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COVINGTON, Ga. Develop trust through transparency is what Covington Police Chief Stacey Cotton believes a Citizen Review Board could do for the police department.
It’s the reason why he fully supported the city council’s unanimous decision Monday, March 15, to approve the first reading of an ordinance to establish such a board.
“We need as police departments to figure out ways to build trust in our communities. We’re part of several different things, working on trust initiatives across the state and in our community,” Cotton said. “… I see [the Citizen Review Board’s creation] as a big step in a way of building trust within our comm
Dozens rally in downtown Syracuse for Breonna Taylor, Judson Albahm
Richard Perrins | Asst. Copy editor
Activist group Rebirth SYR has pledged 40 days of action to honor Judson Albahm, who was killed by police on March 4.
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Balloons, signs, candles and posters adorned the statues lining the Firefighter’s Memorial Park in downtown Syracuse on Saturday as Rebirth SYR, a local activist group, staged a rally.
Dozens of community members gathered at the park to remember Breonna Taylor and Judson Albahm. Plainclothes police officers fatally shot Taylor, a 26-year old EMT, in March 2020 while serving a no-knock warrant in her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment, sparking nationwide protests against police brutality. The officers involved were cleared of any wrongdoing.
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