Fed up with violent crime and demanding more help for missing persons, Rev. Al Sharpton is calling for Americans to take action. He is calling Monday a "National Day of Outrage."
More than three weeks after the bodies of 11 women are found in and around Anthony Sowell's home on Imperial Avenue, the house remains a crime scene.
Across the street there's a growing memorial to the victims.
"This girl mother, right here, her mother had been missing for nine months and they found her back there, the police wasn't looking for her," said Sharese Taylor, while visiting the memorial.
Monday, the local chapter of Rev. Sharpton's National Action Network will hold a small rally in front of Sowell's home. It's part of a nationwide "Day of Outrage" to stand up to crime. As part of the event, local members are asking for a county or regional database to better track missing people. Similar rallies will be held in cities nationwide.
"This gentleman seemed to be picking and choosing a certain type or certain class of person to hunt, and the police, had they had that information readily available, they might have been able to put two and two together and work to bring this person to justice, prior to him killing eleven people," said Richard Jones, head of the local chapter of the National Action Network.
The same memorial wall with the names of the Imperial Avenue victims and missing people, also has pictures showing victims of unsolved murders.
"One of my good friend's little brother that got killed, my cousin got killed," said Taylor
"As far as this young generation, the generation has to have some direction, has to have some goals and try to accomplish those goals," said resident George Brown.
"We need to clean our own homes up, our own backyards and get control of our community," said Jones.
Rev. Sharpton will simulcast a nationwide speech from Spelman College in Atlanta. He is expected to mention the Imperial Avenue murders.
More than three weeks after the bodies of 11 women are found in and around Anthony Sowell's home on Imperial Avenue, the house remains a crime scene.
Across the street there's a growing memorial to the victims.
"This girl mother, right here, her mother had been missing for nine months and they found her back there, the police wasn't looking for her," said Sharese Taylor, while visiting the memorial.
Monday, the local chapter of Rev. Sharpton's National Action Network will hold a small rally in front of Sowell's home. It's part of a nationwide "Day of Outrage" to stand up to crime. As part of the event, local members are asking for a county or regional database to better track missing people. Similar rallies will be held in cities nationwide.
"This gentleman seemed to be picking and choosing a certain type or certain class of person to hunt, and the police, had they had that information readily available, they might have been able to put two and two together and work to bring this person to justice, prior to him killing eleven people," said Richard Jones, head of the local chapter of the National Action Network.
The same memorial wall with the names of the Imperial Avenue victims and missing people, also has pictures showing victims of unsolved murders.
"One of my good friend's little brother that got killed, my cousin got killed," said Taylor
"As far as this young generation, the generation has to have some direction, has to have some goals and try to accomplish those goals," said resident George Brown.
"We need to clean our own homes up, our own backyards and get control of our community," said Jones.
Rev. Sharpton will simulcast a nationwide speech from Spelman College in Atlanta. He is expected to mention the Imperial Avenue murders.
