Brooklyn grandmothers honored by NYPD
Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly holds hands with Tina Oliver, left, of Brooklyn and Elizabeth Wright, right, also of Brooklyn during a final prayer as they conclude a Grandmothers LOV (Love Over Violence) breakfast at One Police Plaza in Manhattan. The support group for grandmothers in Brooklyn formed by the NYPD-Brooklyn Clergy Coalition to help combat gun violence and to assist grandmothers who are often the care-takers for young people at risk. (July 24, 2012)
Dozens of grandmothers, many of them touched by violent crimes in their Brooklyn neighborhoods, were recognized Tuesday for their work with an NYPD anti-violence program.
Denise Peace, 56, of Bushwick, had to learn to take care of babies again when her daughter was killed in a shootout in October. It gave Peace responsibility for raising 12 grandchildren, ages 2 to 17.
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