Oct. 27, 2021 9:40p
WGTD)---A group formed in the aftermath of the Jacob Blake shooting last year is gaining acceptance—and funding.
The Kenosha Coalition Organizing Resolution, or KCOR for short, sends trained counselors and mediators into the streets to diffuse violent or potentially violent situations. The group was recently awarded $47,000 in federal block grant funds by the city committee that disburses the money. A city council vote to confirm the grant is expected to come when other city budgets are formally adopted for the next year in the coming weeks.
The group has the support of Interim Kenosha Police Chief Eric Larsen.
Speaking on the WGTD program Generation Now, organizer Minister Caliph Muab’El says KCOR supplementa a police presence, and often times might head off the need for police to be called in the first place. "We can't eliminate police," he said. "It's things that the police do that the Kenosha Corps can't do. There are things that the Kenosha Corps does that the police can't do or simply won't do."
Alder Anthony Kennedy chairs the city’s Community Block Grant Committee. He says he’s glad KCOR is around. "We are not going to KCOR our way out of this situation," Kennedy said. "Nor are we going to police our way out of this situation. But I feel alot more confident with KCOR on the scene."
The KCOR representatives who appeared on Generation Now said the group has responded to hundreds of situations in recent months. In addition to the interventions, KCOR has thrown block parties as a way of interacting with residents.
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