![]() ![]() ![]() because after dark is often when the real trouble starts. He closes his business every day at 6 p.m. This could change things.”Īrthur Reed, a 70 year-old business owner who also lives in the area, does not feel safe. People are led by him everywhere and they honor him and look up to him. Farrakhan) to come out,” said a longtime South Shore resident who only gave her name as Ms. “We need all the support we can get out here to stop the violence and this is what everybody needs right here today, for this man (Min. Another woman pleaded: “Please come get my son, he is out here shooting people. Residents lined the street and one woman shouted, “Thank you, thank you in the name of Jesus!” as the Muslims came down the street. The Minister is a positive influence and a great warrior,” she added. She first thought something bad had happened, then she noticed it was the Minister with the brothers. When she was on the bus and all the cars turned, she knew right away it was the F.O.I. ![]() Nilaja McDaniel has lived in the neighborhood for the last 40 years. “Drugs have taken over, the police don’t care, they don’t come,” said Ms. Her assailant cut her head “from the back to the front.” Joanne Buchanan, 65, was robbed two months ago and had to have 18 staples in her head. Neighborhood residents told The Final Call that drug dealing is rampant, killing and robberies take place regularly, and although children were playing outside, today, no one feels safe. The first stop was east of the mosque in a blighted area known as “Terror Town,” where crime has helped to propel South Shore to near the top of city statistics for violence. focused on the South Shore community, which includes the ward where the mosque is located. The work this Monday night would be local as Min. The Minister and the Fruit of Islam were on the move July 23 in three yellow school busses that pulled out of the lot of Mosque Maryam in Chicago. Muslim men mobilized nationally at the call of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan to work to halt this tragic, troubling trend. () – It seems as if everywhere in the country, violent crime, murder and a general lack of respect for human life is increasing. ![]()
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