting us!
“We are out here
because we’re deeply
in love with our
community, and we
want to make sure that
our community is safe,”
said Ronald Stewart,
who supervises the
outreach arm of the
Coney Island Anti-
Violence Collaborative,
which helped organize
the protest. The local
collaborative educates resident
about de-escalation tactics, provides
counseling, and trains people to deal
with trauma, according to its website.
SPEAKING OUT: Ronald Stewart, who supervises the outreach
arm of the Coney Island Anti-Violence Collaborative, spoke
out against gun violence at a protest held outside the house
of a recent shooting victim. Rose Adams
The recent tragedy occurred on
July 7, when a shooter fi red a stray
bullet that burst through the window
of a local mom’s W. 28th Street home
between Mermaid and Surf avenues,
slamming into her leg at 11 a.m.
Paramedics rushed the 44-yearold
victim to Lutheran Hospital in
stable condition, while police nabbed a
suspect the following day, cops said.
Sunday’s is the eighth shooting
within the 60th Precinct, which
includes Coney Island, Brighton
Beach, and Sea Gate, in a year marred
by gun violence. In 2018, the precinct
reported only two such incidents,
according to police data.
The borough at large is doing
slightly better than Coney, with 143
shootings this year compared to 141
total for 2018, but the slight degrade
in violence has failed to prevent other
rallies, including a demonstration in
Bedford-Stuyvesant last month.
On Wednesday, protesters urged
community members to spread the
word about gun safety and to help
their loved ones to get counseling to
prevent escalations in violence. Some
speakers even raised their voices to
address residents in nearby housing.
“Stop looking out behind the
window, stop hiding behind the
Playstation, and pull somebody back
from the edge,” said Derek Latif
Scott, the director of Operation Hood,
another anti-violence initiative that
co-hosted the protest.
And despite the uptick in shootings,
activists argued that the community
could stop the attacks.
“We have the solutions,” said
Stewart. “Talk to your neighbor. Talk
to your children. Talk to your friends
and family members and let them
know that Coney Island is our home.”
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