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Groups ranging from the YWCA of Central Massachusetts to the Belmont AME Zion Church want a police review board in Worcester. (Neal McNamara/Patch)
WORCESTER, MA Eighteen churches, nonprofits and activist groups in Worcester are renewing calls for a civilian-led board to review complaints about police misconduct.
In a letter Wednesday to the mayor, City Council and City Manager Edward Augustus Jr., the groups said new reforms around race and policing in Worcester don t go far enough especially after recent publicized incidents of alleged police misconduct.
Through the years, and over the past six months specifically, we have watched and suffered with the City s inability to respond to complaints from diverse community groups, faith leaders and even elected officials struggling to find resolution to incidents of systemic racism and police excessive force, said the letter signed by groups ranging from the Y ....

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