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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Eight oh five. Here fifty five KRCD talk station, Happy
Friday tgif bottom of the hour, we're gonna hear from
Lori Flake. She's with the Karen Wellington Foundation. They're doing
a five K coming up. Karen Wellington, the victim of
breast cancer. Just love to have fun, and apparently that's
what she was all about. So in her name, they've
been well sending folks that are struggling with cancer diagnosis
(00:23):
to fund to fun events, fun things to do like
skydiving and other things, and of course the charity funds
that work. So Laurie at the bottom of the are.
In the meantime, I am so happy to have in studio.
What an inspirational guy. Truth to power. Andre Ewing a
n d are e Ewing e wyng. I say it
and spell it out loud, because I want you to
head over to his Facebook page. Just search for Andre Ewing.
(00:45):
You'll see him. You'll see Curse Breakers three hundred. You
always mentioned Curse Breakers three hundred. Andre. Welcome back, man,
It's so cool to see you.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Hey, brother Brown's so happy to be here. I'm excited
and once again on fire.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Okay, real quick, here put some context before we start
diving into this. If you've been ranting about it of late,
and Lord knows you have enough subject matter to go
on a rant. Curse Breaker three hundred, what's that all about?
What's behind that moniker?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
It developed through the prison system of trying to help
returning citizens. So even as a police officer, I got
tired of dropping them off at the justice center and
that was it. So I wanted to assist and help
them to get out. So I was trying to let
them know that you can break these strongholds on your life.
So I would go inside the prisons and tell them
(01:31):
you can identify the curse. You can confront this curse
and have the power once you identified it and you've
confronted it to overpower this stronghold on you be able
to move it out the way and then destroy it.
And there is Cursebreakers three hundred. It goes with Gideon's
three hundred actually from the Bible Judges seven seven people
(01:52):
related to the movie to three hundred. But it shows
that this is an elite group and together we can
defeat and beat Millias if necessary.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Well, that's beautiful. You know the idea that you know
thirty years as a police officer and again thanks to
your service to the community over all those years. I'm
sure you have stories that we could talk about for
hours and hours of what you've seen and lived through
as a police officer. But the idea that you would,
you know, move from your role as a law enforcer
locking people up, to go into the lock up and
(02:22):
try to get them from stopping from preventing them from
being a recipibus criminal. You know, when you get out,
there's a better path. I wish more officers would would
go down that road. Do you think it really does
some good?
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Absolutely, it does some good. Excuse me.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
One thing that was interesting in that journey is that
a lot of negativity, obviously that the inmates would have.
And I was doing a series there on forgiveness, and
for at least two months they actually did not know
who I was being inside the prison because I was
(02:56):
engaging with them, going through church service with them, and
I actually said, you've never asked, and I never told
you what my profession is. Didn't now I'm a uniform
off So I sat there and told them, look, I said,
I'm a Cincinnati police officer. And at that time you
could have heard a pin drop, and they looked at
(03:16):
me and said, no, brother Dre, you're not because you've
treated us fair, You've washed our feet, you showed us love.
You sat in here with us as if nothing was wrong.
And I said, this is the way. I know you've
been offended in certain cases. I know you've gotten extra
charges on you, but I'm showing you forgiveness is the
right way. And when a young man stood up and said,
(03:38):
when I was going to leave here, I was going
to assassinate a police officer until you were here, and
now I am not, it showed the impact that there
needs to be serious conversations and these inmates say, who
have been done wrong? But police officers, we can together
by the power of God.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
It shows that we can heal well.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
And you also you pointed out through illustration that the
police officers, generally speaking, aren't bad people.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Correct, I mean there's this entire narrative that every police
officer is bad. Right, No, I mean I've worked with them.
Are there bad cops? Absolutely absolutely? And have how I identified
and even spoken out on these things. And this is
why in the past I ran for Sentinel president that
would have a voice to address these matters.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Of civil rights and equal rights.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
But the peers felt that I was too vocal and
they didn't want somebody vocal to speak out on the
behalfs of police officers.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
I understand that, and you are outspoken, Like I said
Andre Ewing on Facebook, You'll see exactly what I'm talking about.
All right now, pivoting over your most recent rant, some
strong words directed at Iris Rawli now having been a
police officer, she was recently involved in a bit of
a a verbal altercation with the police officer. Was she
preventing him from performing his job? And isn't that a
(05:06):
citable offense when you look right, when you look at it.
What's your take on that most recent interaction with this
insane police Police Department officer?
Speaker 2 (05:14):
First of all, was a from my it was officer.
Her a female and she apparently works down at Finley Marketing,
does a phenomenal job. I heard She's only been on
about four years and she works the community. She's out
on foot and she's trying to make sure that the
(05:35):
streets are clear and when she gets complaints, and based
on this interaction, Miss Rowley approaches her during this investigation.
She already knew the subject. The subject was calm, and
she still interfeares and she asks, ma'am, could you please
(05:55):
just stand over there? She said, I don't absolutely have
to do nothing. I'm going to follow you. And she
was right in between the subject and the police officer,
which is extremely dangerous.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
That's outrageous. Yes, now, could the officer have cited her
for that because she was performing her duty as a
police officer and Irish really got in between her and
I don't want the subject the purp whatever, but that
impeded her ability to do her job and complete the investigation.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Absolutely obstruction of official business. And this officer was totally professional.
They were polite, they were on point, and showed high
integrity and that's what should be praised even in this moment.
But there's things that need to be identified or you
going to be an activist or you going to be
(06:51):
a representation even for the public. But your words is
that you need to put an officer on your list,
and they get on your list, then you may be
able to get them fired. How does that boost the
morale of police officers? Knowing that this individual is working
in city council.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Well, she has been an outspoken critic of the police
department generally speaking, I mean speck since the riots, that's
where she came to prominence.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Correct, Correct, And I've always said that that Irish Rollie
has done some great work. There were some things that
were needed and necessary in the city and in dealing
with policing.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
I agree with that, but collaborative. Correct. But when you
move to this.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Degree, what exactly is your motive at this particular point.
We need to understand that if you, as a city leader,
are telling everyone that police are no good, we don't
need police disregard what they say, and this is a
leader who has a high influence on the community, then
(07:59):
we need to redirect our energy and find out what
exactly is going on here because this does not help
police relations well certainly.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
And circling back to your interactions with the folks that
have been arrested. We're in the prison system. A guy
wants to get out of jail and kill a police officer.
Andre Ewing shows up and shows a different side of
the police department and a different side of who these
officers are, and you completely change his heart and mind. Meanwhile,
Iris ROLI's out there maintaining that sort of broad brush
(08:29):
perception of the police department, suggesting that all of them
are bad.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Correct, correct, and this helps no one.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
No, and that this is what Smithman screams about all
the time. How come are elected officials, the council members,
city manager not elected, I understand, but the mayor aren't
coming out in more strongly saying positive things about the police,
you know, like you do pointing out the contrary narrative.
(08:56):
This is what role models should be doing in order
to bring about the better sense of saya and a
greater willingness of everybody within the city to work with
the police and not consider them an enemy from the
get go. Yes, that silence is a really terrible thing.
Iris is saying it out loud, but the silence from
the elected officials sort of adds to it. Oh, it
must be true what Iris is saying. The mayor hasn't
(09:17):
come out and said anything to the contrary exactly.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
And I've always stated this, Every elected official on council
should do a ride along with the police at least
once once a week, at least once a week, and
rotate on different shifts every week, because it amazes me
how you quarterback the job, but you refuse to get
in the seat to see exactly what we do. And
(09:43):
I've challenged individuals on that. I've even when I was
on the force, I had told the city manager, please
ride along because there are things that you just don't
know about that you sit in this seat, then your
optics will be completely changed. So don't quarterback an officer's
position until you get in that hot seat on a
(10:06):
regular basis, because I can say that Smitherman years ago
did ride along with me, and he had a different
perception on certain circumstances where he even said, I can't
believe you didn't taste that guy, because I wouldn't taste
said exactly looking different in the eyes of a police officer.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
Will continue with Andre Ewing again. Head on to the
Facebook and check him out and some of the rants
he goes on. You're gonna love what he has to say.
Eight to sixteen. Will continue with Andre after these brief words.
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Speaker 1 (11:36):
This eight nineteen on a Friday. Happy Friday to you
extra special Happy Friday. Andre Ewing in studio after thirty
years of service the Cincinnata Police Department, engaging in community
activistm like he did when he was on the police force,
going into the prisons and trying to talk how to
break the curse, this concept of curse breakers three hundred
(11:56):
das behind. But we're pivoting over to some of the
issues he's been on a ramp about of late. You know,
iris Roli be included among those. She I guess she's
serving no other role with the Pervoll administration as than
some sort of paid advisor Andre if I got that right.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
That is what I've been told is she's a paid advisor,
and she works as an advisor for the mayor, the chief,
and the city manager.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
As a consultant, okay, and obviously not being consulted to
smooth things over with the police department, considering she's going
after them all the time. And I know you've given
her props for her work dealing with the collaborative agreement
after the riots, and she has some you know, some
good points under her name, But in her role right
now as an activist, and considering the direction she goes
(12:45):
with her activism, I got to imagine the only purpose
she serves with the with the Pervoll administration is that
she's got such a profound, strong voice within the black
community that she gets in votes.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
Well how can I say it that Brother Smithman said
it the best. What exactly is your role? You're getting
paid by the city tax dollars? What is your role?
Right and until the city administration allows it to be
very clear and what she can and cannot do, this
(13:22):
will be a mystery to city tax payers at this
particular time.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
And Ken Coober, the FOP president, did file a complaint
against her for some of the things she said out loud,
but the city just issued a report giving her a
pass saying no, this was not in her role in
any capacity with the city Erico, she said these things
and her role as a private citizen. Nothing to see here.
I'm not quite sure that I buy that anyway. One
of the things we talked about off break or on
(13:48):
the break, you wanted to bring up the whole idea
of District five and the elimination of District five and
how that actually impacts the former District five residents.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Correct, And I just want to ask first thing, deepest
condolences to Krishanda Sierra Wynn, who lost her life I
made to a tragedy shooting. And to say that this
is not a threat to the public or community. If
the individuals or individuals have not been found, then it's
still a threat.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
As of right now, the best of my knowledgy, they
have not gotten the person who's responsible for killing her.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
Absolute tragedy. It really is so understand.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
That District five was located at A ten twelve lud Low,
Okay right at during nineteen fifty seven to twenty eighteen.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
Now it was moved due to.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Complaints about it was cramped and unhealthy conditions, which I
can speak for because I worked at District five and
it was cramped and it was unhealthy. So now it's
occupied by the park board and been renovated.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
But now let's move further.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Twenty eighteen to twenty twenty three, District five moves to
fifty eight to thirty seven Hamilton Avenue.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
So you have them from.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Ludlow that was close to right there, to UC that
needs the police as well. You move them a little
further way up on Hamilton Avenue. Now they say this
was a citywide redistricting plan that consolidated police district.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Now listen to this.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
District five Serve College Hill, Mount Airy, North Side, Camp Washington,
Whitten Hills, Spring Grove, Village, Clifton, and the cuff.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
Okay, it's gone now.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Now District three had to take over College Hill, mount Airy,
north side of Camp Washington. District three is on Ferguson Avenue,
Price Hill area, deep west side. Now imagine the officer
leaving that location trying to find the best route to
get to College Hill Man Montanare Queen City's erect bootn
(15:57):
is crowded, Glen Way is cloud crowded. So you're trying
to get down to Montana and to work your way
up Coraine and cross over to get to Hamilton.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
Imagine the time it takes. And now the officer.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
Gets there, does a police report, realizes hey, I got
to do this report, file some property and do extra
work and.
Speaker 3 (16:18):
Drive back to District three.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
And people wonder why these issues and police times are
are are now getting less and less on.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Time longer and longer. Yes, sir, well, that's explained that completely,
and all the officers added in the world can't change
that reality if they got to make that trip.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
So not only short officers, we got them like ten
gazillion miles away from where something might have happened.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Absolutely, so when we have people say what took you
so long? Why do you get here? Trust me, officers
want to get here. But what's interesting is data analysis
and efficiency. According to the city manager stated that this
shift presented.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
The best permanent solution for.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
The department moving forward, and the chief stated a response
time have been carefully analyzed and would not be neglatively affected.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Come on blind, because you say it out loud doesn't
make it true.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Now look at it again right now, and from this leadership,
this is what we see is a travesty on why
our police cannot get to locations on time. You just
do not remove an entire police district from a community
and say safety is my number one priority.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
And it would know better than someone who did it
for thirty years, that man Andre Ewing in studio speaking
truth to power and putting some solid ideas behind what
he's saying. Andre Ewing on Facebook, you got a spot
here in the morning show. Andre I love hearing from you,
and you're always welcome to come in and chime in
on your thoughts and comments.
Speaker 3 (17:57):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
It's been a pleasure having mate to have a fantastic weekend.
It's eight twenty six right now, fifty five ks to
the talk station. Getting some love together for charity. Lordy
Flori Flake's gonna tell us all about the Karen Wellington
Foundation and the upcoming five K. Sounds like a fabulous organization.
We'll be right back.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
This is fifty five KRC, an iHeartRadio station, so free
Eight oh five. Here fifty five KRCD talk station, Happy
Friday tgif bottom of the hour, we're gonna hear from
Lori Flake. She's with the Karen Wellington Foundation. They're doing
a five K coming up. Karen Wellington, the victim of
breast cancer. Just love to have fun, and apparently that's
what she was all about. So in her name, they've
been well sending folks that are struggling with cancer diagnosis
(00:23):
to fund to fun events, fun things to do like
skydiving and other things, and of course the charity funds
that work. So Laurie at the bottom of the are.
In the meantime, I am so happy to have in studio.
What an inspirational guy. Truth to power. Andre Ewing a
n d are e Ewing e wyng. I say it
and spell it out loud, because I want you to
head over to his Facebook page. Just search for Andre Ewing.
(00:45):
You'll see him. You'll see Curse Breakers three hundred. You
always mentioned Curse Breakers three hundred. Andre. Welcome back, man,
It's so cool to see you.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Hey, brother Brown's so happy to be here. I'm excited
and once again on fire.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Okay, real quick, here put some context before we start
diving into this. If you've been ranting about it of late,
and Lord knows you have enough subject matter to go
on a rant. Curse Breaker three hundred, what's that all about?
What's behind that moniker?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
It developed through the prison system of trying to help
returning citizens. So even as a police officer, I got
tired of dropping them off at the justice center and
that was it. So I wanted to assist and help
them to get out. So I was trying to let
them know that you can break these strongholds on your life.
So I would go inside the prisons and tell them
(01:31):
you can identify the curse. You can confront this curse
and have the power once you identified it and you've
confronted it to overpower this stronghold on you be able
to move it out the way and then destroy it.
And there is Cursebreakers three hundred. It goes with Gideon's
three hundred actually from the Bible Judges seven seven people
(01:52):
related to the movie to three hundred. But it shows
that this is an elite group and together we can
defeat and beat Millias if necessary.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Well, that's beautiful. You know the idea that you know
thirty years as a police officer and again thanks to
your service to the community over all those years. I'm
sure you have stories that we could talk about for
hours and hours of what you've seen and lived through
as a police officer. But the idea that you would,
you know, move from your role as a law enforcer
locking people up, to go into the lock up and
(02:22):
try to get them from stopping from preventing them from
being a recipibus criminal. You know, when you get out,
there's a better path. I wish more officers would would
go down that road. Do you think it really does
some good?
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Absolutely, it does some good. Excuse me.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
One thing that was interesting in that journey is that
a lot of negativity, obviously that the inmates would have.
And I was doing a series there on forgiveness, and
for at least two months they actually did not know
who I was being inside the prison because I was
(02:56):
engaging with them, going through church service with them, and
I actually said, you've never asked, and I never told
you what my profession is. Didn't now I'm a uniform
off So I sat there and told them, look, I said,
I'm a Cincinnati police officer. And at that time you
could have heard a pin drop, and they looked at
(03:16):
me and said, no, brother Dre, you're not because you've
treated us fair, You've washed our feet, you showed us love.
You sat in here with us as if nothing was wrong.
And I said, this is the way. I know you've
been offended in certain cases. I know you've gotten extra
charges on you, but I'm showing you forgiveness is the
right way. And when a young man stood up and said,
(03:38):
when I was going to leave here, I was going
to assassinate a police officer until you were here, and
now I am not, it showed the impact that there
needs to be serious conversations and these inmates say, who
have been done wrong? But police officers, we can together
by the power of God.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
It shows that we can heal well.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
And you also you pointed out through illustration that the
police officers, generally speaking, aren't bad people.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Correct, I mean there's this entire narrative that every police
officer is bad. Right, No, I mean I've worked with them.
Are there bad cops? Absolutely absolutely? And have how I identified
and even spoken out on these things. And this is
why in the past I ran for Sentinel president that
would have a voice to address these matters.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Of civil rights and equal rights.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
But the peers felt that I was too vocal and
they didn't want somebody vocal to speak out on the
behalfs of police officers.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
I understand that, and you are outspoken, Like I said
Andre Ewing on Facebook, You'll see exactly what I'm talking about.
All right now, pivoting over your most recent rant, some
strong words directed at Iris Rawli now having been a
police officer, she was recently involved in a bit of
a a verbal altercation with the police officer. Was she
preventing him from performing his job? And isn't that a
(05:06):
citable offense when you look right, when you look at it.
What's your take on that most recent interaction with this
insane police Police Department officer?
Speaker 2 (05:14):
First of all, was a from my it was officer.
Her a female and she apparently works down at Finley Marketing,
does a phenomenal job. I heard She's only been on
about four years and she works the community. She's out
on foot and she's trying to make sure that the
(05:35):
streets are clear and when she gets complaints, and based
on this interaction, Miss Rowley approaches her during this investigation.
She already knew the subject. The subject was calm, and
she still interfeares and she asks, ma'am, could you please
(05:55):
just stand over there? She said, I don't absolutely have
to do nothing. I'm going to follow you. And she
was right in between the subject and the police officer,
which is extremely dangerous.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
That's outrageous. Yes, now, could the officer have cited her
for that because she was performing her duty as a
police officer and Irish really got in between her and
I don't want the subject the purp whatever, but that
impeded her ability to do her job and complete the investigation.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Absolutely obstruction of official business. And this officer was totally professional.
They were polite, they were on point, and showed high
integrity and that's what should be praised even in this moment.
But there's things that need to be identified or you
going to be an activist or you going to be
(06:51):
a representation even for the public. But your words is
that you need to put an officer on your list,
and they get on your list, then you may be
able to get them fired. How does that boost the
morale of police officers? Knowing that this individual is working
in city council.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Well, she has been an outspoken critic of the police
department generally speaking, I mean speck since the riots, that's
where she came to prominence.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Correct, Correct, And I've always said that that Irish Rollie
has done some great work. There were some things that
were needed and necessary in the city and in dealing
with policing.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
I agree with that, but collaborative. Correct. But when you
move to this.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Degree, what exactly is your motive at this particular point.
We need to understand that if you, as a city leader,
are telling everyone that police are no good, we don't
need police disregard what they say, and this is a
leader who has a high influence on the community, then
(07:59):
we need to redirect our energy and find out what
exactly is going on here because this does not help
police relations well certainly.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
And circling back to your interactions with the folks that
have been arrested. We're in the prison system. A guy
wants to get out of jail and kill a police officer.
Andre Ewing shows up and shows a different side of
the police department and a different side of who these
officers are, and you completely change his heart and mind. Meanwhile,
Iris ROLI's out there maintaining that sort of broad brush
(08:29):
perception of the police department, suggesting that all of them
are bad.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Correct, correct, and this helps no one.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
No, and that this is what Smithman screams about all
the time. How come are elected officials, the council members,
city manager not elected, I understand, but the mayor aren't
coming out in more strongly saying positive things about the police,
you know, like you do pointing out the contrary narrative.
(08:56):
This is what role models should be doing in order
to bring about the better sense of saya and a
greater willingness of everybody within the city to work with
the police and not consider them an enemy from the
get go. Yes, that silence is a really terrible thing.
Iris is saying it out loud, but the silence from
the elected officials sort of adds to it. Oh, it
must be true what Iris is saying. The mayor hasn't
(09:17):
come out and said anything to the contrary exactly.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
And I've always stated this, Every elected official on council
should do a ride along with the police at least
once once a week, at least once a week, and
rotate on different shifts every week, because it amazes me
how you quarterback the job, but you refuse to get
in the seat to see exactly what we do. And
(09:43):
I've challenged individuals on that. I've even when I was
on the force, I had told the city manager, please
ride along because there are things that you just don't
know about that you sit in this seat, then your
optics will be completely changed. So don't quarterback an officer's
position until you get in that hot seat on a
(10:06):
regular basis, because I can say that Smitherman years ago
did ride along with me, and he had a different
perception on certain circumstances where he even said, I can't
believe you didn't taste that guy, because I wouldn't taste
said exactly looking different in the eyes of a police officer.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
Will continue with Andre Ewing again. Head on to the
Facebook and check him out and some of the rants
he goes on. You're gonna love what he has to say.
Eight to sixteen. Will continue with Andre after these brief words.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
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Speaker 4 (10:43):
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a bit through the cut, then heavy out of Saint
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krs the talk station.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
This eight nineteen on a Friday. Happy Friday to you
extra special Happy Friday. Andre Ewing in studio after thirty
years of service the Cincinnata Police Department, engaging in community
activistm like he did when he was on the police force,
going into the prisons and trying to talk how to
break the curse, this concept of curse breakers three hundred
(11:56):
das behind. But we're pivoting over to some of the
issues he's been on a ramp about of late. You know,
iris Roli be included among those. She I guess she's
serving no other role with the Pervoll administration as than
some sort of paid advisor Andre if I got that right.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
That is what I've been told is she's a paid advisor,
and she works as an advisor for the mayor, the chief,
and the city manager.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
As a consultant, okay, and obviously not being consulted to
smooth things over with the police department, considering she's going
after them all the time. And I know you've given
her props for her work dealing with the collaborative agreement
after the riots, and she has some you know, some
good points under her name, But in her role right
now as an activist, and considering the direction she goes
(12:45):
with her activism, I got to imagine the only purpose
she serves with the with the Pervoll administration is that
she's got such a profound, strong voice within the black
community that she gets in votes.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
Well how can I say it that Brother Smithman said
it the best. What exactly is your role? You're getting
paid by the city tax dollars? What is your role?
Right and until the city administration allows it to be
very clear and what she can and cannot do, this
(13:22):
will be a mystery to city tax payers at this
particular time.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
And Ken Coober, the FOP president, did file a complaint
against her for some of the things she said out loud,
but the city just issued a report giving her a
pass saying no, this was not in her role in
any capacity with the city Erico, she said these things
and her role as a private citizen. Nothing to see here.
I'm not quite sure that I buy that anyway. One
of the things we talked about off break or on
(13:48):
the break, you wanted to bring up the whole idea
of District five and the elimination of District five and
how that actually impacts the former District five residents.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Correct, And I just want to ask first thing, deepest
condolences to Krishanda Sierra Wynn, who lost her life I
made to a tragedy shooting. And to say that this
is not a threat to the public or community. If
the individuals or individuals have not been found, then it's
still a threat.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
As of right now, the best of my knowledgy, they
have not gotten the person who's responsible for killing her.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
Absolute tragedy. It really is so understand.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
That District five was located at A ten twelve lud Low,
Okay right at during nineteen fifty seven to twenty eighteen.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
Now it was moved due to.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Complaints about it was cramped and unhealthy conditions, which I
can speak for because I worked at District five and
it was cramped and it was unhealthy. So now it's
occupied by the park board and been renovated.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
But now let's move further.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Twenty eighteen to twenty twenty three, District five moves to
fifty eight to thirty seven Hamilton Avenue.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
So you have them from.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Ludlow that was close to right there, to UC that
needs the police as well. You move them a little
further way up on Hamilton Avenue. Now they say this
was a citywide redistricting plan that consolidated police district.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Now listen to this.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
District five Serve College Hill, Mount Airy, North Side, Camp Washington,
Whitten Hills, Spring Grove, Village, Clifton, and the cuff.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
Okay, it's gone now.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Now District three had to take over College Hill, mount Airy,
north side of Camp Washington. District three is on Ferguson Avenue,
Price Hill area, deep west side. Now imagine the officer
leaving that location trying to find the best route to
get to College Hill Man Montanare Queen City's erect bootn
(15:57):
is crowded, Glen Way is cloud crowded. So you're trying
to get down to Montana and to work your way
up Coraine and cross over to get to Hamilton.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
Imagine the time it takes. And now the officer.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
Gets there, does a police report, realizes hey, I got
to do this report, file some property and do extra
work and.
Speaker 3 (16:18):
Drive back to District three.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
And people wonder why these issues and police times are
are are now getting less and less on.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Time longer and longer. Yes, sir, well, that's explained that completely,
and all the officers added in the world can't change
that reality if they got to make that trip.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
So not only short officers, we got them like ten
gazillion miles away from where something might have happened.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Absolutely, so when we have people say what took you
so long? Why do you get here? Trust me, officers
want to get here. But what's interesting is data analysis
and efficiency. According to the city manager stated that this
shift presented.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
The best permanent solution for.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
The department moving forward, and the chief stated a response
time have been carefully analyzed and would not be neglatively affected.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Come on blind, because you say it out loud doesn't
make it true.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Now look at it again right now, and from this leadership,
this is what we see is a travesty on why
our police cannot get to locations on time. You just
do not remove an entire police district from a community
and say safety is my number one priority.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
And it would know better than someone who did it
for thirty years, that man Andre Ewing in studio speaking
truth to power and putting some solid ideas behind what
he's saying. Andre Ewing on Facebook, you got a spot
here in the morning show. Andre I love hearing from you,
and you're always welcome to come in and chime in
on your thoughts and comments.
Speaker 3 (17:57):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
It's been a pleasure having mate to have a fantastic weekend.
It's eight twenty six right now, fifty five ks to
the talk station. Getting some love together for charity. Lordy
Flori Flake's gonna tell us all about the Karen Wellington
Foundation and the upcoming five K. Sounds like a fabulous organization.
We'll be right back.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
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