Topeka Mayor calls upon community to support its children

In the wake of recent attacks on youngsters that were caught on video, Topeka Mayor Michelle De La Isla asked Tuesday that the people of this community proactively support its children.

“I’m calling all of us in our community, take a look at the children that we have around us, and let’s figure out a way that we can all support these kids and maybe these parents that may be working two or three jobs, or maybe the situation becomes that they don’t have a parent in the home to give them the example that they need to make the proper choices,” the mayor said.

She added: “This is our community. These are our kids. We must constantly be thinking of how to invest in our kids.”