Administration freezes $10 million to fight extremism

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By JERICKA DUNCAN, LAURA STRICKLER
CBS NEWS May 2, 2017, 7:27 PM

... Life After Hate is one of more than 30 organizations -- including six police departments -- tapped by the Obama administration to receive $10 million in grants to counter violent extremism. The Trump administration has those grants on hold.

Bryan Tuma, assistant director of the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency, says the Department of Homeland Security usually releases such grants in 30 days.

"We are told right now that those programs are being reviewed," Tuma said.

Tuma's grant would pay to train mental health workers to recognize potential violent behavior ...

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-freezes-10-million-fight-hate-violent-extremism/

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1. Political extortion....nt