Detroit Mayoral candidate Anthony Adams on Friday touted a crime reduction strategy that would bolster community intervention to stem violence and hopelessness.
Adams provided an overview of his crime plan before an audience of about a dozen residents and supporters in the parking lot of a gas station on the city s east side. We re dealing with issues of hopelessness in our community, Adams said. Until we begin to understand that we cannot deal with crime without addressing underlying issues of poverty, we will continuously be in a cycle of high crime rates, high poverty and high hopelessness.
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