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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque city officials rolled out the results of an ongoing and nationally-renowned initiative aimed at reducing violent crime as Albuquerque grapples with what’s turning out to be a record year…
Created: May 28, 2021 04:05 PM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- Officials in Albuquerque believe the Violence Intervention Program is working. "I’m talking to people who are literally in shoes that I have walked through before. I’ve experience gun violence. I’ve been a victim of gun violence. In my younger years, I’ve perpetrated violence, so I could understand where the people in our community are coming from, and I’ve felt the pain," said Angel Garcia, a social service coordinator with the program. Since April 2020, the Violence Intervention Program made 133 in-person meetings, or wh...
Northam announces $135.8M in grants to state, local criminal justice programs Published Friday, May. 21, 2021, 10:26 am Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com (© josephsjacobs – stock.adobe.com) Gov. Ralph Northam this week announced the award of $135.8 million in grant funding to localities, nonprofits and state agencies throughout Virginia to support state and local criminal justice programs. The Criminal Justice Services Board of th...
Ma'Khia Bryant's family blamed foster care for her death. Experts agree she shouldn't have been left at home unsupervised. INSIDER 3 days ago horecchio@businessinsider.com (Haven Orecchio-Egresitz) © REUTERS/Gaelen Morse A funeral for Ma'Khia Bryant, a Black teenager fatally shot by police, was held in Columbus, Ohio, on April 30. Gaelen Morse/Reuters Ma'Khia Bryant was fatally shot by a police officer who was called to her foster home in April. Bryant's biological family has called out the foster-care system for failing to protect her. Experts said foster parents are adv...
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