U.S. Justice Department officials meet with Retired Black Chicago Police Officers
Richard Wooten, Founder and President of the Gathering Point Community Council along with several black retired police officers, and CAPS volunteers met with the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday morning March, 24th to discuss the ongoing investigation by the DOJ of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) for alleged civil rights violations. This was just one of many stops in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the DOJ community tour to hear local voices from retired and active
Flint Water Crisis
Richard Wooten and his organization Gathering Point community council answered the bell in late March during the Flint, Michigan State of Emergency Water Crisis. Gathering Point was responsible for delivering about 75+ cases of water to Flint, Michigan when high amounts of lead was detected in their water irrigation system. The problem was two year build up and occurred when the city of Flint decided to change water suppliers in the summer of 2014, leaving the city Detroit se
