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Saratoga Springs assistant police chief walks back controversial comments | The Daily Gazette
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Saratoga Springs Assistant Police Chief John Catone in a Wednesday statement said he “allowed anger and frustration” to obscure his underlying message at a June 28 press conference on recent violent incidents in the city.
Catone’s remarks at that press conference, which suggested some people in the community were pushing a narrative that police were “racist killers,” drew immediate criticism from social justice activists and Democratic candidates who thought Catone was referring to them.
At one point during the press conference, where Catone joined city Public Safety Commissioner Robin Dalton, Catone said he would “pull out every single connection my family has made over the last 130 years, and I will stop your narrative,” taken by many as an oblique threat.
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BLM demonstrators in Saratoga Springs demand apology from assistant police chief, public safety commissioner | The Daily Gazette
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SARATOGA SPRINGS – Black Lives Matters activists took to the steps of City Hall to condemn public statements made by the assistant police chief and public safety commissioner, and they pledged to derail the latter’s bid for mayor.
About 90 minutes after the protest, several white supporters of BLM joined in the condemnation during Tuesday’s tense City Council meeting.
The activists, 34-year-old Lexis Figueroa, his sister, 25-year-old Chandler Hickenbottom, both of Saratoga Springs, and brother-sister duo TJ and Samira Sangara, 19 and 23, respectively, of Clifton Park, reacted strongly to the officials’ statements about a recent street brawl that resulted in a stabbing and gunshots fired.