He joined the 2020 lawsuit in an effort to stem the bloodshed that changed his life and that of so many others.Ģ Teens Charged With Killing Bystanders in South Street Mass Shooting Crawford currently is president and CEO of the Black Male Community Council of Philadelphia, a group that provides resources for communities impacted by high levels of gun violence. “That’s a tragedy within itself because my grandbabies will not get to experience a loving and caring father,” Stanley Crawford said Thursday in an interview with NBC10.Īfter his son’s death, Crawford said he had two options: remain paralyzed by the pain of losing the son he loved so much – or take action. That sister and her son heard the gunshots and found William, a father of five, dead at the door.
William Crawford was waiting for his sister to answer the door when he was ambushed and shot multiple times, the elder Crawford said. The 69-year-old North Philadelphia resident lost his 35-year-old son, William, to gun violence one Saturday morning in 2018. Stanley Crawford was one of the plaintiffs. The suit, filed in October 2020, challenged Pennsylvania’s preemption law, which prevents municipalities from enacting gun control measures that would impose stronger restrictions or penalties on residents than what state law enforces. The City of Philadelphia and CeaseFirePA group joined the suit as plaintiffs. The most recent occurred at the state's highest appeals court, when 11 residents, mostly from Philadelphia, lost a lawsuit seeking to allow the city to impose stricter gun restrictions than what’s allowed by the state.
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