{"id":3675,"date":"2022-01-13T18:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=3675"},"modified":"2022-01-13T18:30:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:30:14","slug":"a-statement-on-the-current-level-of-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/13\/a-statement-on-the-current-level-of-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"A Statement on the Current Level of Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3676\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3676\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/June-Boyd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/June-Boyd.jpg 261w, https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/June-Boyd-220x250.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">June Boyd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>By June Boyd<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For over 60 years I have worked in my community in support of the young.\u00a0 The children who will be in charge of our future.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday evening, January 3, several bullets were fired into my home as I believe was the result of murderous Facebook threats between teenagers.\u00a0 If I had been in my kitchen where I just left, I could\u00a0have been killed for no reason.<\/p>\n<p>As a long-time resident, this is not what I want to see continue in our central city. \u00a0Even though it appears to be a nationwide problem, murder, violence, and people dying in the streets.\u00a0 It seems like a horror movie.<\/p>\n<p>Toledo deserves better and today, I am pleading with all those who are concerned;\u00a0 parents, grandparents, community leaders, ministers, and our children who are our most important citizens and they deserve our support and guidance.\u00a0 The community must come together\u00a0 and set an example of love, concern and compassion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3677\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3677\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3677\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/One-of-the-bulletholes-in-June-Boyds-home.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"240\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the bullet holes in June Boyd&#8217;s home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our family has never been a threat to anyone\u00a0 and personally, I have rallied with many young people over the years from the Mud Hens baseball games to the Cotillion.<\/p>\n<p>For those who want to kill or injure, I am pleading with you to put\u00a0 down your guns.\u00a0 Someone cares and can help you take a different direction in life.\u00a0 The sad ending to what you are doing is death or prison.\u00a0 Hate and anger never wins; love will endure.<\/p>\n<p>Children, begin to lead, protect each other,\u00a0 and respect your parents; Parents, love your children, nurture them and treat them as though they are the most precious part of your life.<\/p>\n<p>In closing, I call on Chief George Kral and his officers to be vigilant\u00a0 in stopping the violence.\u00a0 I do not support \u201cDefund the Police\u201d because we need you.\u00a0 When officers exhibit\u00a0 behavior that is contrary\u00a0to\u00a0 routine police work, they should and will be punished.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By June Boyd For over 60 years I have worked in my community in support of the young.\u00a0 The children who will be in charge of our future. On Saturday evening, January 3, several bullets were fired into my home as I believe was the result of murderous Facebook threats between teenagers.\u00a0 If I had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[97],"class_list":["post-3675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headline","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3678,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3675\/revisions\/3678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3675"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=3675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}