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Woman Shot Dead After Following Community Leader’s Advice To Settle Disputes With Rioters Without Police

Tim Pearce
Woman Shot Dead After Following Community Leader’s Advice To Settle Disputes With Rioters Without Police
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A Brooklyn woman was killed after attempting to reason with several people illegally setting off fireworks in the neighborhood of East New York.

The victim, 33-year-old Shatavia Walls, was just following the advice of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to try resolving non-violent disputes through “community policing,” which does not involve calling actual police officers, Walls’ mother told the New York Post.

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