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View Comments A man who helped train violence interrupters in Indianapolis has been charged with intimidation, but he says he s the one who was threatened and was only trying to protect himself. Shane Shepherd, founder of nonprofit youth outreach group B4U Fall, was contracted by the Indy Public Safety Foundation to train violence interrupters in December. Interrupters have connections in communities impacted by violence and leverage those connections to try to interrupt the cycle of crime. Shepherd founded the organization after serving time in federal prison on a weapons charge. On May 12, a woman described as a community advocate told police Shepherd made threatening statements toward her for associating with people Shepherd said were trying to kill him, according to court documents. Those threats, the woman said, came in a Facebook Live video Shepherd posted May 7. That video has since been made private. ....
Mar 9, 2021 / 10:41 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the Indy Public Safety Foundation on Tuesday formally announced the addition of “Interrupting Racism” training as part of the IMPD Training Academy curriculum for the 22nd Recruit Class. Police officers say the two-day training, conducted last week, marked the police department’s next step in racial and cultural sensitivity training for new officers. Katherine Cummings, the IMPD training commander, said, “We are looking for people who are young and eager to serve and want to see their community grow and thrive and be better.” Indy Public Safety Foundation says the anti-racism workshop uses exercises designed to interrupt every day practices that result in racist outcomes. “We try and explain how we continue to uphold a racist system without making anyone feel guilty and we give knowledge as to how it’s happening,” said Jill English, director of Inter ....
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the Indy Public Safety Foundation have another tool to improve transparency and address racial and cultural sensitivity. ....