Virginia Beach resident Jeremiah Fjeld is fed up with the dangerous drug dealing in or around the park where children, including his 4-year-old son, plays.
Fjeld lives just across the street from a city park, and as the father of a growing family, they love the convenience of getting to use that park regularly. When his wife told him she’d seen a dealer making a deal just feet from where their son played, Fjeld decided to act.
“No more dealing here. This park is for our kids. We’ve had enough, and we’re taking our park back,” the sign reads.
This sign is the second in his attempt to warn dealers away from the park. The first, much smaller sign, was removed overnight. Now cemented into the ground, the new sign still stands unmolested.
Neighbors applaud the action, thanking Fjeld for his stand.
Fjeld both called the cops and confronted the alleged drug dealer. The police could do little about the activity because they did not catch the young man in the act of dealing.
“In my twenties I knew what it was like to be in the scene and to be the bad guy, so I was on the other side of the tracks,” Fjeld said, “You might as well say something now because eventually, they’ll end up in prison or dead and it’s too late then.”
Fjeld is not new to activism. He runs a homeless ministry in the area and sees the effects illegal substances can have on a life. The neighborhood is better off because one man let his light shine into the darkness.
