The Nation - News from Aug. 14, 1985
In neighborhoods across the country, Americans fed up with muggers and thieves invited police to picnics, organized lookouts from front porches and held block parties and parades as part of the second annual National Night Out. Communities in 46 states took part. “Night Out is a symbolic demonstration that will let criminals know that we’re mad and fighting back,” said Matt Peskin of the National Assn. of Town Watch, based in Wynnewood, Pa., which organized the effort.
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