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A
The
murder
of
George
Floyd
at
the
hands
of
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
sparked
nationwide
protests
and
urgent
calls
for
police
reforms,
including
right
here
in
Arlington,
and
this
of
course
was
intensified
by
the
ACP
DS
mutual
aid
response
to
the
Park
Police
that
brought
our
officers
to
the
front
lines
of
that
violent
dispersal
of
peaceful
protestors
in
Lafayette
Square
outside
the
White
House
the
beginning
of
June.
Let's
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
our
officers
were
in
that
situation
in
the
process
in
the
first
place,
rather.
B
Well,
as
you
say,
we
have
a
mutual
aid
agreement
and
that
we
have
mutual
aid
all
around
the
region
and
in
fact
that's
the
only
way
this
region
survives.
It's
important
to
note,
you
know
so,
every
four
years
there's
an
inauguration
downtown,
there's
no
way
that
you
know
the
Park
Police
or
the
District
Police
alone
could
handle
that,
so
they
call
from
all
over.
We
come
to
help
with
that.
B
We
have
the
Marine
Corps
Marathon
every
year,
not
this
year,
but
we
have
had
it
every
year
and
there's
no
way
our
police
could
manage
all
of
the
intersections
and
everything
to
make
sure
that
goes
safely
and
we
call
on
the
Park
Police.
So
there's
a
long-standing
mutual
aid
agreement.
It
really
goes
back.
The
the
legal
part
goes
back
to
9/11,
but
we've
been
working
on
it
even
longer,
because
we've
seen
too
many,
you
know
things
that
hit
the
region.
We
all
talk
about
these
separate
jurisdictions,
but
we're
all
together
in
this.
B
So
that's
how
we
came
to
be
down
there.
The
the
Park
Service
asked
for
support
first
on
the
Parkway,
because
they
were
busy
downtown.
Then
they
said
we're.
Having
a
hard
time
downtown,
please
come
and
help
us
here
they
were
assigned
to
Lafayette
Park.
They
went
down
first
on
Saturday.
They
were
there
on
Sunday
and
on
Sunday,
we're
pushing
you
know
doing
it
properly.
You
didn't
hear
about
any
problems
with
it
moving
people
out
of
the
park
so
that
the
fire
fighters
could
get
there
to
put
out
the
fire
in
the
church.
B
So
there
was
a
lot
going
on
and
then
it
all
changed
all
of
a
sudden
on
Monday
evening
at
about
6
o'clock
and
our
guys
were
there
to
help
control
the
crowd,
keep
people
safe.
They
had
thought
they
would
they'd
been
told
they
were
going
to
put
up
a
barrier,
and
it's
been
explained
to
me
even
that
the
barrier
can
be
very
helpful
because
when
you've
got
protesters
and
police,
like
nose-to-nose
tensions,
can
kind
of
build
up.
B
None
of
our
police
heard
anything
about
the
president
till
they
got
home
again,
but
of
course
we
got
a
different
view
of
it
because
we're
kind
of
at
a
very
you
know:
5,000
foot,
10,000
foot
level,
and
once
we
saw
the
violence
that
happened
and
the
president
walking
across
it
sort
of
all
came
clear
into
what
the
picture
was,
and
it
was
not
a
good
picture,
not
anything.
We
wanted
to
be
involved
in
Matt
I
said
no,
no.
C
C
These
are
instances
where
we
there
is
a
shared
interest
and
arlington
interest
in
mutual
aid,
but
we
have
to
reevaluate
and
make
sure
that
that
we
provide
the
right
guardrails,
while
also
respecting
the
work
that
our
police
does,
and
I
would
say
my
experience
with
our
officers
has
been
positive.
We
have
a
fine
police
force,
we
they
were
just
being
used
for
an
improper
purpose
and
it
was
evident
from
the
president's
law.
C
That
is
not
the
purpose
that
that
would
have
been
appropriate
and
so
I
think
it
was
the
right
step,
and
now
we
have
to
go
into
the
important
conversations
of
what
do
we
do
next?
How
do
we
re-evaluate
and
what
are
the
appropriate
changes
to
the
way,
we're
policing
that
will
keep
Arlington
safe
and
be
aligned
with
our
values?
Yeah.
B
And
I
think
it's
important
to
point
out
to
there
all
there's
all
this
horrible
video.
If
you
look
at
it,
you
know
I've
learned
more
about
crowd
control.
It's
amazing
what
you
learn.
So
a
lot
of
what
you
saw
from
some
of
the
other
groups
were
really
bad
practices
that
really
endangered
people
in
the
crowd.
So
if
they're
with
something
like
they
call
it
a
flashbang,
that's
just
kind
of
supposed
to
scare
people
and
get
them
to
run
away,
there's
a
wrong
way
and
a
right
way
to
do
that.
B
The
wrong
way,
which
we
sometimes
know
is
lobbing
it
overhead
people
get
hurt.
That
way.
Do
that
you
wait
until
there's
sort
of
a
clear
space,
lob
it
and
very
gently
down
low.
So
all
it
does
is
make
a
noise
and
people
and
people
who
want
so
there
are
all
kinds
of
things
that
we
learned,
and
so
people
were
watching
really
bad
behavior,
particularly
horrific
picture
of
the
park
police
beating
the
reporter.
That
was
horrible,
you
know
and
then
our
guys
get
lumped
in,
but
we
behaved
very
professionally
the
whole
time.
B
They're
from
what
I've
you
know,
we've
had
lots
of
you
know
stories
and
things
that
we
hear
and
now
there's
a
court
case,
so
it'll
all
come
out,
but
I'm,
confident
that
our
our
guys
and
we're
men
and
women
behave
very
professionally
and
that
then
gets
down
to
the
locality.
You
know
Matt
that
you
talked
about
here.
How
can
we
reassure
our
community
here
about
policing
and
I?
B
Think
we're
gonna
talk
about
that
a
little
bit
more,
but
it's
all
everything
we're
talking
about
is
so
connected
right
now
the
pandemic
has
made
some
things
very
clear
about
equity
issues.
Then
you
had
the
murder
of
George
Floyd,
which
just
was
on
top
of
it,
and
everybody
is
seeing
it
because
their
home
and
anyway
it's
just
it's
all
connected-
and
this
is
a
very
turbulent
time
very
turbulent
time.
Well,.
A
C
There's
different
components:
all
of
us,
each
of
us
in
our
individual
capacities,
joined
the
Arlington
based
black
lives
matter.
Libby
was
a
host,
as
was
Christian,
and
it
was
phenomenal
in
this
in
the
sense
that
we
saw
officers
participating
as
well,
and
it
was
very
peaceful.
You
saw
masks
everywhere,
so
it
was
important
to
be
at
and
I.
None
of
us
wants
to
minimize
the
the
calls
and
the
importance
and
the
urgency
of
racial
justice,
but
a
and
I
guess
I
would
say.
We
also
want
to
be
clear
about
some
of
the
facts.
C
For
example,
Livi
was
alluding
the
videos
that
you
may
have
seen
that
are
so
disturbing.
Those
are
not
our
officers.
Our
officers
were
professional
in
that
time
and
were
reevaluating.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do.
We've
started
with
body
worn
cameras
which
we
have
received
over
a
thousand
emails
about
police
perform
related
issues
tomorrow,
I
mean
work,
we're
also
having
conversations
that
are
going
to
be
listening
to
the
communities
with
concerns
which
we
all
think
are
essential.
This
is
not
the
end.
C
B
And
and
I
I'm
viewing.
This
is
really
I.
All
this
is
really
an
opportunity
because
we
have
it.
As
matt
said,
we've
had
we've
heard
over,
like
thousands
well
over
a
thousand
emails
from
people,
and
it's
really
clear
everybody
feels
passionate
about
it.
It's
really
clear
that
a
number
of
the
people
writing
in
quite
a
few
of
them.
It's
it's,
maybe
their
first
time.
In
fact,
some
of
them
even
said
this,
it's
their
first
time
reaching
out
to
the
board.
B
So
it's
an
incredible
opportunity
to
inform
people,
and
we
have
so,
for
example,
Joe
Cole's
I
mean
they
have
been
forbidden
in
our
code
for
a
long
time.
So
you
know
we
need
to.
Let
folks
know
that
de-escalation,
the
reason
that
we
moved
we
were
able
to
move
forward
so
quickly
on
body-worn
cameras,
which
is
not
I,
think
I'll
take
an
opportunity.
It's
not
like
you
can
just
take
a
cell
phone
here
and
tape
it
to
your
chest
and
hit
play.
B
It
doesn't
work
that
way,
because
what
you
have
to
have
is
a
particularly
the
device
that
then
has
to
feed
the
video
into,
and
then
that
has
to
be
kept
and
then
on
the
other
end,
the
courts
have
to
be
able
to
use
that
video
and
have
the
equipment
to
do
that.
So
there's
a
whole
lot.
That
needs
to
happen
and
we
also
were
going
to
match
up
our
body-worn
cameras
that
we're
putting
in
with
newly
we're
gonna
put
in.
We
already
have
skews
me.
B
We
already
have
cameras
in
our
vehicles,
but
they
need
to
be
upgraded
so
rather
than
upgrade
we're
just
gonna
put
the
same
system
in
so
it'll
all
will
be
seamless
and
then
I
learned
something
I
don't
know
Matt.
If
this
was
news
to
you
we're
not
doing
our
police,
but
the
manager
recommends
sheriff's
I,
get
that
and
fire
marshals
who
knew
fire
marshals,
apparently
carry
lethal
force.
I
had
no
idea
hearing.
C
B
B
So
the
material
was
already
and
good
to
go,
and
then
one
more
thing
out
is:
you
know,
we're
hearing
a
lot
about
mental
health
services
and
policing,
and
actually
our
police
are
well-trained,
but
they
they
don't
like
to
go
on.
Those
calls
either
so
I
think
we're
gonna
be
able
to
have
some
good
discussions.
People
understand
exactly
where
it
is
that
we
are
just
not
a
horrible
place
and
we've
got
professional
police
and
what
we
can
do
to
make
it
better
and.
A
Then,
of
course,
tying
it
all
back
then,
to
what
we
were
talking
about
earlier
with
the
corona
virus
pandemic.
Some
doctors
have
warned
that
the
peaceful
protests
that
we're
taking
place
will
then
inevitably
lead
to
a
spike
in
kovin
19
cases.
What
are
your
feelings
on
that,
and
what
have
we
been
seeing
here
in
Arlington,
sir.
C
C
I
think
it's
important
to
honor
just
how
strongly
so
many
of
us
feel
about
the
need
for
change
in
terms
of
safety
for
our
black
and
brown
communities
and
individuals
and
so
concern
absolutely
on
protests,
but
as
we
see,
people
wearing
masks
and
being
careful
about
not
being
too
close
to
other
people,
social
distancing,
I
honestly
believe
we
can
do
both
both
stay
safe
and
advocate
for
the
values
and
smart
changes
that
we
absolutely
need.
Yeah.
B
Yeah
and
everybody
was
wearing
masks
it
also
it's
better
when
you're
outside,
so
I
felt
pretty
good
about
that.
I
will
say
that
was
one
of
the
more
it's
been
kind
of
a
grim
time,
and
that
was
a
wonderful
event
and
I
found.
It
was
because
of
the
social
distancing
when
we
read
because
I
I
was
in
the
front
of
the
group
as
we
got
across
the
bridge.
B
By
that
point,
Evan
was
heading
it
up
to
set
a
really
quick
pace
which
is
easy
if
you're,
young
and
strong,
and
have
long
legs
there's
a
little
harder
for
me
and
I
also
kept
the
mask
on
as
much
as
I
could,
but
sometimes
I
was
having
trouble
breathing.
So
I'd
move
a
heart
to
take
the
mask
off,
but
we
got
across
the
bridge.
I
saw
an
empty
bench
and
I
thought
all
right.
This
is
my
time.
I'm
gonna
take
a
break
because
I
want
to
get
all
the
way
to
Lafayette
Park.
B
It
was
quite
satisfying
to
get
there
a
week
later
after
our
police
had
been
I,
think
miss
U's
down
there,
but
anyway,
I
sat
on
the
bench
watching
people
come
and
I
was
gonna
like
right.
There.
You
know
let
people
come
and
I'll
take
up
the
rear.
We're
go
from
the
front
to
there.
Well,
eventually,
I
got
up
and
kept
walking,
because
people
were
still
coming.
It
was
amazing
and
to
look
down
the
reflecting
pool.
B
That
was
the
one
time
I
really
teared
up
I'd
been
there
I
was
there
fifty
years
ago
for
a
demonstration
against
the
war,
so
I
kind
of
go
back
over
time,
looking
down
there
and
seeing
the
beautiful
pool
the
flags,
the
Washington,
Monument,
the
Capitol
and
all
these
people
all
from
Arlington
and
all
there,
because
they
believed
in
what
those
buildings
stand
for
it
was
just
and
totally
mixed.
You
know
mixed
races,
all
different
kinds
of
people
mixed
ages.
It
was
just
anyway.
It
dumb
did
my
heart
good.
Did
my
heart
good.
A
And
on
that
note,
that's
a
pretty
good
transition
of
words,
but
amidst
everything
that's
been
happening,
of
course
the
work
of
county
government
and
the
board
did
need
to
continue.
We
will
take
a
short
break
on
that
note
and
when
we
come
back
we'll
take
a
look
at
the
managers
proposed
capital
improvement
plan.
Another
budget
dramatically
altered
by
The
Cove
in
nineteen
hand.
Epic
stay
with
us.