'I can live anywhere. It's how I live and how I live with those around me that's important." "You can't cage us all in there because of one crime," |
This crime-troubled housing project sits on the edge of the Charleston Neck Area bracketed by cemeteries, industrial companies and a former landfill. Most people would have no reason to pass through the 300-apartment complex or to be aware that police have barricaded two of the three entrances for the past month in what has become a controversial crime-prevention measure that followed a summer homicide. Ethel Nail has lived at the housing complex for 32 years, raising four kids there. She can point out the apartment where her mother used to live, as well as the breezeway where Jermel Gathers, 28, was shot to death on a Saturday afternoon in August. Nail is among a group of Bridgeview residents who have formed a community association aimed not only at crime prevention but also at protesting police barricades. The association collected 200 signatures from residents calling for the streets to be reopened
A Gospel Explosion at the MOJA 2010 Arts Festival
They were just doing what they do - Providing a little Southern Comfort
Minister Mario Desaussure, the Royal Baptist Church Male Choir and the St. James Presbyterian Church Male Choir perform at Trinity United Methodist Church |
Retired Charleston Police Chief Greenburg Now: He is serving the community in a whole new way in Tryon, N.C. He delivers Meals on Wheels, runs errands for the elderly, teaches handicapped children to ride horses and works security at annual barbecue festival
It's a treat to stop at Times Square hot dog stand |