The mainstay Jamaican restaurant provides encouragement and opportunity for Linden, as the neighborhood awaits long-promised improvements from the city.
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So many stories in the news recently focus on a never ending litany of reports of violence. Racist violence against our neighbors, the death of Black men and women at the hands of those who we trust to protect us, and regularly occurring gun shots and deaths in the inner city raised to headlines only when they are experienced in suburban malls. Is this another recent consequence of COVID or are there deeper issues to address? Our panelist will discuss what they are doing to address violence in order to make a real change for a safer community for everyone.
The live forum, streamed free on the club s YouTube page starting at noon, will feature:
Elizabeth Brown, the president pro tempore of Columbus City Council
Miguel ‘Geno’ Tucker, the founder and CEO of Remember Us Urban Scouts
Yahaira Rose, Director, Dominican Sisters of Peace Martin de Porres Center
Elizabeth Gill, Lead Juvenile Judge, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas
Mike Thompson of WOSU Public Media will moderate the conversation.
More on violence, police shootings and lives lost in Columbus
Columbus Police kill Black man weeks after protests against brutality
By Will Wright New York Times,Updated December 23, 2020, 8:03 a.m.
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An Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation agent worked the scene of a shooting on Tuesday.Joshua A. Bickel/Associated Press
A police officer fatally shot a Black man early Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio, three weeks after a county sheriffâs deputy killed a Black man in the state capital, which ignited a round of protests against police brutality.
âOur community is exhausted,â Mayor Andrew J. Ginther said during a news conference.
Ginther said the fact that the officer did not activate his body camera until after Tuesdayâs shooting âdisturbs me greatly,â particularly with the city still reeling from the Dec. 4 death of Casey Goodson Jr., which was not captured on video.