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Violence Interruptus

“Violence interrupter” with gun in lap reaches for officer’s gun, gets fatally shot. Cue the violent protests. [More] Another Big Weasel moment in time…

Center For Hope To Receive $100,000 Support Grant From Everytown Community Safety Fund [More] Not that feral violence in Baltimore will be impacted one bit… I guess as long as they’re squandering money on this nonsense, it’s not being used DIRECTLY against us. I’m just waiting for survivors of some shot up violence interrupter to … Continue reading “Hope to Die”

By the Numbers

Violent crime dropping in St. Louis, city officials say [More] And officials have no idea why, meaning it’s sure not anything they’re doing. Maybe if they add some unarmed targets in the form of violence interrupters they can get those numbers back up again. [Via bondmen]

Human Targets

Green Bay introduces Community Safety Plan, includes addition of ‘violence interrupters’ [More] Go with what works, right? Safe Streets violence interrupter shot and killed in Baltimore, the third in a year Does the city’s insurance carrier know about this? [Via Mike F]

Job One

School safety top priority in America’s most violent cities [More] Yeah, nothing says you mean business like “unarmed violence interrupters”! [Via bondmen]

Bang for the Buck

No violence interrupters hired in Richmond; critics question ‘disrespectful’ salary [More] Based on the impact they’ve had where it’s been tried, they’re already paying them more than they’re worth. Besides, I thought Richmond was a done deal… [Via Mack H]

The Definition of Insanity

Organizations, non-profits, and community members learned about a regional initiative called “Save Lives Now” on Thursday. The focus is to bring in cognitive behavioral therapy and street outreach to help reduce violent crime. [More] Or as Rocky asked of Bullwinkle, “Again?“ Another “plan” announced to media fanfare that makes noises about symptoms while not just … Continue reading “The Definition of Insanity”

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