UR IS LIVE WITH THE BIG
STORY AT 10:00.
MICHELLE?
MICHELLE: ROB, THERE IS
CURRENTLY A BENCH WARRANT OUT
FOR D'SHAWN CUNNINGHAM, AND HIS
MOTHER HAS A PROTECTION ORDER
AGAINST HIM.
BUT THE ACTIVIST, NOW CANDIDATE,
SAYS HE IS WORKING TO RESOLVE
THOSE LEGAL ISSUES, JUST LIKE HE
IS WORKING ON THE ISSUES OF
DISTRICT THREE.
-- WORKING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES
OF DISTRICT THREE.
>> HI, I'M D'SHAWN CUNNINGHAM,
AND I'M A CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE
FOR THE 3RD DISTRICT.
MICHELLE: THE DAY BEFORE VOTERS
GO TO THE POLLS MAY 9, CANDIDATE
D'SHAWN CUNNINGHAM WILL GO TO
COURT IN CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
>> MY PUBLIC SERVICE RECORD IS
MUCH LONGER THAN MY CRIMINAL
RECORD.
MICHELLE: CUNNINGHAM IS THE ONLY
OMAHA CANDIDATE WITH A CRIMINAL
RECORD IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.
HE SAYS THAT SHOULDN'T MATTER.
>> ONE DAY ONE MISTAKE DOES NOT
INVALIDATE THE WORK I'VE DONE OR
PLAN TO DO.
MICHELLE: MONONA COUNTY, IOWA
DEPUTIES ARRESTED CUNNINGHAM IN
DECEMBER, FOR AN OUTSTANDING
CASS COUNTY WARRANT FOR
TERRORISTIC THREATS, AND THEY
SAY THEY FOUND MARIJUANA ON HIM.
COURT DOCUMENTS REVEAL HE
THREATENED TO HARM HIS ESTRANGED
MOTHER AND FAMILY IN A NOTE.
HE WROTE, IF HE DID NOT GET HIS
$200 CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT,
EVERYONE CLOSE TO HIS MOTHER
WOULD SUFFER, AND HE WOULD
RATHER THEY BOTH BE DEAD.
HE LEFT PICTURES OF HIS MOTHER
WITH A SLASHED THROAT AND GOUGED
OUT HER EYES.
IN THE PROTECTION ORDER, HIS
MOTHER SAID HE ALWAYS CARRIES A
KNIFE, AND ONE TIME ULTIMATELY
SAID OUTRIGHT HE WOULD KILL ME.
I WROTE A LETTER TO A FAMILY
MEMBER IN A VOLATILE TIMEM AS
FAMILIES DO.
IT GOT OUT OF HAND ON BOTH
SIDES.
IT WAS A MISTAKE.
MICHELLE: HIS MOTHER ALSO
WORRIED CUNNINGHAM MAY HARM
HIMSELF.
HE WROTE IN THE NOTE, CALL THE
COPS IF YOU WANT.
I'VE BEEN PREPARED TO DIE BY
THEIR HAND AND TAKE SOME WITH ME
FOR YEARS.
IRONICALLY, THE CANDIDATE HAS
BEEN SPEAKING OUT AGAINS
EXCESSIVE POLICE FORCE, TAKI
PART IN PROTESTS, SPEAKING AT
COUNCIL MEETINGS, EVEN MEETING
ONE ON ONE WITH THE POLICE CHIEF
ABOUT THE CITIZENS COMPLAINT
REVIEW BOARD.
>> IF I WAS CONSIDERED A VIOLENT
PERSON, I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE
MEETING WITH THE POLICE CHIEF.
I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE ABLE TO
HAVE HIS PHONE NUMBER AND CALL
HIM AT HOME.
IT'S NOT A REFLECTION ON HOW
WOULD GOVERN.
IT IS NOT A REFLECTION OF ME DAY
TO DAY.
MICHELLE: CUNNINGHAM AGREED TO A
PLEA DEAL AND NOW FACES A
MISDEMEANOR THIRD DEGREE ASSAU
CHARGE INSTEAD OF THE FELONY
TERRORISTIC THREATS.
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