How Do We Stop Teen Violence On Prince George's County Streets?
11:31 PM, Feb 20, 2013   |    comments   • Share   • Print   • -
A A A +  WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- WPGC Radio silenced the music at
95.5 Wednesday night and turned up the talk on the violence
plaguing teens on Prince George's County streets.  Once caller
tried to explain, "It's a sad situation but that's the life we
live right here, how we came up."    Seven teens have died
violent, senseless deaths in the last six months. What's the
answer? WUSA9 talked to Murray Malveaux, of the Take Charge
Program in Forestville, MD.  Malveaux makes it his life to help
teens tangling with the law or in danger of it before they make
a decision that'll change or end their lives.  He points to what
he says is the number one issue, "The family structure needs to
be back intact, a number of our young people, have one parent,
in most cases, it's the female. If the father's not around, is
there an uncle? Is there an older cousin around?Especially with
the males, you ne