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Rochester violence
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Feedback 9/2
We welcome your comments. Send them to themail@rochester-citynews.com, or post them on our website, rochestercitynewspaper.com, our Facebook page, or our Twitter feed, @roccitynews. Comments of fewer than 350 words have a greater chance of being published, and we do edit selections for publication in print. We don’t publish comments sent to other media. Son House […]
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‘Not my problem’: reactions to the shootings
Yes, there’s a ‘morality problem.’ But why are so many people in a few neighborhoods involved in violence and other illegal activity?
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Now will we act?
Once again, gunfire disrupts a Rochester neighborhood. This time, three young men are dead. More outrage, more vigils, more calls to “do something.” Will we finally follow through?
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Week Ahead: RCSD meetings, city violence forum, and county budget — with MCC vote
Rochester Mayor Tom Richards and Police Chief James Sheppard kick off a quartet of community forums on violence in the city. Rochester and cities across the country have experienced a significant uptick in violent crime this year, including homicides. Richards says the forums are a chance to hear from a broad spectrum of the community, […]
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Rochester and murder: content to contain it?
Urban journal We’re putting more cops on the street, extending the curfew, holding workshops and forums, having ministers ride in cop cars. All of this to try to stop the killings taking place in Rochester’s inner city. And Bob Lonsberry (who last week was blaming both the clergy and “apparently incompetent” police — his words […]
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The curfew’s not ready for prime time
City Council may vote on a pilot curfew program later this month. If I were on City Council, I’d vote no. The motivation for the curfew (one of the motivations, anyway) may be a good one. The theory is that youths under 18 who are out on the streets late at night are likely to […]
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Taking on crime
It’s hard to imagine a political campaign where crime is unimportant. Certainly it took center stage in last year’s mayoral race. But so far, it’s taken a back seat to other issues in the race for governor. Maybe that’s because Eliot Spitzer’s rivals don’t consider it much of a weakness for him, since he’s the […]
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Meto ink – 7.19.06
RHINOS REPEAT? In 1999, the Rochester Rhinos did the unthinkable: they beat four straight Major League Soccer teams en route to claiming the US Open Cup title. In doing so, they became the first lower-level team to claim the Cup in the MLS era. That put Rochester on the national soccer map, but did it […]
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This city, this summer
The shootings — day after miserable day, sometimes several times a day — take place so often, with such regularity, that they begin to lose their shock effect. In other neighborhoods, the summer festivals go on, and tens of thousands of us turn out. The pools and beaches open, the East End rocks, the parks […]
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Metro ink – 5.3.06
A FOCUS ON HEALING When the RochesterZenCenter opened its doors in 1966, it was one of only four places in the US devoted to the daily practice of Zen meditation. On Saturday, May 6, a symposium, “Healing & Buddhism” will mark the Center’s 40th anniversary. “Between the war in Iraq, the violent crime in Rochester, […]
