What's community violence intervention? DOJ pitches plan after awarding $100M in grants. USA Today - Grace Hauck February 16, 2023 Federal officials, community leaders and researchers are gathering in St. Louis this week to discuss a key component of the Justice Department's plan to combat violence in the U.S: community violence intervention and prevention programs. "We are funding programs that [...]
Florida bill to criminalize filming police actions is yet another anti-Black move | Opinion Miami Herald - Francesca Menes April 10, 2023 State lawmakers are pushing witness intimidation legislation (Senate Bill 1126 and House Bill 1539) that purports to protect police officers. But these bills really are a not-so-veiled attack on communities of color that will make law enforcement less accountable. [...]
Columbus' new Office of Violence Prevention to be offered help from other cities ABC 6 - Steve Levine March 28, 2023 A national anti- violence network made up of cities across the country, is now preparing to help Columbus’ new Office of Violence Prevention. “They’ll have access to us in terms of thinking through the shape of the office,” David [...]
Black teen shot in head after going to wrong house to pick up siblings The Washington Post - Annabelle Timsit April 17, 2023 A Black teenager was shot in the head in Kansas City, Mo., after showing up at the wrong house to pick up his siblings, lawyers for his family said. Family members identified the victim online as Ralph Yarl, [...]
Mayor Duggan to launch gun violence prevention program at State of the City Detroit Free Press - Dana Afana Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is expected to announce a new federally funded crime prevention program at his 10th State of the City address Tuesday at the Michigan Central Station. The community-based violence intervention program, known as CVI, is aimed at preventing [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9DZy_jhqxo Julius Jones remains incarcerated in Oklahoma, without the possibility of parole, despite maintaining his innocence and being TWICE recommended for commutation by the Oklahoma Pardon & Parole Board for a sentence with the possibility of parole. In a case riddled with odious racial discrimination — including a police officer’s use of a racial slur during Mr. Jones’ arrest and [...]
In Florida, Latino churches are organizing en masse to push back against a cruel anti-immigrant bill being proposed by the governor’s office. Bus loads of Latino pastors and ministry leaders assembled at the state Capitol in Tallahassee to pray, meet with legislators, and to ask the governor and state lawmakers to consider the damage that this bill will do [...]
Chicago shootings: 20 shot, 3 fatally, in gun violence across city, police say ABC 7 Chicago - Staff April 10, 2023 CHICAGO -- Twenty people have been shot, three o fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago, police said. A teen girl was killed in a shooting early Sunday morning on Chicago's South Side, police said. Officers responded to a [...]
Louisville shooting live updates: 5 victims killed inside bank, 9 injured ABC News - Emily Shapiro April 10, 2023 Five victims were killed and nine others were injured in a mass shooting at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday morning, according to police. President Joe Biden tweeted Monday, "Once again, our nation mourns after a senseless act of gun violence." [...]
SAN ANTONIO -- Before the San Antonio Spurs closed out their 2023 season with a 138-117 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, head coach Gregg Popovich met with reporters and spoke his mind about gun violence in the United States. “I just wondered because we have a governor and lieutenant governor and an attorney general that made it easier [...]
