Administrative leave following a deadly officerinvolved shooting monday night. But the woman they saved from an attacker says police had no choice. Police shot and killed 25 yearold market bivins during a domestic disturbance call at the valley high apartments ,just off edgewood road nw. Raelynn finn returned home to her apartment for the first time just this afternoon. Finn says shes still healing from stab wounds, a broken jaw and ruptured ear drum. She also says police had to shoot bivins because he was stabbing her right in front of them. Her couch and started stabbing me in the fact. Did you know he had a knife . I saw it in his hand but i was trying to run when i saw the officers. Finn says the cedar rapids officers shot bivins twice during the attack. They also used a taser 3 times after that because he still wouldnt quit his attack. Reports surfaced this morning suggesting that waterloo has asked police chief dan trelka to resign. Out of town and no city official has been able
That young people especially young men grow up in a desensitized world. 37 15 Graham Goulden scott ish Violence Reduction unit why is this contributing to the violence in our society. We start to ask these questions and why. Young people today are living in a highly sexualized and intoxicating environment. With nearly 30 years of trying to stop violence in scotland, goulden said a lack of respect for others and can to a violent edge. 36 20 goulden we have Law Enforcement and they have a clear role but well never police away all violence. We need to get people to show some compassion in their communities, to get people to act, to intervene, not just for Law Enforcement but to challenge their friends, their neighbors are. The assault and killing of 66yearold nancy krapfl two months ago brought so much outrage throughout dubuque. Yet this talk. Nats of goulden. Needed to take place even over the subjects of racist or sexist comments or jokes. 3950 if we dont confront those types of things
Waterloo landlords want to know if theyre renting an apartment to someone with a criminal past. The city council is considering eliminating a portion of rental applications where youre required to disclose criminal convictions. Based on that information a landlord can then decide not to rent to them. Landlords of black hawk wants to protect the inexperienced landlords who dont know the rules. And they say some may not be able to preform a Human Rights Commission says its only hurting those who want to start a new life. By accepting somebody without doing their background check or asking that question you may inadvertently put a pedophile, a someone convicted of repeated issues of violence, next to someone you love, and nobody wants that. The idea is that when you go in for an application if the box is removed you dont signal to the employer or the landlord that you have a record and so youre treated as a human being. The city council will hold an open work session on this issue on mond
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