PHILADELPHIA - A Marine's weeks-long hunger strike got the attention of Major Jim Kenney. It was a personal sacrifice to get the mayor to take action on a city council resolution on gun violence. "Friday I went out in front of City Hall as usual.
I fell asleep in the chair and I was awaken by the mayor," said Jamal Johnson.He was taken by surprise when Mayor Kenney showed up on day 26 of the hunger strike Johnson started on MLK Day. "He basically fulfilled what I wanted.
He's had the resolution for five months so he knows what it entails," said Johnson.FOX 29's Shawnette Wilson interviewed him Feb.
4 with a statement from the city acknowledging Johnson's hunger strike which was also covered by several newspaper and television outlets.