Al Sharpton Joins With NYPD To Get Guns Off Harlem Streets
(HARLEM-WNYC)
Al Sharpton teamed up with the NYPD for a gun buy back on Harlem, New York City. WNYC reports:
A gun buyback held in Harlem by the New York Police Department and the Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network brought in more than 350 weapons. Saturday’s event at Saint Mark the Evangelist and Memorial Baptist Churches took place as Sharpton and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly held an anti-violence summit blocks away.
Officials say 185 revolvers, 122 semi-automatics, eight shotguns, eight rifles and 31 other firearms were exchanged for $200 bank cards, no questions asked.
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