Bounty Put on Woman for Her Fight on Crime
<i> United Press International</i>
BOSTON —
A woman cited earlier this month by President Bush for founding the local anti-crime group “Drop-A-Dime” is under 24-hour police protection because a street gang has placed a $5,000 bounty on her head, the Boston Globe reported in its Sunday editions.
Georgette Watson, honored by the President as one of his “thousand points of light” community volunteers, received death threats because of her support of police efforts to randomly stop and search suspected gang members, the newspaper said.
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