At BrazilFest on Saturday, just blocks from last weekend’s St. Clair shootings, police officers stood watch while others patrolled the festival.
When Arilda de Oliveira arrived ready to dance at Salsa on St. Clair, she instead watched people flee in panic from the festival after gunshots rang out last weekend.
Arilda de Oliveira, founder of BrazilFest, said she wanted to make sure festivalgoers felt safe after watching people flee from Salsa on St. Clair last weekend.
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At that moment, she knew she needed to do something to make her own festival feel safer.
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