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Spike in deadly violence raises angst in Brockton

Cape Verdean residents feel brunt of year’s 4 homicides

Amy Flynn (right), a student at Stonehill College, talked with Brockton High Cape Verdean students in an integrative “Learning Community’’ class. They are collaborating on a Cape Verdean American history project. Amy Flynn (right), a student at Stonehill College, talked with Brockton High Cape Verdean students in an integrative “Learning Community’’ class. They are collaborating on a Cape Verdean American history project. (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff)
By Brian R. Ballou
Globe Staff / February 8, 2010

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BROCKTON - Carol Murray grew up here, a third-generation Brocktonian. She remembers the days when the downtown area was alive with foot traffic and violent crime was rare. (Full article: 814 words)

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