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AKA · 08-14-2004, 12:22 AM

Cosby Calls Police Chief to Praise Work

The Associated Press

HOLYOKE, Mass. - When comedian Bill Cosby called police Chief Anthony Scott to praise his battle against street crime, the chief thought it was a joke.

Scott told The Republican in Springfield recently that it took Cosby about a minute to convince him of his identity. "I was floored," Scott said.

Cosby's phone call came as the 67-year-old entertainer, who has a home in the rural western Massachusetts town of Shelburne, has taken a personal interest in helping to combat crime in the region's cities.

He met last week with a mother in neighboring Springfield whose 19-year-old twins were killed in separate shootings. Cosby promised to help her organize a community rally against street violence.

Cosby, who attended graduate school at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, has also joined with the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield to honor local teens who overcame obstacles to graduate from high school and attend college.

isiahthomas · 08-16-2004, 03:35 PM

I read that Bill recently had called police chief Charles Ramsey in Washington DC to talk to him about the killings that's going on at a alarming rate in the hood in DC. Young black males are killing each other everyday in the hood in DC. The percentage of black males gettin killed in DC is pitiful. Crime rate in black neighborhoods in Baltimore is also pitiful. I remember hearing about a family that got burned to death in their house in the hood in Baltimore a few yrs ago cause the mother of the household told the police that some drug dealers were sellin drugs in front of her house. My grandmother had her apartment burned up in Cleveland some yrs ago cause she told the landlord that the people in her building were playing their music too loud every night. She made it out of her apartment in time cause her son in law saved her but she was lucky.

08-14-2004, 12:22 AM	#1
AKA Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 17, 2001 Posts: 15,746	Cosby Calls Police Chief to Praise Work Cosby Calls Police Chief to Praise Work The Associated Press HOLYOKE, Mass. - When comedian Bill Cosby called police Chief Anthony Scott to praise his battle against street crime, the chief thought it was a joke. Scott told The Republican in Springfield recently that it took Cosby about a minute to convince him of his identity. "I was floored," Scott said. Cosby's phone call came as the 67-year-old entertainer, who has a home in the rural western Massachusetts town of Shelburne, has taken a personal interest in helping to combat crime in the region's cities. He met last week with a mother in neighboring Springfield whose 19-year-old twins were killed in separate shootings. Cosby promised to help her organize a community rally against street violence. Cosby, who attended graduate school at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, has also joined with the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield to honor local teens who overcame obstacles to graduate from high school and attend college.

08-16-2004, 03:35 PM	#2
isiahthomas Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Aug 20, 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 10,704	I read that Bill recently had called police chief Charles Ramsey in Washington DC to talk to him about the killings that's going on at a alarming rate in the hood in DC. Young black males are killing each other everyday in the hood in DC. The percentage of black males gettin killed in DC is pitiful. Crime rate in black neighborhoods in Baltimore is also pitiful. I remember hearing about a family that got burned to death in their house in the hood in Baltimore a few yrs ago cause the mother of the household told the police that some drug dealers were sellin drugs in front of her house. My grandmother had her apartment burned up in Cleveland some yrs ago cause she told the landlord that the people in her building were playing their music too loud every night. She made it out of her apartment in time cause her son in law saved her but she was lucky.