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untanglingwebs
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Three shootings within one hour yesterday and one later that evening. Yet the Republican legislators cut the money to help urban youth and help stop the violence. Of the $4.5 million that Snyder proposed for the Flint and county jails, the legislature bascially cut out the money needed for the Flint jail. The money went to the corrections department and they are giving all of the $3 million to the county jail because Brown has not yet submitted a plan or even Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for management of the jail.
Are the Republican legislators so sure the urban violence will not spread into their suburban neighborhoods. If so, then they are the fools. Gangs and criminals are mobile and can go any where. They keep closing prisons so judges are sentencing criminals to jailtime or altenate sntencing. So the crime continues.
The Republicans took away the money for jobs for our Flint youth, The revenue sharing money keeps getting smaller. If the revenue sharing had not been cut detroit and Flint would not be in such a large deficit. |
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Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:53 pm |
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Legislature cuts $20 million from Snyder's public safety plan
By Karen Bouffard
Detroit News Lansing Bureau
Lansing— More than $20 million requested for Gov. Rick Snyder's crime-fighting plan was slashed from a supplemental funding bill passed by the Legislature on Thursday
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Much of the cuts were for funding destined for Detroit, and Senate Appropriations Chair Roger Kahn of Saginaw said the cuts foretell how Republicans are likely to react if cash assistance is part of a consent agreement under negotiation by Snyder and Detroit officials Thursday.
The House and Senate passed the $72.6 million appropriations bill with funding that is earmarked for various departments to supplement this year's budget.
In the House, Republicans rejected an amendment from Democrats to include a one-time $200 million revenue sharing payment for Detroit.
"Looking at (these cuts) gives you some depth to understanding the difficulty of getting a direct Detroit appropriation of $150 million or so," Kahn said. "If Detroit needs an infusion for going-forward funding, it's unclear if that will get them to a structurally sound place or not, and that's a problem.
House and Senate appropriations committees nixed funding for key portions of the public safety plan Snyder rolled out earlier this month to target violence in Detroit, Flint, Pontiac and Saginaw. The chambers slashed $5 million for a talent bank, $2 million for at-risk youth employment and $3 million to clear titles so blighted property can be demolished or sold.
Also cut was $10 million for the communities' joint crime-fighting efforts.
Another hit for Detroit was $750,000 cut for a Woodward corridor transit study, also on Snyder's wish-list.
kbouffard@detnews.com
(517) 371-3660
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120329/POLITICS02/203290446#ixzz1s8y46iDg |
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Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:56 pm |
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Flint police investigating deadly shooting at apartment complex on north side
Published: Monday, April 16, 2012, 6:40 AM Updated: Monday, April 16, 2012, 7:57 AM
By David Harris | dharris5@mlive.com
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View full sizeRyan Garza | MLive.com Investigators on scene by a truck where a man was shot and killed early Monday morning at Shiloh Commons apartment complex in Flint on Monday.
FLINT, MI -- One man was shot and killed this morning in his vehicle in the parking lot at Shiloh Commons apartment complex off Buick Street near McLellan, according to police.
He was found slumped over in his vehicle around 3:15 a.m. and then taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police declined to comment any further.
Anyone with information is asked to call Flint police.
There is no word on suspects.
Check mlive.com/flint later for more details. |
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Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:39 am |
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Flint police investigating four homicides in the last eight days
Published: Monday, April 16, 2012, 5:00 PM Updated: Monday, April 16, 2012, 5:27 PM
By David Harris | dharris5@mlive.com
FLINT, MI -- After a more than four-week lull in homicides, the city has seen four homicides in eight days.
The latest came when a man was found shot to death around 3:30 a.m. Monday in his truck that was in the parking lot of Shiloh Commons apartment complex on Buick Street near McClellan, according to police.
Police have yet to identify the man.
It was just frightening," said DeAngela Maxie, 22, who lives in the apartment complex. "What really got to me is the kids had to go by the crime scene tape to get to the school bus. Kids don't need to see that."
The homicide came less than 48 hours after a deadly shooting that occurred in the middle of the day Saturday at a busy intersection on the city's south side.
Police say Danielle L. Woods, 24, was approached by a man in a black hooded jacket and a mask and shot around 2:45 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of South End Market at the corner of Saginaw and 12th streets. Police found Woods laying in the parking lot showing no signs of life, according to a report.
Police dispersed the people that were crowding around her and sealed off the scene, according to the report.
Police did not release any suspect information or said what the shooting was about.
A makeshift memorial with balloons that said "Love" was set up near the store.
Jaquese Green, 27, who grew up near the party store, just shook her head when talking about the violence.
"Flint is just going down," she said. "People are just killing people off. It used to be that the north side was the bad part. It seems like now it doesn't matter what side of town you are on, it's not safe."
Councilman Scott Kincaid, who represents the ward where Saturday's homicide occurred, echoed Green's comments.
"It can happen anywhere at any time," said Kincaid. "It's not just at one part of the city."
David Harris | dharris5@mlive.comA makeshift memorial was set up to honor a homicide victim Danielle Woods, 24, from Saturday at the South End Market at Saginaw and 12th Streets.
The first two homicides occurred in the early morning hours of April 8 when Michael M. Edwards, 39, and Latosha M. Fox, 32, were shot in the head at a home on Neilson Street near Grand Traverse and 12th Street.
Those were the first homicides in the city in more than a month, the longest homicide-less streak in the city in more than two years.
Flint now has 17 homicides on the year, still behind the 21 it had at this time last year.
Chief Alvern Lock did not return a call seeking comment.
James Wilson, 38, who also lives in the apartment complex where Monday's homicide occurred, said Michigan should have the death penalty.
"That would scare some sense into them," he said. "It's terrible. It's sad."
Anyone with information about any of the homicides is asked to call Flint Police at 237-6801 or CRIMESTOPPERS at 1-800-422-JAIL. |
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Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:17 am |
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3sense April 16, 2012 at 7:31PM
There were less murders, but were there less shootings?
Stulpnaegl April 17, 2012 at 4:00AM
It's time to float more candles down the
river and hold a prayer vigil for the end of violence
and war one more time. Send out a reporter to cover
the action too.
doinit4me April 17, 2012 at 7:03AM
Good thing the State and the EFM are focusing on reducing crime in Flint. I'm sure slashing wages, benefits and maintaining or reducing the already ridiculously small number of cops on the streets will do the trick.
I can see why the Governor put the EFM in charge of running the city; Flint's past "leaders" cut their own throats by being incompetent. The Flint Police Department, however, when adequately staffed and supported got the job done. I hope the Governor is half the "leader" he claims to be and quickly realizes that he is on the wrong path as it relates to his desire make Flint financially solvent at the expense of the safety of Flint's citizens and Police Officers. I won't hold my breath though.
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Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:22 am |
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More than two dozen high-caliber bullets fired into Flint home in apparent retaliation
Published: Monday, April 16, 2012, 11:30 PM Updated: Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 9:14 AM
By Khalil AlHajal | kalhajal@mlive.com
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FLINT, MI -- At least 25 gunshots were fired into a home on Sunday in a possible retaliatory act related to a robbery, according to a police report.
Police were called to a home on Churchill Avenue near Averill Avenue around 4 a.m. in response to the gunfire, according to the report.
Officers found several windows broken and located 25 bullet holes in the front of the house.
Police found 21 7.62-caliber shell casings in the street and driveway, according to the report.
There were no injuries reported.
Police believe the gunfire may have been retaliatory in relation to a shooting and robbery, according to the police report. |
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Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:27 am |
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Police confirm man shot to death at Pierson and Fleming roads in Flint
Published: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 4:45 PM Updated: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 4:51 PM
By Khalil AlHajal | kalhajal@mlive.com
FLINT, MI -- Police have confirmed that a man was killed in a shooting on Pierson and Fleming roads around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Police said the man was pronounced dead at the hospital after being found lying in the road at the entrance of a liquor store parking lot.
It initially wasn't clear whether the man was shot or struck by a car, but police have now said it was a gunshot that killed him.
Police have reopened the eastbound lanes of Pierson Road between Fleming Road and Kermit Street. The westbound lanes remain closed as police investigate.
Caution tape surrounding the scene initially stretched across the road to a Marathon gas station, but police later determined that the shooting took place in the liquor store parking lot and reduced the size of the closed-off area.
Several detectives were inside the store reviewing surveillance footage around 4:30 p.m.
Flint Pastor Robert McCathern had just left the funeral of homicide victim Latosha Fox when he ran into the caution tape on Pierson Road.
"People are hurting here like I've never seen in my life" he said.
"We're constantly trying to make sense of this and get in front of it. I leave one crowd at a funeral only to not be able to get through because of another fatal shooting."
"I understand (Gov. Rick Snyder) is in Afghanistan in war torn countries. What he's seeing there is happening in his own jurisdiction." |
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:06 pm |
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HE WAS FROM THE BUC "DARIN BASS" RIP!!!!
facebook identified the victim as a member of buc town |
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:26 pm |
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untanglingwebs
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Jim Ananich (from facebook)
In the Corrections Budget, the Pubilc Safety Initiative that I got included into a Supplemental last year for the Jail overcrowding is being funded again this year. In this years budget there is $4,750,000. Funding would assist distressed communities particularly the City of Flint, in purchasing jail bed space in neighboring counties to address backlogs of active warrants. Last year, I was able to get $1,000,000 allocated, plus the $3,000,000 that was allocated in the last week in March and if this funding gets approved through the final budget process, we will have a substantial investment in addressing one of the aspects of the crime problem in our community. |
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:28 pm |
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untanglingwebs
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JOURNAL MISPELLED FIRST NAME- DARIN NOT DARRIN
Police identify 44-year-old man killed outside Flint liquor store
Published: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 9:44 PM Updated: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 9:54 PM
By Khalil AlHajal | kalhajal@mlive.com
FLINT, MI -- Police have released the name of a man who was killed in a shooting at Pierson and Fleming roads Wednesday afternoon.
Darrin Jerome Bass, 44, was pronounced dead at Hurley Medical Center shortly after being found lying on Pierson Road near the parking lot entrance of a corner liquor store around 2:30 p.m.
Police spent hours investigating the scene after shutting down parts of Pierson Road.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Flint police at 810-237-6800 or Crime Stoppers at 800-422-5245. |
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Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:02 am |
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untanglingwebs
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SIRENS WERE BLASTING MUCH OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
LOOKED AT FLINT POLICE OPERATIONS AND SAW TWO LARGE FIGHTS WITH UP TO 30 INDIVIDUALS PER FIGHT.
A SHOOTING VICTIM WAS DRIVEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN A PRIVATE VEHICLE AND THE SHOOTING MAY HAVE HAPPENED ON WAGNER.
AND THEY WANT TO GIVE US LESS POLICE PROTECTION? |
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Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:06 am |
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Flint police confirm one man died in crash at Clio and Dayton; intersection will be shut down for several hours
Published: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 7:07 AM Updated: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 8:54 AM
By David Harris | dharris5@mlive.com
FLINT, Michigan -- One man died when he ran into the back of a garbage truck at the intersection of Clio Road and Dayton Avenue while fleeing police, Flint police said.
Police say the man was driving in a red Oldsmobile the wrong way in the area of Court and Grand Traverse. When police tried to pull him over, he fled. He made his way north where witnesses say he was going 120 mph while going westbound on Welch.
A Waste Management garbage trucks was leaving a liquor store on Welch to another business across the street to pick up garbage.
The man ran a red light and collided with the truck. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police have roped off the intersection and say it will be shutdown for a few hours.
The driver of the Waste Management truck was not injured. |
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Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:12 am |
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untanglingwebs
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More sirens today and can't get a nap.
Two were shot early this afternoon on Dort near the RPM auto sales |
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Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:11 pm |
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Flint homicides plague western border, spare east side so far in 2012
Published: Sunday, April 22, 2012, 7:00 AM
By Khalil AlHajal | kalhajal@mlive.com
FLINT, MI -- Sylvia and Dwayne Jones live on Welch Boulevard and Winona Street, two roads that 911 dispatchers call out over police radio seemingly every night.
View full size(Lathan Goumas | MLive.com)Dwayne Jones takes a break from yard work outside his home on Welch Boulevard and Winona Street. There have been three homicides within blocks of his home this year and five more within two miles along the western edges of the city. "It's devastating," he said. "It makes you wonder... where is the button that we push to make it better."
The couple mows the lawn of an abandoned house across the street. They take part in a neighborhood watch. They pull aside youths who walk by their home, offering words of encouragement, guidance and prayer.
But there have been three homicides within a few blocks of them this year, and five more within two miles along the western edges of the city.
"It's devastating," said Dwayne Jones, 54. "It makes you think about what's going on and what's dropping through the cracks and where is the button that we push to make it better."
At least 11 people were shot in the city over the last two weeks in violence that affected the city's north, south and west side neighborhoods.
The east side, meanwhile, remained relatively peaceful, as it has so far in 2012 in a departure from the violence those neighborhoods saw over the last two years.
Of the 18 killings that have taken place in Flint this year, 11 have been near the city's western border, within blocks of Clio Road or Ballenger Highway.
View full size(Ryan Garza | MLive.com file photo)
Four more were killed near downtown, Two men were shot to death on the north side near King or Saginaw streets and another was slain inside the Purple Moon nightclub, the only homicide that took place place east of I-475.
Three of the five people killed since Easter were shot to death just south of the downtown area.
More than half of the non-fatal shootings in the last two weeks took place in the western neighborhoods.
Officials said plainly that they don't know why the western border has seen such a concentration of homicides in the early months of the year, or why the east side has gone quiet.
"I don't know what to attribute it to," said Police Chief Alvern Lock.
"We all need to be more vigilant in our efforts to stop this. That's my message to the whole city, because this could turn around and be somewhere else tomorrow."
Sylvia Jones said she sees more and more youths she doesn't recognize passing through her neighborhood.
"I ask them things like 'What are your dreams?' Some of them say they don't have any," said Jones, 56.
"They don't expect they'll be here that long," said Dwayne Jones.
The couple said they volunteered last year on the city's east side, restoring parks, inserting picnic tables and painting playground equipment. They hope their efforts contributed in some small way to the relative calm in violence there this year.
But the east side continues to be plagued by burglaries, drug activity and other crime.
"We're not without crime, but we're just blessed not to have had any homicides," said City Councilman Josh Freeman, who represents much of the east side.
He, like the chief, has no idea what's caused his ward to remain homicide free. He just hopes it continues.
"I don't have a clear answer to that," he said. "If we knew, maybe we could export that to other areas of the city."
East side resident Jordan MacDonald believes fewer vacant homes in the area might have something to do with it.
Hundreds of abandoned structures were either burned down in arson fires or demolished by the city over the last two years.
"What's happening is they cleaned up all these drug houses. They burned them all down and the drug dealers have no place to be," said MacDonald, 23. "If they have no where to be, then they're going to have to go someplace else."
But he isn't sure how long the calm will last.
"I'm hoping it stays the like it is," he said. "But I personally see it getting wild again. Summer's right around the corner. It tends to get wild when the weather's nice."
Sylvia and Dwayne Jones are sticking with their efforts to beautify parks and neighborhoods and plan to focus on their own neighborhood this summer.
"I think it's a shame that the kids can't run out and play like they used to," said Dwayne Jones while digging away at a vegetable garden beside his home. "We've seen the neighborhood change, but I still love this city."
"Our hearts are committed to it and we're doing our part," said Sylvia Jones.
Thomas April 22, 2012 at 7:12AM
At this point there is no reason to conclude that it needs any explanation, since you don't yet actually have enough data to conclude that the pattern even exists.
jacobsmith April 22, 2012 at 8:11AM
While I think the lack of murders on the east side is just an anomaly, I do think that tearing down the decaying structures does help. Every grassy lot makes the city better.
Mark April 22, 2012 at 9:07AM
I moved from the Chevrolet-Flushing Rd. area to the North Georgia mountains. We don't have those kinds of problems here - y'all.
Find the money somewhere. Get out of the crap hole that is Flint - for that matter - Michigan!
hec123 April 22, 2012 at 9:12AM
Maybe the east side gangs have it under control.
Whiteone April 22, 2012 at 9:13AM
Wow a risk analysis!!! I wonder if the Flint Police, namely Alvern Locke, created one of these useful crime fighting tools? So now what we have is a road map of where the majority of crime is occurring. Hey Alvern you and the brand spanking new very expensive "Safety Guru" should get together and set up a crime prevention task force and converge on this one area.
Couple of ideas for you! Roving patrols in conjunction with the state and sheriff’s departments. Yep maybe even through in a couple of foot patrols followed by a scout car. By the way Alvern, you and the safety Guru should also be in the field. This way any needed adjustments could be made on the fly. Use the fire station on Pierson Rd as a mini police station.
Next, use the CAPS program as a model for the "Citizens Patrol" group that was started in Flint. Find a retired officer that is willing to lead the group and let these guys run the "Mini Station."
Loitering in front of stores should absolutely be discouraged! All violators will be ticketed. Hold store owners responsible for repeated violations.
During school hours, if youngsters are walking around, corral them up and take them back to school. Names should be recorded and repeat offenders parents need to be held accountable.
A curfew could be applied in this area for 12:00 a.m. I know this may be difficult to enforce, however it would give officers a little lee-way when noticing suspicious activity during curfew hours. Now, this would require officers to be very mature and not rousting people because of silly reasons.
Set-up a special hot-line for citizens to report crime. Even give monetary rewards for successful arrests. I hated saying that, people should report crime because it’s the right thing to do.
Security guard firms, the city could set-up some type of monetary contract with security guard firms to be a extra pair of eyes and even detain potential suspects. Other cities do this, so can Flint!
These are just a few ideas... Police presence, resolve, and public participation, in my opinion, would reduce crime by at least 30-40%.
3sense April 22, 2012 at 10:09AM
Whiteone, and just where is the money suppose to come from, and giving out tickets, for what, also there is 47,000 ticket holders in Genesee Co. now. and not enough Police to go around. Your comments sound good on paper, but in the real world, no money, no jail space, no Police. As far as ticketing the store owners for people loitering, the owners are not police, and if they went out there after dark, they would end up being bullet stoppers. Maybe you want to volunteer for the job? |
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Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:48 am |
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untanglingwebs
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The east side has had its share of domestics, B&E's and home invasions.
The article also did not mention the number of complaints about lfights, sometimes as many as 30 people involved, and the increased numbers of girls involved in these fights. |
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Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:51 am |
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