Of the many people with ideas about how to deal with violence in Chester, easily the most interesting is the case of Ulysses ‘Butch’ Slaughter and Shakiyl Smith.
(p>They will be our guests tonight on our weekly live-stream Internet broadcast, ‘Live From the Newsroom.’Smith knows a little bit about the gun problem and street violence in Chester. He sits in a wheelchair because of it.
Smith was leaving a party in the city in 2008 when someone opened fire on the car he was riding in. He’s been in a wheelchair ever since.
But Smith, with the help of Chester entrepreneur Slaughter, wants to meet the person who fired that shot. He’s not interested in revenge; he instead is looking to forgive.
He also does not want the person to face any criminal charges.
Slaughter has gone down the same road himself, a tortured path to reconciliation with his father, who gunned down his mother as Slaughter looked on as a child.
Slaughter and Smith have dubbed their efffort “The Lazarus Project.”
We’ll talk about it tonight. Join us at 7 on DelcoTimes.com.
And if you have a question you’d like to ask Slaughter or Smith, email to me at editor@delcotimes.com and I’ll make it part of our conversation.
Or just go on DelcoTimes.com tonight and take part in our live chat.
Join us at 7.
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