Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee mayor defends violence prevention pick amid opposition
Milwaukee mayor defends violence prevention decide amid opposition
A Milwaukee home violence official stated he is quitting after Alderman Ashanti Hamilton was tapped to guide the Workplace of Violence Prevention (OVP).
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee home violence official stated he is quitting after Alderman Ashanti Hamilton was tapped to guide the Workplace of Violence Prevention (OVP).
Jermaine Reed stated Hamilton’s 2009 responsible plea to a felony youngster abuse cost makes him a horrible selection. Mayor Cavalier Johnson stated Hamilton has made optimistic affect in Milwaukee and is standing behind his decide.
“I assumed it was reckless, I assumed it was careless,” stated Reed.
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Reed is resigning from town’s Fee on Home Violence and Sexual Assault. The transfer follows Johnson’s appointment of Hamilton to depart the OVP.
“I knew the work I do on the non-public {and professional} facet the values didn’t align. I knew I needed to step down,” Reed stated.
Mayor Cavalier Johnson and Ashanti Hamilton
In 2009, prosecutors accused Hamilton of hitting his then 6-year-old daughter with a plastic hanger, leaving marks on her physique. Hamilton addressed his previous on Monday, saying he has grown from his troubles 14 years in the past.
“This can be a actuality I needed to undergo, a studying expertise that I needed to develop by way of. And I believe we carry our life experiences to each place that we take,” he stated Monday. “I introduced that have to my illustration within the first aldermanic district, I introduced that development to understanding find out how to assist households, and I’ll carry that to this place.”
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Johnson stated Hamilton has a monitor file of constructing optimistic impacts in Milwaukee.
“I don’t have any intention to alter my appointment of Ashanti Hamilton,” Johnson stated.
“Of us pay their debt to society, they usually ought to have the ability to come again and have alternatives. The identical is true right here. That’s what I imagine and that’s why I’m going to proceed to help Ashanti to tackle this position.”
Reed continues to query the mayor’s determination.
“It was an amazing transfer for the each of them however on the coronary heart of it, the core of it youngster security, youngster well-being was not part of the equation,” stated Reed.
Monday, Hamilton stated he has supported violence interruption applications in his district; he stated can also be centered on mentorship. Hamilton didn’t reply to FOX6’s request for an interview Wednesday.