A gun violence prevention program in Orlando, Florida, that received $1.5 million of federal funding abruptly closed down on Thursday after several controversies, including the arrest of a “neighborhood change agent.”Operation New Hope CEO and President Reggie Fullwood said in a message to the group’s community partners that it had “suspended” operations and terminated all “neighborhood change agents,” as well as peacekeepers, men…
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