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Roaring Creek Community Advocates For Peace Following Gruesome Murders
posted (May 28, 2015)
At the top of the news, you heard the family's side the latest murder in Roaring Creek.

You've you have also heard from the police but what about the wider community? How are they coping with the relentless violence plaguing their villages? Well, there is a church led initiative in Roaring Creek that was organized to try and stop the crime. Today we spoke with one of the coordinators and he told us what the initiative is about.

Resident
"The community initiative that will taking place right now is that the churches have come together on a high level. Trying to break loose and stand up for righteousness, so that the crimes could get to a halt, because it is out of hand now. Also we would like that to see participating from the youths and that something would come about with the government to participate with the churches so that they could put back the corporal punishment in the different schools. It is time to put down the guns and be free and put on a new person, because crime doesn't work."

A meeting was held with police officers and community member and church leaders last week to mobilize this initiative.

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