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This month a group of mothers reportedly assembled in Nashville to demand public officials to straighten out kids who have taken a wrong turn in life. The Nashville-based WKRN reported the story about youth violence and how pervasive it is across Middle Tennessee. “On Saturday, Mothers Over Murder as well as other anti-violence organizations called on community leaders and public officials for help to stop this concerning topic,” WKRN reported. “The groups are calling on public officials and the community to respond to violence by supporting safety net programs that rehabilitate traumatized communities and create funding opportunities for anti-violence and youth organizations that are out working in the communities. The groups say they aren’t getting enough money to make the changes that should be happening.” A man named Jay Mazon, whom WKRN identified as a “community activist,” said these organizations need more resources. “You can’t just give pennies and expect to get a million dollars’ worth of results. That just doesn’t make sense,” Mazon reportedly told the station. “So, I would challenge elected officials, but I challenge the community as well to start supporting the organizations.” The number of children committing violent crime is down. Children’s ages, however, are decreasing. Younger…

Metro Nashville Police officers will no longer serve as School Resource Officers at two Nashville schools because the students reportedly hurl a lot of verbal abuse their way. These are reportedly alternative schools — Bass W.A. Alternative School and Johnson Alternative Learning Center. This, according to news reports in both The Tennessean and the Nashville-based NewsChannel 5. Metro Police have reassigned them to “mainstream schools,” The Tennessean went on to say. “The officers don’t need to be subjected to that kind of abuse, they don’t need to be subjected to an environment where the students aren’t welcoming,” Metro Police spokesman Don Aaron reportedly told News Channel 5. Aaron reportedly went on to tell the station that “working in the alternative schools, if you’re a police officer, is not an ideal place to be.” MNPD spokesperson Kris Mumford told The Tennessean, meanwhile, that “officers did not feel they were able to do their jobs — including developing relationships with the students to mentor and educate them, as evidenced by the reported abuse.” The verbal abuse has been going on for a long time, the paper quoted Mumford as saying. “However, the exact length of that ongoing abuse, or the content of…