‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’ Posters Returning To DC

Posters bearing one of the 10 Commandments will be making a return to Washington, D.C., as the nation’s capital deals with a wave of gun violence.

Red-and white cardboard signs that say “Thou shalt not kill” After the Tuesday news conference, which is set for Tuesday morning, all copies will be made available to the public. WTOP.

Philip Pannell, executive director of the Anacostia Coordinating Council, said the D.C. mayor’s office is providing 1,000 posters and Andy Shallal, the founder of Busboys and Poets, is covering the costs of printing 2,000 posters, per the report.

The campaign is “something I think most people in the city can agree with, and is something they can support,” Pannell said.

Robert Contee, D.C. Police Chief, said that more than 200 people were killed in violent crimes in the area last year. “completely unacceptable.”

D.C. crime is on the rise in multiple categories, including murders, as compared with the same period in 2022. police data show.

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Pannell stated that members of the community seem to be “desensitized” The violence is a sign of a desire to return signs from the past to defuse the situation.

“Around 30 years ago, at the height of the crack epidemic, when we were also experiencing violence and homicides, then at-large Council member William Lightfoot printed-up some ‘Thou shalt not kill’ posters and put them throughout the city,” Pannell said.

He also stated: “The message ‘Thou shalt not kill’ is just as powerful and just as relevant in 2023 as it was thousands of years ago.”

The launch event will take place at 11 a.m. and the posters can be picked up in the lobby Busboys and Poets, 2004 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE.