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Calling All Anti-Violence Advocates!!!
Did you know 40% of the Prosecutors in the Fresno County DA’s Homicide Division have resigned their positions since receiving a 9% pay cut in 2011? This is important to all of us because these Prosecutors are the people responsible for putting murderers behind bars. The reason there have been pay cuts is because of the budget imposed by the Fresno County Board of Supervisors. Yet, according to this insightful report “…current County contracts give higher salaries to Public Defenders than to Prosecutors.” An attorney working in public service is already taking a huge pay cut compared to what they could make in the private sector. Paying for college after law school is a huge expense; the dedicated Prosecutors who choose to represent “the People” rather than defending scum do so because they want to what is right by all of us.
If you think the Fresno County Board of Supervisors should reconsider their position on this matter and or raise the salaries of Prosecutors, let them know. Express your concern to them in the name of public safety, their failure to reconsider is a danger to all of us. Criminals can and will find the loophole in the system and exploit it.
Here is a list of the Supervisors, including the areas they represent and an email address. We urge you to email the Supervisor in your District and tell them how you feel about this situation. Remember through our combined efforts we can make our communities safe for one and all!
~Together Against Violence
Fresno County
- Supervisor Phil Larson
Western Fresno County (Firebaugh, Kerman, Mendota, San Joaquin and Neighboring Communities)
- Supervisor Debbie Poochigian
Eastern Fresno County (Clovis, Sanger, Prather, Auberry and Neighboring Communities)
- Supervisor Henry Perea
Central Fresno (Tower District, Mayfair, Calwa)
- Supervisor Andreas Borgeas
Fresno and Clovis (Fig Garden, Fashion Fair, Fresno State, Riverpark and Neighboring Areas)
- Supervisor Judy Case
Southern Fresno County (Selma, Coalinga, Kingsburg, Fowler and Neighboring Communities)
Please Read-Your Help Is Needed!
Together Against Violence is a public service campaign, our goal is to promote a pro-active approach to stopping violence in our communities.
This campaign is committed to raising awareness about the impact violence has on young people as well as their families. We are striving to promote peaceful and safe communities as well as forming relationships with other public service entities aimed at stopping violent crime and assisting victims of violent crime.
- Marcus and His Mom
Inspired by a profound tragedy, our organization was founded in memory of Marcus Lynn Ochoa Snowden, affectionately known as “D-bo”.
Marcus Lynn Snowden was taken from us on October 22nd, 2011 in a horrific act of violence. In his 18 years on this earth Marcus touched many people with his craziness, kindness and willingness to protect others. We want to remember him and the positive things he did in his life and for the tremendous amount of love he gave to his family and friends.
As of today there have been two individuals arrested for this crime, even so there are still others who need to be brought to justice. We hope and pray that additional arrests will be made and that people in the community of Kerman, CA who may know information about this case will step forward and communicate with law enforcement.
How can you as concerned members of the community help our cause? By sharing our story, we need others to help get the word out by reminding people that this investigation is still ongoing and leads are needed to be able to put everyone involved in this crime behind bars.
Key pieces of information about the events that happened the early morning hours of October 22nd, 2011 are vital; information consisting of phone messages, text messages and especially clear and concise eyewitness accounts are crucial pieces of evidence necessary for making additional arrests. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office at (559) 488-3111.
By not cooperating with law enforcement you are doing Marcus as well as your entire community, a terrible injustice.
Our Story by Together Against Violence is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Benefiting Valley Crime Stoppers
Valley Crime Stoppers is a non-profit organization, they rely on fundraisers and donations to be able to put forward reward money for information leading to the arrest and conviction of criminals. By attending the June Jam 2012, you can help this organization help families whose loved ones have fallen victim to violent crime. Together Against Violence
Benefiting Valley Crime Stoppers
uPDatE fRoM JaN 7tH, 2012
Please call the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office at 559-488-3111 or 559-498-STOP if you have any information about this case.
UPDATE: There were two confirmed arrests made in connection with the murder of Marcus Lynn Snowden on Friday, Jan. 6th. Please stay tuned to your local media outlets as there may be more details to come in regards to this case. Thank you again to all for your prayers and support, we are just at the beginning of what will be long and arduous road and need all the support we can get. There are still more individuals that need to be made accountable for this crime, so again if you know of anyone who has information about this case, please have them call 559-498-STOP.
JuStiCe fOr d-Bo!
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- Raising Awareness
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- Hope is on the Horizon
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- Friends Forever – Luv You Big Bro!
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- United
Over the course of three weeks, nearly 1500 fliers were posted up around the town of Kerman, CA and distributed to local businesses and organizations in an effort to raise awareness about the case being unsolved. We also felt it necessary to try to reach out to individuals who may have had information about the case and give them a push in the direction of law enforcement. We pledged to ourselves that we would not rest until there was a break in the case; we were and still are in “Fight Mode!”
This event took place on Dec 11, 2011:
Friends Forever
Together Against Violence wants JUSTICE for Lynn D-bo Snowden, we will be passing out flyers tomorrow urging potential witnesses to contact the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office. If you would like to help, please meet us at 1:00pm at the old Rite Aid parking lot off of Hwy 180 and Madera Ave in Kerman. We need to bring awareness to the fact that no one has been arrested for this crime. Any help would be greatly appreciated; we encourage you to pass the word along to all your friends. We will also be selling D-bo bracelets for $1 for those of you wanting to pay tribute to him. If you have any questions feel free to comment or send us a message.
Thank you to everyone for doing such an awesome job today!!! The Justice for D-bo rally was a success; it was great to see D-bo’s friends and family showing their support and love for D-bo. We also wanted to give a big thanks to Valley Food Super Center in Kerman for letting us post up in their parking lot today.
Together Against Violence 