{"id":1800474,"date":"2023-01-09T19:04:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T00:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1800474"},"modified":"2023-01-09T19:04:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T00:04:42","slug":"thou-shalt-not-kill-posters-returning-to-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thou-shalt-not-kill-posters-returning-to-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Thou Shalt Not Kill\u2019 Posters Returning To DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthou-shalt-not-kill-posters-returning-to-dc%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1800474&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Posters bearing one of the 10 Commandments will be making a return to Washington, D.C., as the nation\u2019s capital deals with a wave of gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>Red-and white cardboard signs that say \u201cThou shalt not kill\u201d After the Tuesday news conference, which is set for Tuesday morning, all copies will be made available to the public. <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/dc\/2023\/01\/thou-shalt-not-kill-posters-coming-to-dc-can-they-help-curb-gun-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTOP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Philip Pannell, executive director of the Anacostia Coordinating Council, said the D.C. mayor\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign is \u201csomething I think most people in the city can agree with, and is something they can support,\u201d Pannell said.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Contee, D.C. Police Chief, said that more than 200 people were killed in violent crimes in the area last year. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/dc\/2023\/01\/dc-police-chief-marks-203-homicides-in-2022-shares-policing-strategies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">completely unacceptable<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>D.C. crime is on the rise in multiple categories, including murders, as compared with the same period in 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/mpdc.dc.gov\/page\/district-crime-data-glance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police data show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Thou shalt not kill\u2019 DC will soon be home to posters They could help reduce gun violence. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HKWzcYAxMw\">https:\/\/t.co\/HKWzcYAxMw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neal Augenstein (@AugensteinWTOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AugensteinWTOP\/status\/1612541176296443904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pannell stated that members of the community seem to be \u201cdesensitized\u201d The violence is a sign of a desire to return signs from the past to defuse the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAround 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 \u2018Thou shalt not kill\u2019 posters and put them throughout the city,\u201d Pannell said.<\/p>\n<p>He also stated: \u201cThe message \u2018Thou shalt not kill\u2019 is just as powerful and just as relevant in 2023 as it was thousands of years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posters bearing one of the 10 Commandments will be making a return to Washington, D.C., as the nation\u2019s capital deals with a wave of gun violence. Red-and-white cardboard signs that say \u201cThou shalt not kill\u201d will be available to the public to pick up after a news conference set for Tuesday, according to WTOP. 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