HOW TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE
Just before Thanksgiving in Philadelphia, dozens of residents gathered on a basketball court to mourn the loss of Jessica Covington, who at 32 and seven months pregnant had been shot and killed while unloading gifts for her baby shower. Colwin Williams, a street outreach worker, spoke: “We can’t tolerate this.” Later, he said what many feel: “The pain is everywhere.”
Last year in Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, 562 citizens
