Here are the Dayton, Ohio news headlines for September 2, 2015.
Ken Hackett, U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, recently lauded the work of three University of Dayton students with the Rondine Association, a 2015 Nobel Peace Prize nominee for peace and conflict resolution education and training.
Rachel Bernardo, Adrianne Lewis and Gabriella Cipriani are the only students from a U.S. university selected to study at Rondine (RON-dih-nay), which brings together international students, many from conflict zones, to learn peace-building skills they can take back to their nations. Rondine selects about 30 students a year for the program based in Arezzo, Italy
So what you think of this man being detained by Dayton police for openly carrying multiple weapons today. Dayton police should be commended for catching this gentleman before he caused any harm.
The man briefly detained Tuesday morning for openly carrying multiple knives near a Dayton elementary school has a long history of police interactions since he was acquitted in 2000 of gross sexual imposition against a child younger than 13.
Christopher J. Billings, 47, was detained near the intersection of Xenia Avenue and Angel Court around 8:25 a.m. after police received reports of an armed man walking near Ruskin Elementary School at 7:45 a.m. The school was placed on lockdown for about 15 minutes as a precautionary measure, according to Dayton Public Schools spokesperson Jill Moberley.
Billings, who had been trespassed from all Dayton Public Schools property, was placed in the back of a police cruiser and several knives were removed from him and placed on the ground. He was released a few minutes later as police said he was not arrested because he did not break the law. Police had no other comment
When a police officer in Dayton, Ohio, handed John Felton a warning for a traffic signal violation, Felton asked whether he was stopped for something besides having out-of-state plates, according to a video of the conversation posted on Facebook.
"Because you made direct eye contact with me and held onto it when I was passing you," the officer replied in the video.
Felton posted the video on Facebook. It's another example of how the national conversation about police-community interaction, especially with minorities, is being scrutinized. Technology makes the interactions easy to record and to share via social media.
On Monday, Felton's lawyer, Byron Potts, said he thought the officer's actions were discriminatory. Potts said he plans to lodge an internal affairs complaint against the officer and may file a lawsuit.
Potts said he doesn't have confidence the police will properly investigate themselves. "That's like the fox guarding the hen house," he said.
A Detroit Michigan man is upset with the Dayton Ohio police
because he was pulled over around 3 AM. The officer pulled him over during a
traffic awareness last month. The Detroit man John Felton is upset because the
police officer pulled him over because he made direct eye contact with him. Mr.
Felton should’ve just restrained himself than this been a Crawford with officer
and he would have no issues. It should also be pointed out that he was just
given a warning and no citation. Mr. Felton felt so offended that he had a take
this case to Facebook and it would not surprise me if Felton filed some type of
legal action.
What are your thoughts on this?
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