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Neighborhood Watch Members React to George Zimmerman Verdict

Back in the late 1960’s, in the aftermath of the brutal rape and murder of Kitty Genovese in Queens, NY, modern neighborhood watch groups began forming. Not long after, the watch system became more formal when the U.S. Neighborhood Watch Program was established by the National Sheriffs’ Association. Today there are more than 20,000 local […]

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