Feathers have evidently been ruffled by recent reports in the Houston Chronicle and elsewhere, examining the nonprofit’s finances as well as the role Crime Stoppers has played in the public square, writes columnist EricaGrieder.
as Houstonians continue to grapple with, and mourn over, an ominous growth in violent crime.
And that, he continued, has been happening of late: “The current leadership has taken a great organization with great intent and turned it into something they can use as a political club.” Crime Stoppers leaders who spoke at court denied the claim that they’ve politicized anything. In their telling, the politicization is something that’s happening to them, rather than something they are perpetuating.
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