Posted on September 28, 2007
Mayor and Police Chief Visit Richmond Tent City
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RICHMOND, Calif. (KCBS) -- A tent city pitched in a park in the heart of the Iron Triangle, scene to much of the city’s violence last year, received a high profile endorsement today.
Police Chief Chris Magnus and Mayor Gayle McLaughlin visited the encampment at Nevin Park, one of four pitched in parks around the city in response to a wave of shootings that claimed three lives and injured more than a dozen others in less than a week.
“This movement will not stop. This journey will not stop until we resolve the violence in Richmond, until we show that peace is the consciousness of Richmond,” McLaughlin said.
What was last year a spontaneous, grass roots protest against violence was more formally organized this year. Officials with the Tent City Peace Movement say the camps are a reminder that parks and other public spaces belong to the entire community, not just gang members or criminals.
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