CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Mayors and elected officials from a number of south suburbs and elsewhere joined activists Saturday for an anti-violence march in Dolton.
Anti-violence activist Andrew Holmes, who's also a Dolton village trustee, joined the group for the march.
“We’ve got to stop lowering our African Americans 6 feet under when it ain’t time to go and start lifting them up. And it’s going to start at home with the parents. Charge it to my head not my heart. These are your children, these are your grown adults. Start cleaning up your house,” Holmes said.
Activist Roman Catholic priest, Father Michael Pfleger, said America needs to invest as much in solving violence as it did solving the COVID-19 pandemic.
“If we can solve COVID in six months, why the hell aren’t we stopping violence that’s been going on for year after year after year. And the reason is — I can say this as a white man — because COVID affected everybody. And violence primarily affects Black and Brown [people],” Pfleger said.
The march and rally was organized by Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard.
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