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June 16, 2006

Mt. Pleasant students rally against violence / Photo

Journal photo / Kris Craig
Branden Ferrell was among the students who spoke out about gun violence in the community. His brother, Barry, was killed last year.

PROVIDENCE -- About 50 Mount Pleasant students staged a peace rally outside Mount Pleasant High School today to demand that adults do something about teenagers killing teens, in response to the death of three of their own in recent years.

Branden Ferrell spoke of how his brother, Barry, was shot to death at a bus stop outside Hartford Park on April 6, 2005. Barry Ferrrel attended an alternative high school but played basketball for Mount Pleasant.

Last month, on the one-year anniversary of Ferrell’s death, the students in Tracy Boothman’s English class wrote a letter decrying gun violence, which was signed by 700 students and staff and sent to 59 elected state and local officials.

Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty, Mayor David N. Cicilline and U.S. Attorney Robert Corrente attended today's event, held on the last day of school at Mount Pleasant.

-- Journal staff writer Linda Borg

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