Members agreed to join the group last summer. Protests erupted nationwide after Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, who was captured on video using his knee to pin the Black man to the ground by his neck for more than 9 minutes. Downtown Chambersburg was the site of peaceful protests for many days.
Through the advisory board, conversations sparked during that emotional period will continue. Our national conversations surrounding racial justice certainly intersect with the field we refer to as criminal justice, Fogal said in the news release. Indeed, it unfortunately often takes up most of the conversation, and usually only meaningfully occurs at an emotionally charged national flashpoint.
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The parents of Osaze Osagie alleged in a new court filing on Monday that the former State College police officer who fatally shot their son in 2019 was “mentally unstable and violent,” and was “unfit for duty” when he was assigned to go to Osagie’s apartment the day of the shooting.
An amended complaint filed in
the family’s federal lawsuit against the borough and four officers also claims that a now-retired police captain had received information about former officer M. Jordan Pieniazek’s alleged “excessive drinking and domestic abuse” and did not take steps to ensure Pieniazek was fit for duty in the days leading up to the shooting.