SON FROM ME. TODAY THE BIRMINGHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FBI ANNOUNCED AN EFFORT TO BRING FAMILIES CLOSURE BY FINDING THE KILLERS OF THEIR LOVED ONES IN UNSOLVED HOMICIDE CASES WVTM 13’S BRIA DOUGLAS LIVE OUTSIDE POLICE HEADQUARTERS. WHAT’S THE STRATEGY TO HELP SOLVE? THESE COLD CASES MARIA? GUY POLICE WILL USE TOOLS LIKE FACEBOOK BILLBOARDS AND MONEY TO HELP MAKE AN ARREST AND GET A CONVICTION FOR THESE EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED IN THE LAST YEAR AND ADDED PUSH TO GET KILLERS OFF THE STREET BROUGHT THE BIRMINGHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FBI TOGETHER TO ANNOUNCE A NEW INITIATIVE TO DO JUST THAT WITH A GROWING NUMBER OF VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT OUR NATION LAW ENFORCEMENT MUST BE PROACTIVE AND INNOVATIVE IN OUR OPERATIONS AND APPROACH TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC FOR THE NEXT. 30 DAYS AS A WAY TO GET NEW INFORMATION POLICE WILL USE SOCIAL MEDIA ADS AND BILLBOARDS TARGETING PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN CERTAIN ZIP CODES WHERE THE MURDERS HAPPEN THE FBI WILL ALSO OFFER UP TO $60,000 WITH INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST AND CONVICTION IN THESE EIGHT CASES. OUR GOAL IS NOT ONLY TO BRING AWARENESS TO THESE TRAGEDIES BUT TO SHOW THE FAMILIES ARE BROUGHT JUSTICE. CLOSURE I’LL BE THANKFUL TO GOD THEY FOUND OUT WHO KILLED OUR CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY MY SON STILL WAITING FOR JUSTICE IS WANDA WOOLDRIDGE SOMEONE MURDERED HER SON GEORGE POWELL JR. IN BIRMINGHAM 16 YEARS AGO, EVEN THOUGH THIS CASE ISN’T A PART OF THE POLICE’S NEW INITIATIVE. SHE REFUSES TO GIVE UP. HOPE THAT ONE DAY THE CASE WILL BE SOLVED. IT REALLY HURTS ME THAT THEY HAVE NOT FOUND OUT. WHO REALLY KILLED MY SON, YOU KNOW? I HAVEN’T HEARD THAT FROM DETECTIVES I THINK. TO YOU SEVEN YEARS. GEORGE DIED AT JUST 23 YEARS OLD AND EVER SINCE THEN SHE’S DEVOTED HER LIFE TO HELPING OTHER GRIEVING MOTHERS LIKE HER. I’M HOPING THAT SOME OF THESE MURDERS BE SOLVED TO GET SOMEBODY’S KILLERS OFF THE STREET BECAUSE SOME EFFECT IS THE SAME KILLERS THAT’S KILLING OTHER FOLKS CHILDREN. MAYBE SOMEBODY KILLED AND HELP KILLED MY SON. AND THIS SATURDAY SHE’S LEADING A RALLY ON BEHALF OF MOTHERS WHO WANT THE VIOLENCE TO STOP? ONE O’CLOCK AT INSLEE PARK LIV