Stop the Violence!
A 68-year-old Midtown woman is currently walking the streets of Atlanta imploring the city's inhabitants to put down their guns.
In Midtownn earlier this week, this photo below was taken along Ponce de Leon Avenue near Myrtle Street. We wanted to share this story with our Cascade Patch readers because, residents in the West End may soon see this one-woman 'Stop the Violence' movement on their local streets. That is 68-year-old Laura Swanagan spotted walking with a homemade sign draped over her shoulders imploring Atlantans to “Stop the Violence!” “What prompted this is after the children in Connecticut were killed,” said Swanagan, who moved to Midtown five years ago from Jackson, Miss., to be closer to her children. “Everyday you hear on the news somebody has killed somebody. So the Lord said to me, are you willing to be different and go out with a sign on your …
