It was another meeting of community leaders on the steps of Shreveport's Government Plaza yesterday, and like so many meetings before, the topic was the epidemic of gun crime that plagues the city.
Attending the Wednesday assembly were representatives from the Shreveport City Council, the city's Fire and Police Departments, various business and religious leaders and Mayor Adrian Perkins.
But the gathering, intended to seek solutions to a tragic problem, turned heated when Councilman Jerry Bowman, when speaking on the recent rash of shootings, noticed a woman in the crowd holding a sign.
The woman, community activist Breka Peoples, held high a sign that said, "We don't believe you," a reference to the seeming failure of the city's upper echelon to make a dent in the number of shootings.