Various church leaders and concerned citizens led a "Stop the Violence" march down West Hutchinson Ave. from the Central Fire Department to the Martin Luther King Center. Shootings and other street violence have increased substantially over the past few months in Crowley.
The march was organized by Rev. Charles Banks from Lafayette who came to Crowley recently and noticed that the city, as do most these days, has an obvious problem.
During the past few months, the number of shootings has dramatically escalated and it was obvious that the citizens who live in the area where the violence had taken place had enough.
Along with Rev. Banks, a Little Rock, Ark. native who used to belong to the notorious street gang The Crips before turning his life around during his second prison sentence, local church leaders Bishop Louis Dugar and Pastor Brian Minix helped lead the way to the Martin Luther King Center as did Crowley Alderman Vernon 'Step' Martin.
Upon arrival Mayor Greg Jones, who has been busy the past few days due to the flooding which has brought parts of town to a standstill, made time to speak to those in attendance.
"I look out there and I see some young people that I hope are here because they know that drugs and violence are a wrong way street," he said. "Drug dealers don't have a retirement plan.
"In fact it is my hope that one day one of you will be standing where I am right now and delivering the same message that I am delivering to you."
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