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City pays $125,000 to settle Robbins v. Des Moines/Youngblut/Leo/Curtis

If I can boil it down to the brass tax, my wrongful-arrest case against Des Moines officers is a case where city hall would rather go to extraordinary lengths to put one of its residents in the dangerous predator bucket than to admit its own wrongdoing. Quick background. I grew up in a small, rural town in Iowa. I earned an AAs in broadcasting and broadcast engineering and have since been a member of the broadcast media in this state for four decades. I worked as a radio news director, meeting regularly with community & civic leaders. I volunteered as a board member, as well as 2-term president, for my neighborhood association. I’ve been a communications volunteer for the county’s Emergency Management, and the state, as a member of the A.R.R.L. (Amateur Radio Relay League). I served as a communications N.C.O. in the Iowa National Guard, 194 th Field Artillery, with an honorable discharge. I was raised around people who honorably served in the police profession. My grand dad wa

Fatherlessness and violence are connected

 The laws & institutions that are insensitive to or cause of fatherlessness can do more to address violent outcomes than all the mental health programs and gun laws on the planet.  What Representing Men in Divorce Taught Me About Fatherhood The Crisis of Fatherless Shooters Mike Lee Wonders If ‘Fatherlessness’ Is Behind Mass Shootings