Community Uniting for Change; Grappling with Boston's High Percentage of Youth Homicides

by Press Pass TV (Independent), Apr-29-09

BOSTON - On Tuesday, April 28, 2009, the office of City Councilor Chuck Turner (G/R - District 7) released a 20 year study of homicides in Boston. The study found the highest percentage of murders were those ages 14-25. Also, in the last 10 years over half of the city's murder investigations have yielded no arrests.

Community activists and local politicians respond in this video by the youth video news group, Press Pass TV.

Dorchester Gunplay Provokes Neighborhood Response

by Richard Prophete, Press Pass TV (Independent), Mar-30-09

BOSTON/Dorchester - Party goers at a foreclosed home indiscriminately sprayed their neighborhood with bullets last Friday - hitting the bedroom window of some local children and provoking a strong community response in this video by the youth media organization, Press Pass TV. The segment was produced by Richard Prophete and edited by Joanna Marinova.