Milwaukee youth violence, community outreach event aims to turn tide [Video]

MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman called on the community to help as young people continue to get involved in serious crimes. On Saturday, an event focused on answering that call.

FOX6 talked to activists and leaders from a variety of organizations that focus on making a difference in kids’ lives. Many of them said real changes starts at home.

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“We always hear about the negative things, but we don’t get enough light on the positive things that are being done,” said Dee-Dee Davis, a community activist.

Norman said violence among young people is far from new. However, concern is growing – and the question is now how to help curb the trend.

“Our job is to go into the streets and make sure we end some of the gun violence, through transformative mentoring, violence interruption as well as providing services to the community at large,” said …