SOUTH-CENTRAL LOS ANGELES : Minister Leads Drive for Easter Cease-Fire
The Rev. E. V. Hill, pastor of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in South-Central Los Angeles, led community leaders Wednesday in kicking off a campaign for a “no-killing” Easter weekend.
Standing in front of an empty coffin, Hill lamented, “We have too many of these being sold in our community.”
Plans call for plastering South-Central neighborhoods with flyers pleading for a cease-fire from Good Friday through Easter Sunday. Major streets have been divided up among churches, whose members will ask homeowners and merchants to display the flyers.
The Los Angeles Police Department’s South Bureau last year reported 377 homicides--including two on Easter weekend. This year there have been 88 killings, a 15% increase from the same period a year ago.
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