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Keeping Garfield Safe

Daijah, 11

"How can the Mayor help? Just get some cops and arrest these people and do anything he can to make sure that Garfield, the neighborhood, is being protected."


This story is featured at Assemble Pittsburgh and is part of Hear Me’s Youth-Police Relations Campaign in partnership with Allies for Children.

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Target Juveniles

Jamal 19

"Juveniles are the ones they harass a lot, and they get their way with the juveniles because there ain't much a juvenile can do. Some juveniles don't even have support and they just take advantage of it."


This story is featured at the East End Food Coop and is part of Hear Me’s Youth-Police Relations Campaign in partnership with Allies for Children.

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