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THUNDERSTORM 85 • 65 FORECAST, B4 | WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020 | kenoshanews.com | $2.00 Body cam plan on agenda County committees to and the creation of an indepen- County Job Center, 8600 Sheri- resolution to be “acted upon im- the solution.” dent review committee to ad- dan Road. mediately” when presented in Supervisor Terry Rose, chair of discuss whistleblower dress complaints against county Those choosing to attend in June for consideration. the Finance Committee, said it did law enforcement personnel, will person must enter through En- “Myself and the co-sponsors of not make it on an agenda in June policy, cams Thursday get aired publicly at a committee trance D at the southeast end of this resolution believe that, with because more information about meeting this week. building. The meeting will also the death of George Floyd and the funding was needed. JILL TATGE-ROZELL The resolution — presented in be accessible to the public via protests that followed and are still “We wanted to give sta addi- [email protected] early June by County Board super- teleconference by calling 1-408- happening, it is time for action,” tional time to determine costs,” A resolution that calls for the visors Erin Decker, Amy Maurer, 418-9388 and using access code Decker wrote in an email to the Rose said. “We expect there will purchase of body cameras for Mark Nordigian, and Zach Rodri- 146 000 1838. committee chairs at the time. “For be facts and fi gures for the cam- Kenosha County Sheri De- guez — will be discussed at a joint The proposed resolution was far too long politicians have only eras and other fi nancial issues partment deputies, adoption of meeting of the Finance and Judi- drafted following the death of given lip service on this issue, it Thursday.” a whistleblower policy, disposal ciary and Law committees set for George Floyd in Minneapolis in is time for the Kenosha County of unused military-style vehicles 6 p.m. Thursday at the Kenosha late May. Decker called for the Board to take action to be part of Please see MEETING, Page A3 Christian Life School to resume in-person classes Aug. 31 Students can still “strongly advocates” for a goal of starting the school year with opt for virtual students physically present. The school currently has 604 learning o ering students enrolled for the 2020-21 academic year. TERRY FLORES Head of School Je Bogaczyk tfl [email protected] said students hesitant to return Students will return to classes can opt for virtual learning of- full-time at Christian Life School ferings. on Aug. 31 under a plan an- “We have been in consultation nounced this week. for months with parents, board Christian Life School, 10700 members and students to get their 75th St., has been planning for perspectives on the nature of edu- three months for the return of cation and what would best serve kindergarten through 12th-grade our community at CLS,” he said. SEAN KRAJACIC, KENOSHA NEWS PHOTO students following the state or- School o cials also are re- dering all schools to close due to lying on advisement from the Cleveland Carr recounts how he was attacked with a box cutter Friday, leading him to need nearly 100 the COVID-19 pandemic. Centers for Disease Control and stitches to close the wound around his neck. Last month, St. Joseph Cath- Prevention and the research on olic Academy announced it also COVID-19 and transmission would re-open with in-person among students “while still pro- learning. viding an optimal environment A racial slur followed Christian Life o cials said for the academic, social and emo- their plan was developed based tional learning of our students,” on in-person instruction recom- he said. mendations from the American by the slice of a razor Association of Pediatrics, which Please see SCHOOL, Page A5 Kenosha man believes behind him. Someone grabbed him, slamming his head against Commission OKs stone plaque he survived hate crime the refrigerator. “I’m going to DENEEN SMITH kill a (n-word),” memorializing Olivia Mackay [email protected] a voice said. There is a sound a razor makes Carr said it was TERRY FLORES was 17. Her killer, Daniel Tate, when it opens up skin, Cleveland Holst, and that tfl [email protected] was sentenced to life in prison. Carr said. he had a box cut- A lone tree that graces the “It’s like this,” Carr said, slap- ter in his hand. beach at Pennoyer Park soon Travel aspirations ping one hand against another, “He grabbed will have the company of a large An Indian Trail High School Holst the sound of a sudden crack. me, and he rock with a plaque that bears the and Academy student, she had “Then I felt this warm feeling, opened up my throat,” Carr re- name of a high school student a love for all things Asian and and I knew it was blood — I knew called. and a scholarship in honor of her was determined to visit as many I was fi ghting for my life right The razor sliced Carr from un- love of travel and helping other places as possible around the there.” der his right ear across his throat. students see the world. world while maintaining good Carr, 61, was at home Friday Cleveland Carr shows o the Carr fought back, breaking the The Parks Commission unan- grades and working two jobs. She morning in the rooming house nearly 100 stitches that run along plastic handle of the box cut- imously approved moving the had gone to China the year before he shares with about 10 other the area where his neck had been ter. The struggle took them into rock — which bears the name of her death. Among her aspirations people on the 1800 block of 67th sliced by a box cutter, steak knife the hallway near Holst’s room, the Olivia Mackay High School was to open a Chinese bakery. Street, drinking co ee in the liv- and a screw driver Friday. where he said Holst grabbed a International Trip Memorial The scholarship, which is ad- ing room, talking to a friend who steak knife stashed there, stab- Scholarship — to the tree east of ministered by the nonprofi t Ed- lived in the house about the meal like to join them to eat. bing him on the left side of his the Sesquicentennial Bandshell. ucation Foundation of Kenosha, he planned to make to share with “He just said, ‘No, thank you,’ neck, then cutting him from his The stone was donated by Zizzo was established to carry on her his housemates that day. Chace just no thank you,” Carr said. chest up toward his right ear, this Construction. spirit while helping other stu- Holst, 30, sat nearby in the living Minutes later, Carr was walk- incision meeting the fi rst. The scholarship was estab- dents travel and study abroad. room. ing through the kitchen when lished in memory of Olivia, who Carr asked Holst if he would he heard the sound of footsteps Please see STABBING, Page A3 was murdered in July 2017. She Please see MACKAY, Page A5

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Holst told police Cleve- tack, said she was still too Meeting Stabbing land did not say or do any- upset to relive what had From A1 From A1 thing the morning of the happened about. attack that prompted his “I can’t talk about it,” she Rose said he believes a The knife broke as Carr actions. “I saw him. and said, shaking her head and recommendation on some fought back, yelling for his it just came to mind to kill walking away. or all of the proposed ini- friend to call 911. He said he him.” Another neighbor pulled tiatives is forthcoming. felt his flesh fall open like The complaint states that over in his car, leaning out “We will listen to the the pages of a book. Holst said he is under court the window. perspectives here and make “I started getting weak orders to take medication “Cleveland, I’ve been some recommendations to because I was losing so for schizophrenia, but worried about you,” he the County Board,” Rose much blood,” Carr said. stopped taking his medi- shouted. said. “We’re not looking to With the knife and the cation about a month ago. Carr said he was thankful delay this at all.” box cutter both broken, he Officers found pre-dosed for police, especially Vega, Decker said Tuesday said, Holst grabbed a large medication in his room pre- who came to his aid. there is some work to be flat-head screwdriver that scribed for July 2 through “I’ve made mistakes in done on the details. For ex- was on the floor of his July 28, but it appeared only the past, they knew that ample, the body cam pol- room. Carr said he was on a few of the pills had been but they were there. They icy will need direction on his knees — he pointed out taken. did everything for me,” he when the cameras are to be the scabs and bruises on At Holst’s initial appear- said. turned on. But, it provides his knees left by his fight ance, the court commis- Vega said his meeting a starting point, she said. during an interview with sioner ordered a compe- with Carr Tuesday was The resolution cites Kenosha News Tuesday SEAN‌ KRAJACIC, KENOSHA NEWS PHOTO tency exam at the request. emotional. statistics about the use of — when Holst got on top Carr said he has lived in “He started crying, al- Cleveland Carr recounts how he was attacked with a box body cameras. According to of him holding the screw the rooming house since most made me cry,” Vega cutter Friday, leading him to need many stitches to close the the wording of the resolu- driver. January, and that Holst was said. “I was like, ‘It’s part wound around his neck. tion, the use of body cam- “He took my head and already living there when of my job, man. Don’t even eras increases accountabil- pushed it down, and he held the same slur when telling brating.” he arrived. He said he and think twice about it. That’s ity by law enforcement and up the screw driver — he another housemate that he Carr — who said he met Holst had in the past dis- what what we do.’” decreases violence against was going to stab me in the “tried to kill someone” as Tuesday morning with Vega cussed rumors about Holst, A combat veteran, Vega law enforcement and cit- head,” Carr said. “I thought police arrived. to thank him — said Vega and that he advised Holst to said the wound reminded izens. It cites: a May 2015 it was over.” “All of the sudden that grabbed a towel, pulled the ignore gossip. He said that, him of a battlefield injury. report by then-President Then, he said, he heard day he decided to kill a man, flaps of the flesh on his neck while Holst sometimes “You see a human, you Barack Obama’s Task Force police arriving, and Holst and I was it,” Carr said. back together and put pres- shared meals with him see a person and he’s on 21st Century Policing pulled back. When police arrived at sure on the gaping wound, and other residents of the scared, rightfully so. That that recommends law en- “I got saved by the si- the rooming house in the working to keep him calm house, he largely stayed to training just takes over, and forcement agencies utilize rens,” Carr said. aftermath of the attack until paramedics arrived. himself. you think, ‘I’m going to do body-worn cameras; a 2016 they saw Holst walking out He was taken by Flight In recent weeks, Carr whatever I can to save this study that found “89 per- A hate crime‌ the door with blood splat- for Life helicopter to Froed- said, Holst had been pac- person,’” Vega said. “To be cent of Americans support Holst was charged tered on his arms, hands tert Hospital in Wauwatosa. ing constantly, and the res- able to react and save his body worn cameras by po- Monday with attempted and shirt. Holst got on the He said he received a blood idents wondered if some- life, that right there is the lice”; data from 2015 that first-degree homicide. He ground when he saw police. transfusion and got nearly thing was wrong. reason why I’m a cop.” 95 percent of large cities is being held on $500,000 When an officer asked 100 stitches to close the Carr said he also strug- Carr said was thankful, “reported they were either bond. him why he was laying wounds in his neck. He was gles with mental health and too, for Black Lives Matter already using or soon to be “I think it was a hate down, according to the released from the hospital is on disability. He, too, has protests focused on fight- using body worn cameras crime,” Carr said, saying criminal complaint, he re- Monday. had issues with the law in ing racism in the United by police.” he believes Holst, who is plied, “Because I just tried According to the criminal the past. He said he spent States. He is convinced that The premise behind de- white, planned to kill him to kill someone.” complaint, Holst admitted time in prison in the past, racism is behind the attack veloping a whistleblower because he is black. Inside the house, another to police that he had tried to but now tries to focus on that nearly ended his life, policy is to protect sher- “He had this plan; it was officer found Carr “crawl- cut Carr’s throat, saying he helping other people. saying he keeps hearing in iff’s department employ- strategized,” Carr said, ing on the ground, covered brought a box cutter home “I was a bad boy,” he said. his mind the racial slur that ees who report incidents saying that Holst appeared in blood.” from work. The complaint “But people change.” was used just as the razor of misconduct within the to have several weapons In the criminal com- states that he believed Carr sliced through his skin. department. stashed and that he tried plaint, the officer described was spreading false rumors Thankful for “When is this going to Decker said co-spon- to pull him into his room. seeing the “the entire right about him “and that he friend, police‌ end?” he asked. “When sors of the resolution also “He wanted to get me in his side of Cleveland’s neck thought it was a racial thing blood hits the air, what met with black community room to bleed me out.” was exposed and heavily because he is white and On Tuesday, he sat out- color is it? All of us Amer- members who expressed Carr said Holst not only bleeding … as Cleveland Cleveland is black. 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