Colin Flaherty (Author of Don't Make the Black Kids Angry) Commentary News Video "Rape suspect was a city-paid violence ‘Interrupter’" "‘Random act of violence’: New details emerge in Greensboro homicide that left 1 woman dead in car occupied by 2 children" "‘It’s scary to go home’: Alto woman describes assault that hospitalized husband" "Sacramento Black Lives Matter Organizer On Not Calling 911"
http://www.wave3.com/2019/03/05/troubleshooter-exclusive-rape-suspect-was-city-paid-violence-interrupter/
By Natalia Martinez | March 4, 2019 at 7:44 PM EST - Updated March 5 at 12:06 PM
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A man considered armed and dangerous by LMPD was arrested for allegedly strangling and raping a woman.
The WAVE 3 News Troubleshooters have now exposed an entirely different part to that story.
Turns out the suspect was getting paid with taxpayer dollars to actually stop violence.
Dwight Taylor, 35, was one of the city’s so-called “Interrupters,” WAVE 3 News confirmed. Interrupters are part of the Office of Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods, and the program operates with a $1.7 million budget.
That is the same program Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer spoke about at a news conference about last week, hoping to save the program from budget cuts.
But officers told WAVE 3 News that this latest arrest proves the program should be axed.
The Interrupters are men and women with criminal records. They are part of a 40-person staff hired through the city via contracts to prevent -- or interrupt -- crime.
As an Interrupter, Taylor earned a $33,000 taxpayer-funded annual salary.
“This kind of approach is absolutely the future of what public safety needs to look like,” head of the program, Rashaad Abdur-Rahman said.
https://myfox8.com/2019/03/05/random-act-of-violence-new-details-emerge-in-greenboro-homicide-that-left-1-woman-dead-in-car-occupied-by-2-children/
POSTED 11:36 AM, MARCH 5, 2019, BY WEB STAFF AND DANIEL PIERCE, UPDATED AT 12:06PM, MARCH 5, 2019
The driver of the light blue Hyundai got out of his car and retrieved a rifle from his trunk and opened fire on the victim’s vehicle as it was attempting to leave the area northbound on South Elm-Eugene Street.
http://www.kltv.com/2019/02/25/sheriff-couple-assaulted-home-authorities-searching-suspect/
By Christian Terry, Jeff Chavez, Jeff Wright, and Stefante Randall | February 25, 2019 at 11:19 AM CST - Updated February 25 at 8:11 PM
Williams said the man started attacking her, beating her over the head with what she believed was a rock. When she screamed out, her husband Jean ran outside and the suspect turned his attention to him. Judy said she ran inside her home and grabbed the couple’s gun and fired in the direction of the suspect.
Williams did not specify how badly her husband was hurt, but Jean’s doctors believe he will lose his left eye. Adding to that, Williams said, is the emotional damage the attack caused.
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/video/3873959-raw-sacramento-black-lives-matter-organizer-on-not-calling-911/
Published on May 31, 2018
Raw: Sacramento Black Lives Matter Organizer On Not Calling 911
“There’s distrust, anxiety, there's fear,” said Sacramento Black Lives Matter organizer Tanya Faison. While this approach is not being pushed by Sacramento congregations, Faison says supports it.
