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Article: Urban residents walk against crime
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- August 5, 2009
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Charleston residents took to the streets Tuesday night to help
put an end to crime during the 26th annual National Night Out
Against Crime.
Across the U.S. and at U.S. military bases around the world,
neighbors came together to give crime "a going-away party," said Lt.
Valerie Strege with the Charleston Police Department.
The idea of the event is to get local citizens together to learn
how they can organize themselves to fight crime, drugs and safety
hazards in their neighborhoods and around their homes.
Six events were held on Charleston's West Side and East End,
where residents gathered to show their support for the police and
emergency workers who fight crime, along with the local ...