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Accius

[ ak-shee-uhs ]

noun

  1. Lucius, c170–c90 b.c., Roman poet and prose writer.


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Berry Accius, a community activist who runs a nonprofit that works with youth, agreed.

“The politics of the streets has come down to show its ugly face downtown,” said Berry Accius, whose Voice of the Youth leadership program is focused on gun violence prevention.

“We have so much diligence and energy when it’s time to out a murderous cop, but we lack that same kind of energy and passion when it comes to our own,” Accius said.

Berry Accius, founder of Voice of the Youth who leads gun intervention and prevention programs and offered his services to counsel families who lost loved ones in the shooting, criticized police for characterizing the crime as gang-related, which he said will lead some to “think Black people.”

“That’s the narrative we don’t need at this particular time,” Accius said.

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