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Kinetics host  town hall meeting on Snitching and Witnes Intimidation.

Baltimore, MD 2008: The purpose of the Town Hall meeting was to provide the community with a forum to discuss policing issues such as snitching, witness intimidation and police corruption. The forum  also gave government officials and the police department an opportunity to discuss their policing strategy.

Host Pastor

Rev. Eric King, New Life United Methodist Church

Presiding

Rev. Heber Brown III,Vice President of the Interministerial Alliance &  facilitator for Young Clergy for Social Change

Moderator

Prof. Sherrilyn Iffil, University of Maryland Professor of Law and author of  On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the 21st Century

Panelists

Lt. Col. Richard Hite,Baltimore City Police, Community Outreach

Mr. Rodney Bethea, the producer of “Stop Snitching 2” DVD

Ms. Angela Norris (invited), Anne Arundel State’s Attorney Office

Brother Farajii Muhammed, Muhammad’s Mosque No. 6

A. Dwight Petit, Legendary Civil Rights Attorney

Dr. Tyrone Powers, Director of the Institute for Criminal Justice and author of Eyes to My Soul: The Rise or Decline of a Black FBI Agent

Stop Snitching Town Hall Meeting

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