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from page one Aconvicted murderer now in prison again on drug and weapons smuggling charges was hired by a nonprofit to help de-escalate gang conflicts at a Baltimore alternative school, officials confirm, though the extent of his involvement is unclear. Rainbow Lee Williams, who federal prosecutors say is a top lieutenant in the Black Guerrilla Family gang, was released from prison on a murder charge in September. From October to January, he worked sporadically at Achievement Academy at Harbor City High, a school for students with severe behavioral or academic problems, through nonprofit Partners In Progress. Bridget Alston-Smith, the executive director, said she was aware of background but believed he had reformed himself. She said she was to learn that he was indicted again last month.

came to us because he said, want to help young people get their lives together because been there, done she said. Williams went with her into the school and then followed up in the community, she said. The city school system requires criminal background checks for all employees and volunteers left unsupervised with students, which officials say Williams was not. Until recently, contractors such as Partners In Progress screened the workers they brought into schools, but the system will now do those checks, said spokesman Michael Sarbanes. Partners In Progress has contracts through the Family League at Northwestern High and Rognel Heights At Harbor City, its work was pro bono.

Alston-Smith said she paid Williams a stipend. might have been $200 here, $300 she said. It is unclear how often Williams was in the school. Sarbanes said Alston-Smith told him Williams was there only about five times. But court-appointed attorney, Gerald Ruter, told a court that Williams worked four days aweek for $1,200 a month, City Paper reported.

Ruter, too, said he got his information from Alston-Smith. She said the attorney exaggerated to make his client look good. She told The Baltimore Sun that she would call on Williams up to three times a week for school and community work, but some weeks use him at all. Court documents say Williams held a BGF meeting at Druid Hill Park on April 13 that attracted at least 100 members. Police broke up the meeting, recovering a handgun and multiple copies of The Black Book empowerment guide written by the leader.

City Paper reported that Assistant U.S. Attorney James Wallner told a judge Williams was in possession of ammunition for a firearm when he was arrested last month. Harbor City has a metal detector, and Alston-Smith said Williams was required to pass through it before entering. Convicted murderer worked in city school BY SARA NEUFELD AND JUSTIN FENTON sara.neufeld@baltsun.com and justin.fenton@baltsun.com ble figures as Malcolm and Marcus Garvey, according to a copy obtained by The Baltimore Sun seen come together in one room and work on the lessons in The Black Book to get themselves Bundley told The Baltimore Sun know Eric Brown was a major player inside the prison doing that work. The quote on the back of the book is only about the work that I witnessed: no more, no Michael Sarbanes, a city school system spokesman, said there is no evidence that the book has been used in the public schools.

A copy of the book was obtained by The Baltimore Sun discussion or distribution of the book is in no way affiliated with city he said. job is making disengaged youth meet with success, and the book is not part of that important Federal prosecutors say Brown was actively working to expand the Black Guerrilla reach outside prison. He was one of 24 people indicted last month in federal court on drug and weapons charges, accused of running a violent criminal enterprise that involved murder, extortion, armed robbery and drug trafficking. Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman Edward Marcinko said investigators have no evidence to indicate that Bundley or any of the other educators are involved with the criminal activities. Confidential informants told authorities that the book written by Brown under the pen name Eusi Swahili for Black is a ploy to make the gang appear to be a legitimate organization.

In addition to Bundley, educators quoted on the book jacket include Bridget Alston- Smith, whose nonprofit Partners in Progress works with at-risk children at three city schools. Partners in Progress hired a key BGF member and convicted murderer, Rainbow Lee Williams, to help de-escalate gang conflicts at an alternative school. Like Bundley, Alston-Smith said her quote in the book reflected only the self-improvement efforts she witnessed while doing outreach in prisons. was so enlightening to see them she said, noting that the messages of The Black Book appealed even to white inmates. thought it was a great she said.

hearing gang manifesto. like, Two professors from Anne Arundel Community College, Tyrone Powers and Leslie Parker Blyther, are also quoted endorsing the book, though neither could be reached for comment Friday to confirm the authenticity of the remarks. Powers, a former FBI counterterrorism agent and Maryland state trooper, directs the Homeland Security and Criminal Justice Institute. He also hosts a weekly radio show on 1010 WOLB AM where he is sharply critical of leadership and promotes black empowerment. Documents show he and Alston-Smith as president and treasurer of a corporation called Children First Movement Inc.

Powers and Bundley were classmates at Southwestern High School and have advocated for inner-city children. An introduction to the book says its purpose is to people aware of the vision of Comrade George who founded BGF in 1966. Brown writes emphatically that the group is an that has become a and not a gang. Gangs are a to the chaos that we face in our neighborhoods. The gang mentality has destroyed so much and given so little to our The book details financial empowerment, such as homeownership, managing debt and diversifying investments; respecting women and raising children; and acting as It advocates spending money within the black community and talks about creating a new political system that would allow blacks to thrive.

Educators endorse gang book BOOK, Frompage1 quote on the back of the book is only about the work that I Andrey L. Bundley Get home delivery and save more than $150 per week with coupons in The Sun 1-877-BUY-A-SUN.