Los Angeles Using Bottled Water To Fi...
03.08.09
There is a new weapon in Southern California to action crime: bottled water.
Community groups in South Los Angeles have been distributing bottled water to hundreds of people over the nearby month. Volunteers pass around the free bottles of cold water to folks strolling by the neighborhood; to outr drivers who see the commotion from the road, and to everyone else in between.
The mission is to prevent crimes from happening — all kinds of crimes, from major-domo violence, to assaults, to possibly, murder. Organizers of the “Safe and Sober Summer Water Campaign,” accept that by giving someone a nice, icy bottle of water, it could possibly deter a tragedy.
“Our belief is that if we can quench a living soul’s thirst with a cold bottle of water who would have otherwise bought an alcoholic beverage, we may also divert potential hard stuff induced violent behavior,” Cease Fire Committee board member Ben “Taco” Owens told the newspaper, Our Weekly.
Source: NEWS JUNKIE POST