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Counterpoint: Black community is addressing crime - Greensboro News & Record: Letters To Editor
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Counterpoint: Black community is addressing crime - Greensboro News & Record: Letters To Editor
of course, come at the expense of community trust. It would send yet another message to beleaguered
communities that they are incapable of playing a role in solving their own problems.
Our community is engaged in a dual struggle to rebuild bonds broken through years of neglect,
incarceration and displacement while at the same time fighting for our human dignity and greater
accountability from those charged with protecting us. Elected officials charged with representing us
have a responsibility to understand how we got to where we are and engage alongside their
constituents in the present struggles for a just and equitable future.
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