Minneapolis City Council approves new violence interruption contracts
The Minneapolis City Council on Thursday approved new contracts with community organizations aimed at reducing violence in ...
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Minneapolis officials to drop funding request for pastor's violence prevention group
A Minneapolis council committee was set to review more than $4 million worth of contracts for violence prevention groups on ...
Violence interrupter who threatened violence on Minneapolis council could get new contract
A prominent north Minneapolis pastor who made threatening statements to Minneapolis City Council members could get a new, $643,632 one-year city contract to interrupt violence. The Rev. Jerry McAfee ...
Medcalf: Debate over contract for Rev. Jerry McAfee's nonprofit should not be the focus of violence prevention dialogue
Over the last few weeks, the dialogue about the prevention of violence has centered on the Rev. Jerry McAfee’s back-and-forth ...
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Minneapolis pulls violence interrupter contract request after nonprofit member’s shooting arrest
City officials withdrew a request for Minneapolis City Council action on a violence interrupter contract amid concerns ...
Two violence interrupters charged in Minneapolis shooting
The charges were filed the same day Rev. Jerry McAfee's nonprofit violence interruption program was dropped from ...
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Authorization of contracts for violence interrupter groups in Minneapolis moved to next week
One of those contracts is for Salem, Inc. That group is affiliated with Reverend Jerry McAfee. McAfee has come under fire ...
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21 Days of Peace founder responds to Minneapolis City Council criticism
On Monday, the Minneapolis City Council decided to pull a proposed $640 thousand contract for a non-profit company that helps ...
North Minneapolis violence interrupter in jail days after being shot
The city of Minneapolis relies on volunteers known as violence interrupters to help keep the peace in the neighborhood, but ...
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Security guard shot while working with north Minneapolis violence prevention group
Minneapolis police are searching for the ... and one of the highlights is when we are able to feed them," Rev. Jerry McAfee said. McAfee says that on Monday evening, one of his security guards ...
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Two violence interrupters charged in Minneapolis shooting
Rev. Jerry McAfee, the founder of 21 Days of Peace ... McReynolds and Watkins Jr. came on a day that the administration of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey withdrew a contract proposal to Salem ...