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Hats of Hope: 10-year-old Stark County brain cancer patient sets out to help other sick kids
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![a close up of a street: Following a pair of Madison Park shootings in recent months, Lakewood police have removed the basketball hoops from the park, citing them as "evidence" in the cases. Some in the community believe the courts are being blamed for the recent violence.
"Basketball is being associated, falsely, with violence," local coach Randy Brown told 3News.
"[We can't be] equating basketball to gun violence, because basketball is not equal to gun violence," Casey Davis with the Lakewood Outdoor Basketball Court Committee added.
Marisa Saenz reports: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/lakewood-basketball-hoops-madison-park/95-952b49ea-4ecb-4580-8650-a88130ab9b01](http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1fQ2x4.img?h=70&w=94&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=t&l=f&f=jpg "Madison Park shootings: Lakewood residents demand transparency after basketball hoops taken down - WKYC Channel 3")
![a close up of a street: Following a pair of Madison Park shootings in recent months, Lakewood police have removed the basketball hoops from the park, citing them as "evidence" in the cases. Some in the community believe the courts are being blamed for the recent violence.
"Basketball is being associated, falsely, with violence," local coach Randy Brown told 3News.
"[We can't be] equating basketball to gun violence, because basketball is not equal to gun violence," Casey Davis with the Lakewood Outdoor Basketball Court Committee added.
Marisa Saenz reports: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/lakewood-basketball-hoops-madison-park/95-952b49ea-4ecb-4580-8650-a88130ab9b01](http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1fQ2x4.img?h=170&w=300&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=t&l=f&f=jpg "Madison Park shootings: Lakewood residents demand transparency after basketball hoops taken down - WKYC Channel 3")
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