April 10, 200619 yr Posted by: natitownridah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk8Jz7F4fXg&search=swang if only more rap videos had an original concept like this one :roll:
April 10, 200619 yr Another fatal shooting at 14th/Race/Vine. I think that is the third fatality in a week at this location. http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/04/09/cumminsville_shooting.html ...Robinson was fatally wounded in a shooting that took place in Over-the-Rhine Sunday night. With guns drawn and ready for action, Cincinnati police were looking for the suspect in that shooting.
April 10, 200619 yr We really shouldn't be complaining that much. Baltimore had something like 200+ murders same with New Orleans. I'm just saying there is much worse out there.
April 10, 200619 yr I just recieved this email from John Donaldson. All, Many concerned residents of OTR met with at the County administrators building today to support the Todd Portune and the Sheriffs proposal to begin patrolling OTR. All three commissioners acknowledged that crime is out of control by agreeing unanimously to provide funding for the Sheriff. Phil Heimlich the commissioner president made it a point to highlight the fact that the Sheriff has not yet gotten approval to be released from the Collaborative agreement. The Sheriff rebutted by saying "we cannot wait any longer crime is out of control". During the meeting Phil Heimlich danced around the issue a bit by saying he supported the County Finance director to try to provide funding. it was difficult to tell if Mr Heimlich was authorizing the spending so Si in Si's way finally took the floor and asked Phil point blank to stop playing on words and clearly state if he was going to fund this initiative or not. Phil agreed to fund the Sheriffs request. Pat Dewine and of course Mr Portune also agreed. The Sheriff indicated that he needed 1 - 2 months to ramp up to hire additional 20 police. This timing will work out nicely as OTRs first Citizens on patrol will begin about that time. We currently have about 34 folks signed up. This is truly a new page in OTRs history. "WE" can make a difference by working together. Thanks to the Sheriff for stepping up to the plate and thanks to Mr Portune for leading the initiative to funding this.
April 12, 200619 yr two weeks, two kids shot in on the West side of Louisville. Does Cincy have it this bad? last week 3-Year-Old Boy Recovering After Shooting, Police Looking For Suspects tonight. Girl is shot in Shawnee neighborhood The Courier-Journal A 12-year-old girl was wounded by gunfire Tuesday night in the Shawnee neighborhood. She was shot in the lower back while sitting on steps in front of a house in the 3900 block of River Park Drive just before 9 p.m., police said. EMS took her to Kosair-Children’s Hospital. She was conscious. http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060411/NEWS01/60411075
April 12, 200619 yr Well, it obviously sucks that this happened, but it is likely an isolated, non-random incident and this guy pissed somebody off pretty badly. I am sure the sh*t ass Enquirer will run a doom and gloom downtown story on it tomorrow. Hopefully it can help to energize the police and the community to give serious crime a serious kick in the ass! Community Activist Shot Outside Of City Hall Reported by: Lance Barry Web produced by: Mark Sickmiller Photographed by: 9News First posted: 4/12/2006 3:03:51 PM Last updated: 4/12/2006 4:06:24 PM A well-known community activist was shot outside of City Hall Wednesday afternoon and police believe he was specifically targeted. Michael Bailey, also known as General Kabaka Oba of the Black Fist, was shot around 2:55 p.m. as he sat in his car at 810 Plum Street. There are reports he was shot as many as six times. http://wcpo.com/news/2006/local/04/12/plum.html
April 13, 200619 yr ^ CNN.com has video on that story (from WKRC) in their "Top Stories" list right now, with the title "Gunfire on city hall sidewalk adds to bloody streets," although their actual video title is "Cincinnati shooting hits home." I guess the former makes more people click on it or something.
April 13, 200619 yr I guess that's what happens when you run around threatening people's lives....hmm...
April 17, 200619 yr If you live downtown or got to the Aronoff on a regular basis you might remember this joint. This is walnuts streets version of the Bay Horse Cafe. If you have any issues with the place, read on.. IMPORTANT UPDATE RE: THE PHOENIX CAFE 3 dozen resident letters have been received by the Cincinnati Police Department re: the Phoenix Cafe and the first open hearing on the matter was on Tuesday April 4 at 6 PM at City Hall. Several residents came forth to express their concerns. The SECOND, AND FINAL, City Council hearing on this matter will be TUESDAY APRIL 18 at 3 PM...third floor at City Hall. Residents who have concerns/comments are encouraged to attend so that their voices can be heard. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE to be heard.
April 18, 200619 yr That Phoenix really sits in contrast to that Scottish restaurant, Nicholson's, and "ZA" bar next door and Aronoff across the street.
April 18, 200619 yr The Phoenix Cafe has been continuously open since prohibition and I think it might have been open and selling liquor during prhibition. Ladies were not permitted to sit at the bar (at tables only) and the place took a lot of heat for this practice during the women's rights movement. This is the kind of place that could be referred to as a place with character and a Cincinnati tradition. The same cannot be said for the shiny new places around it. If the patrons of the Aronoff spent some money at the place the propietor would probably oblige any requests for amenities. Instead, people are using the courts & legal manuevering to eliminate it Sure, I had my life threatened there once but it was no big deal. Why can't we at least try to let the free enterprise system work once in a while.
April 18, 200619 yr The Phoenix Cafe has been continuously open since prohibition and I think it might have been open and selling liquor during prhibition. Ladies were not permitted to sit at the bar (at tables only) and the place took a lot of heat for this practice during the women's rights movement. This is the kind of place that could be referred to as a place with character and a Cincinnati tradition. The same cannot be said for the shiny new places around it. If the patrons of the Aronoff spent some money at the place the propietor would probably oblige any requests for amenities. Instead, people are using the courts & legal manuevering to eliminate it Sure, I had my life threatened there once but it was no big deal. Why can't we at least try to let the free enterprise system work once in a while. You have some really strange views sometimes... The Phoenix may have a lot of history but that has nothing to do with the current issues of this place. Establishments change. If it's true that they're pushing drugs and prostitution through this place then I doubt they give a shit what "amenities" Aronoff patrons would want.
April 18, 200619 yr Establishments change. If it's true that they're pushing drugs and prostitution through this place then I doubt they give a shit what "amenities" Aronoff patrons would want. No, they give a shit about what the patrons want. If the Aronoff fans go there they will get what they want if they spend some money. Like you said, establishments change.
April 19, 200619 yr Interesting report from the police at today's hearing concerning the Phoenix liquor license renewal. While police have asked the owner to call if he sees criminal activity, they do not differentiate calls coming from the owner from calls concerning the specific or general address (inside the bar or out on the street) but they still argue for rejection of renewal because of the number of calls made. Seems like you get punished for calling the police too much. Laketa Cole mentioned that she had brought this point up with the police before but, apparently, they did nothing about it. They do keep track of the time calls are made and most were made after the bar is closed. The increase in crime in the area seems to coincide with the spike in crime city wide, too.
April 28, 200619 yr From the 4/28/06 Enquirer: Experiment would use meditation to fight crime BY JOHN JOHNSTON | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER Call it the mind-over-murder approach to reducing violent crime in Cincinnati. At 9 a.m. Saturday at Eden Park's Mirror Lake, tai chi teacher Vince Lasorso will kick off what he calls the Greater Cincinnati 30-Day Experiment for Peace. The goal: get at least 3,000 people - or about 1 percent of the city's population - to pray or meditate for 30 days, thereby creating a "peaceful field of consciousness" that he said would change "the energetic climate in which thoughts are formed." http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060427/NEWS01/604270339/1056/rss02
April 28, 200619 yr A) I think the meditating for peace is a bunch of hooey, but I also think it's very cool, and plan to get up in the morning and get some pictures of it. God love 'em, and I know it won't hurt. B) Ghiz should shut the fuck up. He's the chief executive of a city of 300K in a metro of what, pushing 2MM people? And it just takes one crazy idiot like the one who killed Kabaka Oba? I don't begrudge the mayor a bodyguard, and I suspect it sounds awfully petty to others as well. But then I wasn't a Ghiz fan in the first place...
April 29, 200619 yr ^ RiverViewer, you are right on. I thought she was smarter and not as political as that, really disappointed me. I doubt that Scotty Johnson is sleeping in his car out front of Mallory's house or even with him every minute of his (Johnson's) work day, even if he was, Mallory (or somebody) is turning up the heat down there and I can't sez that I blame him, you know he is seriously cheezing off some folks. (and probably most of those would be from outta town, if you know what I mean.)
April 29, 200619 yr I do think it is a bit hypocritical to remove the metal detectors from city hall and then hire a personal bodyguard. I understand the need for a bodyguard but isn't the need to prevent any kook with a gun from walking into council chambers, or any section of city hall for that matter, a bit more important?
April 29, 200619 yr ^ It's also an image and perception issue for the city and I can see where Mallory is trying to set the tone for more 'approachability'. I believe having a body guard while walking thru Over The Rhine during a lengthy and intense police 'sweep' is one thing, but if that same bodyguard is sitting in a folding metal chair right outside his door during regular office hours, then that's another and is certainly more towards hypocrisy.
May 1, 200619 yr I'm cool with the whole the bodyguard deal. It gives our mayor an antourage now!!! I mean lets be honest...thats pretty cool. If mayors of larger cities have bodyguards, then I dont see why the mayor of Cincinnati shouldnt have one.
May 1, 200619 yr I don't really have a problem with the mayor, in fact, I think he's doing a good job. I also understand the idea behind not having metal detectors. But, what if Beatty had shot Oba in council chambers? Yes it's a big "what if" but it's not outside the realm of possibility. What if someone walked in and fired shots at Mallory or the council during one of their sessions? The best of intentions wouldn't mean a thing in relation to the PR mess that would surely ensue. You may as well set the city back another 5 years if that ever happened. I just think a little prevention could go a long way.
May 2, 200619 yr From the 5/2/06 Enquirer: Police warn curfew scofflaws Crackdown won't let up, they say BY WILLIAM A. WEATHERS | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER PRICE HILL - Police issued an early warning to youths on the city's West Side over the weekend. The weather's getting warmer and the school year is nearing its end, and police said they don't want youths roaming the streets late at night. Cincinnati Police District 3 officers made 63 arrests Friday night during the first major curfew sweep of the year, Capt. Andrew Raabe said Monday. Fifty-seven alleged curfew violators were arrested and six adults were cited for allowing the violations. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060502/NEWS01/605020341/1056
May 8, 200619 yr From the 5/7/06 Enquirer: Forum focuses on shootings BY FEOSHIA HENDERSON | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER CARTHAGE - Dozens of residents met Saturday for a nearly three-hour symposium, hoping to end the bloodshed on Cincinnati streets. "We have to get this drug business under control. Otherwise, it's never going to stop," said University of Cincinnati trauma surgeon Kenneth Davis. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060507/NEWS01/605070435/-1/rss
May 9, 200619 yr Hospital fighting gun violence Repeat patients worry surgeons BY PEGGY O'FARRELL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER University Hospital surgeons Jay Johannigman and Kenneth Davis talk a lot about the teenager who came into the emergency room one night with stab wounds. X-rays revealed the boy's body still housed four bullets from previous shootings. The two men hope a new initiative announced Monday will help prevent other young men from becoming repeat customers in their ER because of gun violence. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060509/NEWS01/605090350/1056/rss02
May 9, 200619 yr More victims Shootings treated at University Hospital: In 2005: University Hospital treated 335 gunshot victims. In 2006: Hospital is on track to treat 370 this year. Funding still needed "Out of the Crossfire" is funded in part by $45,000 from the Cincinnati Bar Foundation, $50,000 from the Joseph J. Schott Foundation and $30,000 from Federated Department Stores' Foundation. Another $125,000 in funding is needed.
May 12, 200619 yr From the 5/10/06 Price Hill Press: Crime concerns brings out marchers BY KURT BACKSCHEIDER | COMMUNITY PRESS STAFF WRITER PRICE HILL -- Fed up with criminal activity in the neighborhood, residents took to the streets to show support for the community and present their concerns to police. Last week members of the Price Hill chapter of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, known as ACORN, marched from the old Walgreens building on Glenway Avenue to Cincinnati Police District 3 headquarters carrying signs and chanting for more accountability from police. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060510/NEWS01/605100646/1074/Local
May 15, 200619 yr From the 5/15/06 Enquirer: Suburbs give sense of security Survey finds Cincinnati city-dwellers don't feel as safe BY PEGGY O'FARRELL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER Suburbanites feel much safer in their neighborhoods than do residents of the city of Cincinnati, according to a regionwide community health survey. More than 91 percent of Butler and Warren county residents surveyed agreed that living in their community gives them a secure feeling. That compares to 58 percent of Cincinnati residents who say they feel secure in their neighborhoods, according to the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati's 2005 Community Health Status Survey. "It seems like you can live anywhere else in the region and feel more connected to your community (than in Cincinnati)," said Shiloh Turner, the foundation's director of health-data improvement. Source: The 2005 Greater Cincinnati Community Health Status Survey. The telephone survey covered 2,077 adults in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. The margin for error is plus or minus 2.2 percent.[/color] http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060515/NEWS0103/605150359/1059/rss13
May 16, 200619 yr You're kidding me!...let me get this straight: upper middle class white people that live in sparsly populated areas feel the safest and black people in the worst inner city neighborhoods feel the least secure... well it's a good thing we have these great people spending there time doing surveys like this or else we'd never come to such a conclusion! Even though we already have neighborhood crime statistics and property values to get the same thing.
May 16, 200619 yr The survey in the article had a "white non-Appalachian" demographic? I would be interested to see what the survey considers a "white Appalachian." Perhaps it's someone with a molester mustache that drives a Camaro? or MonteCarlo?
May 16, 200619 yr Here's the reports http://www.healthfoundation.org/gcchss.html This is just a perception issue. Pretty useless.
May 23, 200619 yr From the 5/20/06 Enquirer: Mayor's protection expensive Mallory's bodyguard earns $1,900 overtime in a month BY DAN KLEPAL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER Guarding Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory is a full-time job, and then some. Mallory's new bodyguard, Cincinnati Police Officer Scotty Johnson, has collected more than $1,900 in overtime charges since being reassigned from the downtown police station to the mayor's office April 19. That's 42½ hours of overtime in less than four weeks, and includes the most recent two-week pay period during which he worked 31 overtime hours, at a cost of about $1,300. Johnson's base salary is just over $58,000 a year. Other mayors with security: Louisville, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Tampa. Source: Mayor Mark Mallory's office/Enquirer research.[/color] http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060520/NEWS01/605200389/-1/back01
May 24, 200619 yr Police sweep targets Walnut Hills By Joe Wessels Post contributor Cincinnati Police's Over-the-Rhine crime sweep has been so successful, the department is taking the show on the road. The next stop is Walnut Hills, where officers will begin the same zero-tolerance stance today that had residents and business owners in Over-the-Rhine singing its praises. Officers will tone down the initiative in Over-the-Rhine, but not stop it completely. "I think it has been enormously successful," said Ken Cunningham, a long-time Over-the-Rhine resident and business owner. "There doesn't seem to be the same amount of day-to-day (drug) dealing in our area, in our part of the neighborhood, at least."
May 24, 200619 yr Welcome to them...seven murders in Walnut Hills is just crazy... Uncle Rando, do you have a link to this story?
May 24, 200619 yr Police sweep targets Walnut Hills Council members said they were concerned that 15 percent of all arrests were related to residents from the Drop Inn Center homeless shelter at 12th and Elm streets. Vice mayor James Tarbell said this proves the center is "not in harmony" with the neighborhood and needs to be moved. Council member Leslie Ghiz echoed that sentiment, and said Council within a few weeks would take action affecting the nearly two-decade old social service agency. The Drop Inn Center and city officials, along with staff from the Cincinnati Center City Development Corp. - 3CDC - have been in a protracted disagreement about the relocation of transitional housing on the new site of the School for the Creative and Performing Arts. "It creates a concern that we really need to take a look at," Thomas said. Police will spend the next month in Walnut Hills. After that, they will move on to Avondale. Now this could get interesting . . .
May 24, 200619 yr "Police will spend the next month in Walnut Hills, after that they will move on to Avondale". Doesn't this give the criminals a heads-up on where they should or shouldn't engage in illicit activities?
May 24, 200619 yr Here is the link Riverviewer: http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060524/NEWS01/605240367
June 1, 200619 yr From the 5/31/06 Enquirer: Movie fires back against dangers of gun violence BY QUAN TRUONG | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER DOWNTOWN - More than 300 people showed up at Tuesday's premiere of "Hard-Wear," a movie created to educate Cincinnati youth about the dangers of gun violence. The turnout prompted an unexpected second showing to accommodate the line waiting outside the Harriet Tubman Theater at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. The city's Law Department, Cincinnati community and faith-based groups, Cincinnati Public Schools, Hamilton County Juvenile Court and the Cincinnati Police Department started a partnership to create the program. E-mail [email protected] Get a copy To obtain a free copy of "Hard-Wear," contact Melanie Reising of the Cincinnati Prosecutor's Office, (513) 352-4716, or Melanie.Reis [email protected] http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060531/NEWS01/605310356/1056/rss02
June 20, 200618 yr From the 6/20/06 Enquirer: Council wants more cops As budget process begins, finance team OKs resolution BY DAN KLEPAL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER A majority of Cincinnati City Council members wants to put 100 new police officers on city streets in the next two years. The city Finance Committee passed a 13-point resolution that will be voted on by council Wednesday. The resolution carries six signatures, meaning that it already has the votes to pass. The resolution is a combination of all nine council members' ideas of what should be in the budget. E-mail [email protected] http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060620/NEWS01/606200334/1056/rss02
June 22, 200618 yr From the 6/22/06 Enquirer: Survey: Police feel shackled Morale looks low, according to study BY EILEEN KELLEY | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER A majority of Cincinnati police officers believe the mission of the police department is off base - way off base. Nearly 94 percent of the officers who responded to a survey say that arresting violent criminals is very important but almost as many believe that the department is more concerned with staying out of trouble and keeping overtime down. Source: Survey by Linder & Associates[/color] http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060622/NEWS01/606220363/1077/rss02
June 23, 200618 yr "The number one reason city residents are leaving the city is because of violence," said Peggy Caldwell. I wonder how many of the people leaving have: (1) been personally affected by this violence; (2) seen or heard this violence occur; or (3) directly known a person affected by this violence.
June 23, 200618 yr Quote "The number one reason city residents are leaving the city is because of violence," said Peggy Caldwell. I wonder how many of the people leaving have: (1) been personally affected by this violence; (2) seen or heard this violence occur; or (3) directly known a person affected by this violence. Good point. Since the local media, especially the Enquirer and Channel 12 :shoot:, love to harp on all the negatives of the city, most people's opinion is swayed by this. I spent most of the 1990's and a good part of the early 2000's living, working and partying downtown and have never even seen a crime of any sort. People just fall into a trap of believing the overhyped info they get from the local sources, sad but true.
July 1, 200618 yr Okay, today was the second "homicides on pace for record" story in a week. I will not post it. Here it is if you care: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060701/NEWS01/607010351/1056
July 4, 200618 yr Patrols could include West Side BY WILLIAM A. WEATHERS | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER With deputies scheduled to begin patrolling Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood Aug. 1, Hamilton County Sheriff Simon Leis Jr. will wait and evaluate that effort before considering a request to send deputies to the city's West Side. Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune met with Leis on Friday and asked for the sheriff's deputies to patrol five West Side neighborhoods to help combat increasing crime. E-mail [email protected] http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060704/NEWS01/607040356/1056/rss02
July 11, 200618 yr From the 7/10/06 Cincinnati Post: Forum targets firearm violence By Amy Ehrnreiter Post staff reporter The president of the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati hopes a forum Sunday is just the first step toward reducing gun violence involving Cincinnati's youth. "I hope to stimulate more dialogue," said Donna Jones Stanley, president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati. The Urban League, along with Uptown Consortium Inc., the Community Police Partnering Center and National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, hosted the forum at the Urban League headquarters in Avondale that presented solutions to youth gun violence through Cincinnati-based surgeons, police chiefs from Georgia, Maryland and Ohio, an outreach organization from Washington, D.C., and a local victim of youth gun violence. http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060710/NEWS01/607100375/1010/RSS01 I like how the Enquirer conveniently leaves out its own role in the perception of local crime. Breaking news skews image some have of city BY JOHN KIESEWETTER | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER Do Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky residents have an inaccurate impression about Cincinnati's crime problems from all of the TV "breaking news" crime reports? "I think that's a fair statement," says Brennan Donnellan, WLWT-TV (Channel 5) news director. "There is a skewed perspective. My Anderson Township neighbors tell me, 'Oh, I'd never go downtown!' But I go downtown all the time, and there is no problem," he says. Concerns about crime and personal safety have been cited as a reason Cincinnati has experienced the largest percentage population loss among major cities. Mayor Mark Mallory says TV stations' rush to be first with live reports from crime scenes, or opening newscasts with "breaking news" from shootings and other crimes, "fuels the perception that Cincinnati is unsafe." E-mail [email protected] http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060709/ENT07/607090311/1025/rss05
July 14, 200618 yr From the 7/14/06 Cincinnati Post: Crime tip program takes to Internet By Tom O'Neill Post staff reporter Crime tip, mouse click, and no one ever has to know who sent it. Cincinnati police on Thursday unveiled their newest - and highest-tech - way to connect with crime witnesses: a Web site at which people can provide anonymous tips similar to those passed along for years in calls to Crime Stoppers. http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060714/NEWS01/607140350/1010/RSS01
July 15, 200618 yr You can even upload a .jpg or .gif! Any attorney-types know if the pictures could actually be used as evidence? Like, chain of custody obviously isn't possible, but could they have experts testify that the pictures wasn't modified? That good enough?
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