GROUNDUP: Hanover Park women march to end recurring violence and gang warfare

‘The government has failed me and so many other families,’ says mother of gang victim.

“The government has failed me and so many other families”, says Washiela Samuels whose son was tragically shot dead eight years ago in Hanover Park. She is yet to see justice for the murder, allegedly committed by a gang member.

During the march, people chanted “We want change” and “Stop women and children abuse”. At one point the group stopped outside Galway Court, a beige and visibly weathered block of flats. According to protesters, gang violence recently flared up at this block of flats, causing tensions to erupt in the community.

Andrews says their hope is that the march raises more awareness and encourages victims and affected families to speak out. She says that the youth in Hanover Park have become desensitised to violence. “This needs to change,” she says.

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