Silence in the Face of Violence: Community Leader's Son Arrested on Gun Charges as Questions Mount for Lewiston's Political and Civic Leadership

For more than a decade, Jama Mohamed has been one of the most influential figures in Lewiston’s Somali immigrant community. He has served as Lewiston’s first Somali elected School Committee member, a city councilor, co-founded one of the city’s largest immigrant service organizations, sat on the board of the Bartlett Street mosque, and built a