Teacher's Aide
Kemberley Alexander
Kemberley Alexander, a 26-year-old single mother of three boys, stands on a McMicken Avenue sidewalk and shakes her head.
No, things have not gotten better, she says.
‘‘It’s worse than a year ago. I’ve heard a whole bunch of people saying they’re moving.’’
Ms. Alexander, a part-time teacher’s aide at Vine Street Elementary School, points to a second-story screenless window in the three-story building behind her.
‘‘We was right there in that window (last April). There was a whole bunch of police out here shooting everybody.’’
The scene is calmer now. As she speaks, a young man chases another up the sidewalk and slams him into a moving Plymouth van. But save for ego, no one seems hurt.
What the neighborhood needs, Ms. Alexander suggests, is ‘‘more police out on the streets.
‘‘I see a few,’’ she says, ‘‘but not like they need.’’
— Mike Pulfer
Faces of Over-the-Rhine
Restaurant owner Paul Sebring
Taft senior Darrel Shields
Social worker Angela Coleman
Sarah Center director Sister Jeanette Buehler
Jordanian grocer Taraq T.A. Adwani
Filmmaker Steve Gebhardt
Gallery owner Suzanna Terril
Beauty shop supplier Chong Kim
Teacher's aide Kemberley Alexander
Waitress Karla Davis
Teacher Sharon Brooks
Dock worker Leo Sneed
Police officer Michael Ammann
Soup kitchen manager Denise McPherson
Artist Joseph M. Winterhalter
Janitor Latrell Walker
Fund-raiser Torren "T.J." Partridge
School social worker Joe Wilmers
Rehabber Greg Badger
Medical student John Eckman
Treatment counselor Calvin W. Wooten
Photographer Jimmy Heath
The Police
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Changes made since April 2001
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Q&A with former F.O.P. president Keith Fangman
Neighbor to Neighbor
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What do you think?
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