A Plea To End The Violence

STOCKTON — Walk for peace. Three simple words. One unifying message."Here we are. We’re hurting and confused," said Stockton Poet Laureate Tama Brisbane before joining about 60 residents on a symbolic walk from downtown Stockton’s Dean DeCarli Waterfront Square south to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and back again, interspersed with prayers and pleas to end the violence that permeates the city like a black cloud."I’m here for this [...]

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