Dear Council Members. ... Although not a Charlottesville (CHO) resident I am a UVA graduate and live near CHO. I spend lots of time in CHO having friends and relatives there. More so than elsewhere I frequent CHO's restaurants and entertainment venues more so that elsewhere. I shop there frequently. ... Accordingly, I feel I have a vested in CHO and matters that may affect me while in CHO. Police activity is certainly one of those. ... Thank you ... Dr. Brad Roof
We must do better!
This is disgustingly anti-american! We have no use for large-scale action against protesters or groups. Kent state all over again!
I believe it is very distressing to see police dressed in military gear, because it conotes aggression instead of protection. The image is immediate and, rather than descalting a situation, it can have the opposite affect, inciting it further.
I did not understand police inaction on the night if August 11, 2017 nor at the rally the following day. Why didn't they police the Market Street garage, for example, after sending the protesters home? Police were all standing just outside the entrance while DeAndre Harris was being beaten by four White Supremacists, a few yards away. To my mind, the police did not do their job. An angry mob was set loose, resulting in the death of Heather Heyer and serious injury to many others.
Demilitarized the police everywhere!
In the absence of defunding/abolition, this is a good start. Thanks
When police show up,in military gear, it is threatening to all citizens and very likely to provoke a fight response. That response has proven to be necessary and appropriate in too many instances. How about the police concentrate on de escalating and keeping the peace..
Studies have shown that when police departments have storehouses of military grade weapons, they use them. Let's invest in our communities prospering - through health care, nutrition, education, vocational training. Let's create opportunity instead of antagonism.
We do not feel protected with over policing. We never did. I did not feel protected when there were snipers on the roofs of the downtown mall on the A12 anniversary - especially since we watched them watch passively as violent white supremacists threatened us. It scares me when I think of local officers being equipped with military style anything. Please ban these things for the safety of our community.
Examine the budget, examine the inventory. Have an independent evaluator do the inventory.
Give back to the military weapons that are military grade.
Also I believe we need to add more facilities for addiction and mental health services.
Demilitarize the police!
The militarized policing did us a lot of good in Aug 2017 (not). Stay out of our town. Instead, please bring in negotiators, mediators and people trained in restorative practices.
The purpose of military equipment is to kill. It is to be used in wartime, not against our own citizens. Get all military equipment out of the hands of US law enforcement personnel.
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