Chaz and Jontel have a conversation with Stop Killing Us founder Jamal Johnson
Jamal Johnson’s SKU annual march started in 2017 after a Philadelphia police officer fatally shot David Jones twice in the back. He vowed he would march to the steps of the U.S. Capitol each year to call on the Congressional Black Caucus to pass police reform legislation. Then, in 2021, his march earned another purpose: to advocate for federal resources and action to stem the flow of illegal guns into Philadelphia’s streets amid an unprecedented gun violence crisis.
“The George Floyd [Justice in Policing Act] still hasn’t passed, and there still hasn’t been a strategy delivered from the Black Caucus about the gun violence issue going on in the nation and in our community,” Johnson said in an interview.
212 homicides in the City of Philadelphia as of July 2nd 2023
914 people have been shot in the City of Philadelphia as of July 1st 2023