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BY A SERIOUS FELON.
CO-GO TO TRIAL IN AS EARLY AS
SEPTEMBER.
>>> THERE ARE NEW CALLS TO STOP
THE VIOLENCE.
>> THE RALLY IS IS STARTING
DOWNTOWN NEAR THE INDIANA WAR
MEMORIAL.
STEVE JEFFERSON IS JOINS US
LIVE.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS RALLY JUST GOT UNDER WAY AT
THE AMERICAN LEGION MALL.
AS YOU LOOK AROUND ME, THERE ARE
PEOPLE HERE FROM ALL OVER THE
CITY TAKING PART IN THIS STOP
THES VIOLENCE RALLY.
JOINING ME LIVE IS JUDGE JEFFREY
GATOR AND HE WILL BE THE KEY
NOTE SPEAKER.
WHAT'S THE MESSAGE OF PEACE
AFTER ALL THE VIOLENCE WE HAVE
SEEN.
>> THE SHORT MESSAGE IS WE WANT
UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO COME
TOGETHER.
YOUNG, OLD, BLACK, WHITE,
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER
IN THE SPIRIT OF HARMONY.
TOO MUCH VIOLENCE FROM ALL OVER
THE PLACE.
AND THIS IS IS NOT ABOUT TRAYVON
MARTIN.
THAT WAS JUST AN UNFORTUNATE
TIMEING THAT THAT HAPPENED, THAT
MATTER BUT HERE IT'S ABOUT
UNITY.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU A
JUVENILE COURT JUDGE.
YOU SEE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE
COMING THROUGH THE COURTS.
THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE
VIOLENCE, WHAT IS THE DIRECT
MESSAGE?
>> THE MESSAGE I TALK EVERY DAY
IN COURT, EVERY DAY SINCE 1995.
IT'S ABOUT PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY,
ABOUT FORWARD THINKING, IT'S
ABOUT HELPING YOUR BROTHER, YOUR
BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER.
YOUR NEIGHBOR, ONENESS, ABOUT
HELPING OTHERS NOT ABOUT
VIOLENCE.
THAT DOESN'T GET US ANYWHERE.
WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER FOR
STRENGTH, PURPOSE, AND UNITY.
>> Reporter: A LOT OF THIS
HAPPENED IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY,
AND YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE IN
THE RALLY, WHAT DOES HE TELL
YOU?
>> IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT LIFE,
WE NEED REAL SOLDIERS.
OUR BLACK ON BLACK CRIME.
ALL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCE
STATISTICS SAY WE'RE MORE
LIKELY, WHEN I SEA WE, WE ARE
MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED BY
ANOTHER AFRICAN-AMERICAN THAN
ANYBODY ELSE.
THE RACE ISSUE THAT SURROUNDED
THE TRAYVON MARTIN'SES WAS AN
ANOMALY, THIS IS REALITY WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
>> Reporter: THE RALLY STARTED
AT 6:00 P.M. AND EVERYONE IS
WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE.
>>> THE HEAT IS ON.
WE'RE BEGINING A VERY HOT WEEK
OF WEATHER.
PEOPLE FELT IT TODAY AS THE
TEMPERATURES SHOT STRAIGHT INTO
THE 80s.
WE HAD HIGH HUMIDITY AND THAT
MADE IT FEEL SEVERAL DEGREES