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Philadelphia National Night Out takes on greater urgency due to gun violence
PARKSIDE - Millions of people across the country, including in the Delaware Valley, participated in National Night Out, the annual event with the goal to build and improve the relationships between police and the communities they serve.A party atmosphere surrounds National Night Out 2021, but paused, at times, by the honest acknowledgement of a city in crisis as the number of homicides surpassed 320 August 1st.Lester Lowery, of Overbrook, hopes so. He was out with sons Noah and Lucas and is tired of the violence."Sleepless nights, always thinking about it.