Dozens led marches via Dallas neighborhoods this weekend in hopes of taking a stance towards gun violence.
The marches had been led via six neighborhoods, organizer Marcus Estell mentioned. They ended with a rally at Dallas City Hall round 1 p.m. Estell, a Pleasant Grove native, mentioned he needed to take motion after listening to of too many lives minimize brief.
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Estell is the CEO of Original Good, an attire firm. He began the corporate with a person from south Dallas, who he described as a former rival gang member.
“When we came to our peace…I’ll call it, we came to our peace…we said we were going to create something that was going to be peaceful between our friends,” he mentioned. “I believe that love is the perfect bond and unity. There’s strength in it.”
The city-wide marches and rallies come as police examine a lethal taking pictures in a single day Saturday by an Old East Dallas park. A 14-year-old was killed and a 19-year-old was damage, in response to the Dallas Morning News. Early Friday morning, Dallas police started investigating the lethal taking pictures of a 15-year-old gunned down in south Oak Cliff.
“We did a protest one time for a 4-year-old little girl who was shot in a drive-by. My inspiration comes from that. How can you be among the people and not be moved by that? We seem to be sticking to the “codes” which might be kicking us in our personal butts,” Estell mentioned. “Kids are just falling and falling and falling.”
The ache of dropping a cherished one to gun violence is one which Phezell Tisaby of Dallas understands all too properly. Tisaby’s grandson Zkendrian Isaiah Jackson was killed in October 2020.
“With that young man murdering my grandson, he dismantled the whole family. My daughter, my grandson, and his siblings…they have never been the same,” Tisaby mentioned. “I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy to feel and to experience, because I have not been the same since the day I lost my grandson. That was my first grandchild. He was my first everything. God blessed me with him. He was robbed of his life.”
Tisaby mentioned since her grandson’s loss of life, she has been advocating for group members to take a stand towards violence.
“Let’s lock arms if we can lock arms. We can ban a lot of the stuff that’s happening. We can stop this,” she mentioned.
Estell pledged to make a distinction via group occasions.
“I want to see my city prosper. I want to see my city head to the top. I don’t want to go to LA. I don’t want to go to New York. I don’t want to go to Florida, Miami. I live right here in Dallas,” he mentioned. “I’m telling you, I love my city. I want my city to be one of the safest cities in America. If I can lead that march if I can lead it…then I will.”