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From YouTube: City Council Meeting – March 13, 2018
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March 13, 2018
Asheville City Council Meeting
A
B
Okay,
I'll
read
this
proclamation
and
then
Anna
will
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
what
our
power
is.
This
tells
you
a
little
bit
but
there's
more
to
it,
so
where,
as
Earth
Hour
organized
by
the
World
Wildlife
Fund
is
a
global
initiative
that
encourages
individuals,
businesses
and
governments
around
the
world
to
turn
off
all
non-essential
lighting
for
one
hour
on
Saturday
March,
24th
2018
between
8:30
and
9:30
p.m.
and
whereas
the
goal
of
Earth
Hour
is
to
demonstrate
that
individual
action
is
needed
to
address
the
urgency
of
climate
change
and
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
B
And
whereas
humankind
is
currently
facing
tremendous
global
challenges
affecting
every
community,
including
large-scale
migration,
extreme
inequality
and
poverty,
degradation
of
ecosystems,
mass
extinction
of
species
and
global
climate
change.
And
whereas
all
people
of
this
earth,
no
matter
their
race,
gender
income,
sexual
orientation
or
national
origin
have
a
right
to
a
healthy
environment
and
whereas
the
city
of
Asheville
is
committed
to
reducing
its
greenhouse
gas
emissions
by
80%,
full
o
fiscal
year
2008
levels
and
whereas
the
city
of
Asheville
recognizes
that
climate
change
is
the
biggest
environmental
threat
facing
our
planet.
B
And
whereas
the
city
of
Asheville
will
join
thousands
of
cities
in
over
152
countries
across
the
world.
In
celebrating
the
World
Wildlife
fund's
Earth
Hour
now,
therefore,
I
ste
Mannheimer,
mayor
of
Asheville,
have
the
distinct
honor
of
proclaiming
March
24th
2018
between
the
8:30
to
9:30
p.m.
as
Earth
Hour
throughout
Asheville,
and
encourage
all
citizens,
businesses
and
institutions
to
participate
in
Earth
Hour
to
demonstrate
environmental
awareness
and
the
effects
of
climate
change.
And
this
is
Anna
priest,
hi.
C
There
I'm
a
member
of
the
sustainability,
Advisory
Committee
on
energy
and
environment,
for
the
city
of
Asheville,
and
behalf
of
that
group
called
say
sea
is
our
acronym.
We
appreciate
the
city
for
taking
the
step
to
save
electricity
and
uphold
its
mission
to
reduce
its
carbon
footprint.
They
see
and
partnership
with
the
city
continues
to
explore
opportunity
to
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions
and
work
on
climate
resiliency,
not
only
for
the
betterment
of
the
environment,
but
also
for
social
impacts
and
economic
benefits
as
well.
C
B
A
D
I'm
going
to
be
reading
this
for
recognition,
debt
recognition
today
for
national
service,
where,
as
service
to
others
in
is,
is
a
hallmark
of
the
American
character
and
central
to
how
we
meet
our
challenges.
And
whereas
the
nation's
counties
are
increasingly
turning
to
national
service
and
volunteerism
as
a
cost-effective
strategy
to
meet
their
needs.
And
whereas
AmeriCorps
and
Senior
Corps
participants
address
the
most
pressing
challenges
facing
our
communities,
from
educating
students
for
the
jobs
of
the
21st
century
and
supporting
veterans
and
military
families
to
providing
health
services
and
helping
communities
recover
from
natural
disasters.
D
And
whereas
national
service
expands
economic
opportunity
by
creating
more
sustainable
resilient
communities
and
providing
education,
career
skills
and
leadership
abilities
for
those
who
serve.
And
whereas
AmeriCorps
and
Senior
Corps
participants
served
at
more
than
50
thousand
locations
across
the
country
through
direct
service
and
by
managing
millions
of
additional
volunteers
that
are
so
vital
to
our
economic
and
social
well-being.
And
whereas
national
service
represents
a
unique
public/private
partnership
at
investing
community
solutions
and
leverages
non-federal
resources
to
strengthen
community
impact
and
increase
the
return
on
taxpayer
dollars.
D
E
Thank
You
councilman,
young
mayor
Mannheimer
and
the
rest
of
City
Council,
Senior,
Corps
and
AmeriCorps
are
sponsored
through
the
national
above
the
Corporation
for
National
and
Community
Service.
You
are
served
in
Buncombe
County
by
over
140
Foster
Grandparent
and
senior
companion
volunteers,
who
are
helping
menarche
mentor.
Children
in
the
school
system
with
special
needs,
as
well
as
our
senior
companions
are
helping
older
adults
live
independently
in
their
own
homes
without
having
to
go
into
costly
facilities.
E
Therefore,
saving
a
lot
of
money
for
our
community,
as
well
as
being
a
solution
to
one
of
our
area's
crisis
seas.
We
also
have
a
dozens
of
AmeriCorps
members
who
are
serving
with
a
large
number
of
nonprofits
who
are
serving
a
lot
of
needs
with
children
as
well
as
older
adults,
and
we
recognize
the
right
service
that
they're
providing
to
Buncombe
County,
and
we
appreciate
the
recognition
you've
provided
to
us
today.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
F
A
A
Okay,
we
have.
We
actually
have
two
presentations
and
reports
tonight.
The
first
is
going
to
be
the
Asheville
Museum
of
Science
presentation
and
the
second
is
going
to
be
the
racial
justice
coalition
and
do
I
have
representatives
of
the
racial
justice
coalition
here,
Jerry
Leonard
and
James
Lee,
just
in
case
you're
in
the
overflow
room.
Folks,
you'll
be
up
next,
so
go
ahead
and
make
your
way
up
here
and
but
first
we'll
hear
the
presentation
from
regarding
the
Asheville
Museum
of
Science.
C
C
Doing
stream
and
wetland
restoration
as
a
professional
wetland,
scientist
in
2015
I
was
offered
my
dream
job
of
running
a
Science
Museum
I
love
showing
off
Western,
North,
Carolina's,
beautiful
natural
resources
to
visitors
and
locals.
Through
our
amazing
exhibits
and
hands-on
programs,
you
can
explore
the
beautiful
Hall
of
minerals,
the
southern
Appalachian
forest.
C
Later
this
month
we
will
see
a
new
art
installation
which
will
highlight
invasive
species
and
the
impacts
honor.
In
this
summer,
we
will
install
the
highly
anticipated
French
Broad
River
water
table
in
our
first
year
of
being
open,
Amos
served
over
40,000
visitors
in
2017,
and
nearly
half
of
those
visitors
are
locals
from
Buncombe,
County
and
15,000
of
which
came
from
the
city
of
Asheville.
C
As
you
can
see,
the
lion's
share
of
the
Asheville
visitors
come
from
the
central
to
801
zip
code
with
the
rest
coming
from
the
west,
south,
north
and
east,
in
descending
order.
This
data
was
collected
by
our
new
visitor
tracking
system,
which
allows
us
to
accurately
know
who
we
are
serving,
and
it's
pretty
apparent
that
Amos
is
just
as
much
a
resource
for
the
residents
of
Asheville
as
it
is
for
its
tourists,
but
we
don't
just
serve
the
residents
of
Asheville
by
having
them
come
visit.
The
museum,
but
through
mission,
focused
educational
programs.
C
Did
you
know
that
North
Carolina
is
ranked
36th
in
the
nation,
for
science
proficiency
and
for
every
unemployed
person?
There
are
two
available
STEM
jobs,
but
not
everyone
has
the
necessary
skills
to
fulfill
those
positions.
Amos
is
here
to
help
get
kids
on
the
stem
pipeline
early
on
for
a
better
chance
at
a
successful
career
path.
C
Our
field
trip
offerings
include
geology,
forces
and
motion,
computer
science,
astronomy,
weather
and
matter
and
energy.
All
of
these
classes
hit
North
Carolina
science
standards,
which
help
teachers
that
may
not
always
have
the
equipment
or
resources.
There's
only
so
much
a
teacher
can
do
with
a
textbook
in
a
shoestring
budget
out
of
the
2,200
elementary
school
students
in
the
city
of
Asheville
Amos
served
over
half
of
those
students
in
2017
and
starting
the
spring
semester.
We've
expanded
our
curriculum
to
include
middle
school
offerings
as
well.
C
But
we
recognize
that
Amos
is
not
an
island
and
we
know
that
we
cannot
be
successful
alone
and
that's
why
we
hold
community
partnerships
in
the
highest
regard
and
one
way
we
utilize
community
partnerships
is
through
informal
program
offerings.
These
programs
include
our
homeschool
Mondays
night
at
the
museums
where
parents
can
drop
their
kids
off
a
podcast
called
seven-minute
science,
which
usually
runs
more
like
22
minutes
science,
but
who's
counting,
Saturday
science
programs
and
our
adult
seminar.
C
Series
called
science
puzzles
all
of
these
programs
and
more
allow
us
to
tap
into
our
community
for
guest
speakers
from
other
organizations,
as
well
as
numerous
science
and
tech
industries
surrounding
our
region.
But,
most
importantly,
it
allows
Amos
to
expand
beyond
our
four
walls
and
get
into
the
communities
where
we
are
needed.
C
Most
Amos
has
been
an
able
to
partner
with
Asheville
City,
preschools
and
headstart
programs
by
bringing
our
preschools
little
Explorers
Club
into
the
community
to
serve
over
600
students
with
a
partnership
through
Buncombe
County,
and
you
may
remember
a
little
celestial
event
that
occurred
this
past
summer.
Amos
hosted
a
solar
eclipse,
Festival
right
out
here
in
the
park
for
over
4,000
attendees
with
the
help
of
community
partners,
including
Asheville
City,
Schools
Buncombe,
County,
Schools
and
UNC
Asheville.
C
Amos
has
been
providing
free
programming
for
the
past
three
years
to
the
Asheville
middle
schools
in
real
life
program,
every
Friday
students
get
a
chance
to
come
to
our
stem
lab
in
the
museum
for
design
and
engineering
projects,
including
coding,
Lego,
robotics,
3d,
printers
and
good
old-fashioned
cardboard
building
challenges.
This
year.
C
We
also
started
serving
at
homework
diners
and
Claxton
elementary
for
their
after-school
programs
as
well,
and
we
are
now
targeting
all
of
these
students
from
these
programs
and
offering
them
full
scholarships
to
Amos
summer
camps
held
on
the
campus
of
UNC
Asheville
for
second,
through
seventh
graders
and
at
the
Museum.
For
kindergarten
and
first
graders,
this
scholarship
is
made
possible
by
the
Duke
Energy
Foundation.
C
Last
summer
we
were
a
host
site
for
the
Kayla
program
where
high
school
seniors.
Iya
brown
got
to
shadow
multiple
employees,
from
famous
learning
about
science,
education
by
helping
out
with
our
summer
camps
and
nonprofit
administration.
Although
Ziya
was
pretty
determined
to
go
into
a
health-related
profession,
she
was
excited
to
learn
about
all
the
different
science
career
opportunities
that
we
highlighted
throughout
our
summer
camp
experiences.
C
Historically,
some
of
our
most
important
partnerships
have
come
from
municipal
support
from
both
the
city
and
the
county.
For
24
years,
the
Colburn
resided
rent-free
on
city-owned
land
impact
place,
Buncombe
County
supported
the
PAC
place
partners
through
generous
allocations
each
year
and
during
our
capital
campaign
and
move
out
of
PAC
place.
Both
the
county
and
the
city
supported
our
efforts.
The
county
allocated,
one
hundred
and
twenty
five
thousand
for
capital
improvements
and
the
city
distributed
30,000
to
Amos
for
moving
expenses
during
our
fast
search
for
a
new
location.
C
C
The
Catawba
Science
Center
in
Hickory
has
a
fifty
thousand
square
foot,
building
paid
for
and
maintained
by
the
city
of
Hickory
and
receives
between
10
to
25
percent
of
operational
support.
And,
lastly,
the
gym
and
lapidary
Museum
in
Hendersonville
pays
one
dollar
per
year
in
rent
an
Inman
and
their
admission
is
free
and
also
subsidized
by
Henderson
County.
C
The
Asheville
easy
on
of
science
would
love
to
continue
a
partnership
with
the
city
of
Asheville
to
support
our
mission
to
provide
science,
education
and
literacy
through
an
interactive
and
hands-on
learning
environment
for
the
betterment
of
the
community,
so
that
we
can
help
close
the
achievement
gap,
promote
the
stem
pipeline
and
workforce
development
and
enhance
the
quality
of
life
for
all.
The
citizens
of
Asheville,
now,
if
you
all,
have
any
questions,
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
some.
B
Have
a
question
just
a
comment:
you
also
yeah
so
two
comments.
Actually,
so
your
your
presentation
has
perhaps
unfortunately
landed
on
a
night
when
there's
a
lot
of
other
focuses
in
another
place,
so
I
hope,
I,
hope.
We've
all
had
a
chance
to
to
look
at
this
and
hear
this.
It
seems
to
me
this
is
an
important
piece
of
Nashville
and,
and
that
so
certainly
the
way
the
funding
is
structured
now
is
not
in
line
with
many
other
leading
museums
in
the
in
the
state.
B
B
C
That
correct,
so
we
were
directed
by
some
city
staff
and
some
council
members
that
we
didn't
quite
fit.
The
mold
for
the
city.
Strategic
partnership
fund
I
actually
tried
to
go
to
one
of
the
informational
sessions
this
past
winter,
but
it
was
cancelled
due
to
weather.
But
instead
of
trying
to
force
the
application
process,
we
prefer
to
submit
a
request,
but
the
City
Council
and
staff
to
be
added
to
the
budget
in
a
in
a
different
way.
Instead
of
forcing
something
that
doesn't
quite
fit,
who
we
are
yeah.
B
A
A
Okay,
let
me
just
give
a
little
do
a
little
housekeeping
here
in
terms
of
the
process
for
the
rest
of
the
evening.
Hopefully,
folks
down
downstairs
on
one
can
hear
me
because
I
know
we've
got
overflow
capacity
we
have.
We
are
our
regular
agenda
is
actually
pretty
short,
but
obviously
are
not
the
public
comment
we'll
take
up
the
book
of
the
evening.
A
The
racial
justice
coalition
reached
out
to
me,
Friday
I,
believe
it
was
James
that
and
mentioned
that
they
have
put
together
some
comments
that
they
wanted
to
present
to
Council,
and
so
we're
going
to
take
an
opportunity
to
do
that
now.
Under
presentations,
presentations
are
allotted
10
minutes
and
they
have
two
speakers
and
then
also
ask
Carmen
Thank
You
Carmen
for
running
upstairs,
because
you
just
let
us
know
today,
I
believe
or
yesterday,
that
you're
going
to
be
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
n-double
a-c-p.
A
So
again,
we'll
hear
from
the
two
groups
will
jump
back
on
our
regular
agenda
and
finish
these
public
hearings.
They
should
be
pretty
quick,
they're,
Street
closures,
so
they're
pretty
quick
and
then
we'll
go
back
into
public
comment
and
I'm
gonna.
Take
take
folks
in
order
that
they
signed
up.
Some
people
indicated
already
that
they
wanted
to
see
their
time
to
someone.
So
when
we
get
to
those
we'll
kind
of
have
to
sort
of
figure
that
out,
I
am
gonna.
A
Try
to
let
people
know
who's
on
deck,
so
that
if
you're
downstairs
an
overflow,
you
can
start
to
make
your
way
upstairs.
When
you
know
you're
you're
coming
up
pretty
soon
tonight
is
an
opportunity
for
council
to
listen.
We
do
not
have
anything
on
our
agenda
to
take
any
action
tonight.
We
want
to
hear
from
the
community.
We
are
going
to
have
a
work
session
in
one
week
Tuesday
in
one
week,
part
of
that
work
session
was
already
planned
and
devoted
to
budget
Maggie's.
A
Looking
at
me
like,
what
are
you
announcing
and
but
the
other
part
of
the
work
session
is
going
to
be
specifically
devoted
to
the
topic
that
most
of
you
are
here
to
talk
with
us
about
tonight,
because
council
needs
to
hear
from
you
and
then
have
an
opportunity
to
come
up
with
the
action
that
we
we
want
to
take
as
a
body
and
a
work
session
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
do
that.
They'll
figure
out
those
logistics
and
let
you
know,
are
normally
our
work
sessions
are
downstairs.
A
On
the
first
floor,
that's
obviously
a
pretty
small
room
for
this,
so
we'll
we'll
try
to
figure
out
if
we
need
to
find
a
larger
venue,
our
City
Clerk
I'm,
just
giving
her
a
word,
can
work
so
with
that
James.
If
you're
you're
gonna
be
first,
you
tell
me
how
you
want
to
do
it
we're
going
to
hear
from
the
racial
justice
Coalition
and
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
come.
Speak
to
us
tonight.
I
Thank
You
mayor
vice
mayor
members
of
council.
We
want
to
thank
you
for
providing
the
racial
justice
coalition
the
opportunity
to
present
some
considerations
during
the
agenda.
Again,
my
name
is
James
Lee
I'm,
the
previous
co-chair
of
the
racial
justice
coalition.
The
racial
justice
Coalition
appreciates
the
thoughtfulness
of
the
City
Council
by
asking
us
to
speak
during
the
presentation
portion
of
today's
agenda.
How
we
also
want
to
raise
and
acknowledge
the
other
individuals,
grassroot
groups
and
other
organizations
that
we'll
be
speaking
later.
J
K
Right,
my
name
is
Gary
Leonard
I'm,
the
racial
justice
and
outreach
specialist
at
ywc,
Asheville
I'm.
Also,
the
co-chair
of
building
bridges
of
Asheville
and
I
am
the
current
co-chair
of
the
racial
justice
coalition.
The
racial
justice
coalition
includes
representatives
from
organizations
in
Asheville
in
Buncombe,
County
dedicated
to
racial
justice.
K
I
The
RJ
seeds
vision
is
to
mobilize
and
engage
and
energize
existing
organizations
during
racial
justice
work
becoming
a
national
model
for
best
practices
and
improve
police-community
relations
in
Asheville
and
bogan
County.
This
group
came
together
in
December
of
2014
after
the
tragic
events
in
Ferguson
Missouri
that
prompted
a
group
of
organizations
to
seek
a
lot
partners
committed
to
racial
justice.
The
thought
was
that
coming
together
as
a
coalition
of
organizations,
could
have
more
unified
voices
and
responding
to
these
tragedies,
more
importantly,
preventing
such
tragedies
here
in
Nashville
in
Buncombe
County.
K
After
Jo
Jai
Williams
was
shot
in
July
of
2016
tensions
within
the
Asheville
community.
Specifically,
the
black
community
has
never
been
healed
or
reconciled.
Then
in
September
of
2016
officer
OSA
was
caught
on
video
slamming
a
16
year
old
black
girl
to
the
ground.
Then
in
February
of
2017,
the
same
officer
was
captured
on
video
threatening
to
take
a
group
of
black
teenagers
to
jail
while
holding
an
ar-15
it
later
emerged.
He
had
a
BB
gun
now
with
the
sickening
and
disheartening.
K
Instead
of
an
APD
officer
harassing
beating
and
tasing
Johnny
rush,
it
is
reminiscent
of
thousands
that
have
taken
place
across
the
country
and
also
right
here
in
Nashville
against
black
and
brown
lives,
and
in
this
case
for
jaywalking,
the
incident
depicts
racist
application
of
excessive
and
unnecessary
force.
It
is
contrary
to
the
Asheville
Police
Department's
recent
adopted
revised
policy
on
excessive
force
and
de-escalation
training
that
the
RJC
has
worked
on
with
APD,
that
included
other
community
members.
The
incident
clearly
proves
that
written
policies
and
trainings
are
not
enough.
K
I
Here
are
the
following
recommendations:
we
hope
to
make
to
City
Council
the
first
one
before
we
can
talk
solutions,
policies,
training.
We
hope
that
you
can
provide
mr.
Johnny
rush
with
trauma-informed
care
for
them
for
this
incident.
If
we
want
to
see
systemic
change,
then
we
need
to
see
action
behind
that
change.
Mr.
rush
should
not
incurred
this
responsibility
on
his
own.
He
did
not
create
this
situation
and
therefore
should
not
be
required
to
recover
from
that
on
this.
Only
if
mr.
I
K
Also
want
to
take
this
moment
and
lift
up
the
efforts
of
Dee
Williams
and
the
end
çb
criminal
justice
committee
and
their
work
with
Ian
Mane's
with
the
southern
Coalition
for
social
justice.
We
want
to
revisit
and
recommend
the
policy
revisions
around
written
consent
for
searches
and
D
prioritizing
regulatory
stops.
These
efforts,
at
the
time
they
were
presented,
seemed
unnecessary.
However,
if
they
would
have
been
in
place
could
this
situation
have
been
avoided?
I
Three,
we
would
we
want
to
lift
up
the
efforts
of
Nicole,
Townsend,
Carmen,
Ramos,
Kennedy
and
other
grassroot
efforts
to
not
only
not
only
here
in
Nashville,
but
in
the
state,
by
encouraging
support
from
the
City
Council
for
House
bill.
165,
there
went
to
assembly,
they
went
to
the
assembly
in
2017
in
reference
to
establishing
citizen
review
boards
that
have
decided
that
has
decision-making
power.
We've
seen
that
this
bill
has
been
pushed
by
Charlotte,
daang
and
Greensboro,
and
in
the
need
of
support
from
a
coalition
of
cities
in
North
Carolina.
I
K
Also
recommend
an
improved
complaint
process.
There
needs
to
be
an
increased
accessibility
for
informing
citizens
of
how
and
when
they
can
access
the
complaint
process.
Perception
is
reality
and
the
current
perception
is
that
law
enforcement
cannot
be
trusted
for
our
community
and
specifically
for
communities
of
color
to
be
able
to
voice
their
concerns
and
issues
in
a
manner
that
will
be
heard.
We
expect
this
level
of
transparency
not
only
on
the
EPS
APD
website,
but
also
in
newspapers
and
billboards,
even
during.
I
The
racial
justice
coalition
meeting
with
the
chief
Cooper
last
Monday,
the
implementation
of
unbiased
policing
hotline,
was
discussed.
Furthermore,
the
city
of
Asheville
set
up
a
hotline
for
people
to
share
their
pillars.
Prior
to
the
Wednesday's
citizen
police
advisory
committee
meeting,
we
recommend
instance
instituting
an
unbiased
policing
hotline
and
respond
to
all
complaints
within
48
hours.
We
would
like
to
see
100%
documentation
of
calls
and
complaints
and
report
to
the
human
resource
Commission
about
actions
taken.
I
K
Also
recommend
investigating
every
excessive
use
of
force
matter
as
a
criminal
case
first
and
as
an
administrative
case
only
secondarily
after
the
criminal
investigation
is
complete.
If
necessary,
you
can
pull
in
multiple
investigators
who
conduct
two
separate
cases
for
any
and
all
use
of
force
matters,
one,
administrative
and
another
as
criminal
case.
It
is
our
understanding
that
chief
Hooper
in
meeting
with
the
organization
faith
for
justice
has
already
implemented
this
measure.
We.
I
Recommend
complete
and
complete
and
transparency
around
accountability
for
all
the
officers
that
were
present.
During
that
incident,
we've
seen
steps
being
taken
from
district
attorney,
Todd
Williams
to
drop
27
cases
associated
with
officer
Hickman.
However,
he
was,
he
was
not
only.
He
was
not
the
only
officer
at
fault
in
this
incident.
The
city
recently
released
details
and
information
into
the
use
of
force
incident
involving
Officer
Hickman.
We
recommend
the
same
level
of
transparency
and
handling
of
sergeant
Tubbs,
an
internal
punishment
as
well
as
other
officers
on
the
scene.
I
K
Also
recommend
a
level
of
intentionality
from
the
city
of
Asheville
Police
Department,
to
include
people
of
color
in
the
police
training,
so
they
can
share
their
stories
with
new
officers
and
experienced
officers.
While
you
cannot
train
your
way
to
equity,
we
would
like
to
see
additional
training
for
those
officers
specifically
involved
in
this
incident
around
implicit
bias,
de-escalation
and
other
we
efforts.
K
This
provides
the
ability
for
those
most
impacted
by
law
enforcement,
to
share
their
experience
with
those
that
will
be
there
to
enforce
a
law
without
hearing
the
experience
of
those
impacted
folk.
It
is
a
checkbox
I'm.
Sorry,
the
training
is
just
that.
It's
a
training,
its
checkbox,
that
kind
of
experience,
rather
than
a
deep,
meaningful
change
that
we
want
in
our
community
policing
model,
there's
a
need
to
humanize
each
other
and
typically,
as
we've
seen
in
the
case
with
mr.
rush
people
of
color
are
dehumanized
and
devalued
by
officers.
We.
I
Recommend
that
all
police
officers,
out
of
uniform,
that
they
be
out
of
uniform
involved
in
our
community
engagement,
look
at
ways
to
rebuild
community
trust,
there's
a
number
of
organizations
and
grassroot
groups
that
would
be
willing
to
facilitate
sincere
and
authentic
interaction
with
law
and
community
members.
However,
the
officers
must
be
sincere
and
authentic
in
their
motives,
the.
K
Rjc
recommends
researching
and
implementing
ways
that
the
civil
service
board
can
be
equitable.
For
example,
City
Council
points
to
positions
of
the
civil
service
board.
What
if
one
of
those
positions
is
acquired
to
be
a
person
of
color
or
a
resident
of
the
public
housing
community?
This
would
ensure
that
there
is
more
representation
of
people
of
color
and
those
who
are
most
impacted
by
law
enforcement
had
officer
Hickman
not
resigned.
K
I
Ajc
further
recommends
that
we
look
at
city
staff
on
how
this
was
handled.
The
report
came
to
the
assistant
city
manager.
According
to
the
information
that
has
been
released
was
supposed
to
go
to
the
city
manager,
however,
never
made
its
way
up
the
chain
of
command.
We
think
that
this
matter
needs
to
be
prioritized
by
the
city
manager
and
the
assistant
city
managers.
There
is
a
need
to
for
review
on
how
transparent
our
city
staff
are
both
to
Council
on
to
the
community.
I
These
recommendations
are
not
affixed,
it's
not
affixed
to
the
recommendations,
but
it
is
a
start
of
dialogue
with
our
community
every
organization,
every
grassroot
leader,
every
coalition,
to
begin
to
rebuild
trust
within
our
government
and
our
Police
Department.
We
want
to
see
the
structures
that
have
been
put
in
place
removed.
We
want
to
eliminate
the
barriers
that
have
divided
our
community
to
be
torn
down
and
we
want
the
systems
that
have
been
created
to
keep
those
in
power
in
power,
racial
profiling,
systematic
racism
and
other
forms
of
discrimination
to
end.
G
A
L
Afternoon,
I'm,
Carmen
or
almost
Kennedy-
and
this
is
my
wonderful
young
friend
community
organizer
Nicole
Townsend
I-
invited
in
a
call
to
speak
with
me
today.
Nicole
is
a
part
of
Southerners
on
new
ground.
I
wanted
her
to
address
the
City
Council
along
with
me,
because
I
want
everyone.
All
of
us
assembled
here
to
see
what
activism
looks
like
across
the
board:
I'm
the
Prince
of
the
Asheville
Buncombe
branch
of
n-double-a-cp
she's
with
Southerners
on
new
ground.
We
both
have
our
lanes
and
our
legs
constantly
intersect,
and
at
that
intersection
is
truth.
Justice
and
equity.
L
Please
remember,
there
is
more
than
one
way
to
advocate
and
work
for.
Positive
change
is
the
beating
of
Johnny
rush
for
jaywalking,
a
reflection
of
APD's
value
and
regard
for
black
brown,
poor
and
homeless
people
in
our
community
I
know
many
of
you
will
say
no,
but
what
history
shows
us
is
overwhelmingly
clear
that
late-night
assault
upon
a
black
man
bothering
no
one
is
just
one
more
act
in
a
continuum
of
entrenched
and
entrenched
way
of
thinking
and
acting
among
those
that
police
us.
It
must
stop.
There
must
be
accountability.
L
The
continued
use
of
excessive
force
with
no
account
ability
will
not
be
tolerated
in
our
communities.
Every
single
use
of
excessive
force
must
start
with
a
criminal
investigation.
Police
are
not
above
the
law.
We
must
establish
an
independent
citizen
review
board
with
teeth
in
the
effort.
The
n-double-a-cp
would
ask
you
to
look
to
HB
165,
a
statewide
effort
to
get
Raleigh
to
vote
on
and
approve
citizen
review
boards
for
every
municipality
in
the
state
we
are
looking
for
a
champion.
Will
Asheville
be
our
champion.
People
must
get
organized
and
educate
themselves
on
the
issues.
L
We
must
learn
how
our
government
works
and
make
it
work.
For
us
voting
is
an
essential
part
of
making
government
work,
look
to
folks
like
shavonda
Harper,
working
with
fiscal
eagle,
the
women,
the
League
of
Women
Voters
and
children
first
in
school,
to
educate
the
community
about
the
roles
and
decision-making
process
of
local
government
and
to
make
our
voices
heard
to
the
actual
to
the
police
department.
We
all
know
that
officer.
Hickman
does
not
represent
the
force
in
its
entirety,
but
when
you
stand
around
and
let
acts
like
what
happened
to
mr.
L
rush
occurred,
it
makes
a
statement
and
it's
far
from
good
I
offered
that
police
look
to
their
fellow
officers
like
Quinton,
Miller
and
Evan
coward
as
role
models
that
do
a
great
job
of
the
community.
They
both
give
and
receive
respect,
remember
respect,
treat
people
with
it
and
you'll
get
it
back.
One
last
thing,
chief
Hooper
has
heard
recommendations
from
the
racial
justice
coalition,
faith
leaders
myself
and
many
others.
She
has
owned
mistakes
in
the
rush
case
and
has
made
promises
to
institute
many
of
the
recommendations
you
heard
today.
L
M
Get
up
to
noon
full
transparency
I'm
not
fully
prepared
to
speak,
as
many
of
you
are
I'm,
exhausted,
Gwen.
So
many
times
I
have
heard
you
say
things
like
what
the
city
can't
do
this,
but
what
I'm
asking
is
for
y'all
to
fight
for
us
on
a
state
level.
I
know
that
there
are
things
that
y'all
can't
do
based
on
legislation
set
out
by
the
state
but
I'm
asking
for
y'all.
M
We
go
to
pepper
us
and
fight
for
us
on
a
state
level
and
I'm,
also
letting
you
know
that
we
have
allies
in
Charlotte
and
Greensboro
in
Raleigh
Durham.
That
will
sit
down
at
the
table
with
us,
so
we
can
come
together
and
fight
this
on
the
state
level
who
are
watching
y'all
people
are
watching.
Y'all
now
is
the
time,
and
you
know
that
this
incident
is
not
new,
but
the
cameras
are.
M
We
know
that
this
country
has
a
history
of
criminal,
black
and
brown
folks,
queer
trans
folks
for
just
existing
and
you're
watching
y'all
is
actually
going
to
finally
step
up
and
be
a
model
for
the
south
or
as
absolutely
continue
to
hang
rainbow
flags
and
pretend,
like
everyone
here,
is
treated
equally
we're
watching.
You.
A
N
A
N
And
this
map
isn't
very
big,
but
I'll
explain
it.
The
tax
map
is
an
unnamed
Ally
right
away
that
has
been
petitioned
by
mr.
Joseph
Ruiz.
He
is
the
property
owner
of
85
and
87
Beaver
Street,
which
were
two
of
the
adjoining
parcels.
The
proposal
of
this
closing
of
the
unnamed
Ally
was
presented
to
all
city
departments,
with
no
objections.
It
was
also
presented
to
local
utilities
with
no
objections,
the
island.
He
is
currently
a
dead
end
with
only
three
adjoining
property
owners.
N
A
N
A
Doesn't
even
it
doesn't
exist
on
the
ground,
but
it
does
on
papers?
Yes,
does
anyone
else
have
a
question?
Okay,
I'm,
gonna,
open
the
public
hearing
on
item
B,
a
resolution
to
permanently
close
an
unopened
right-of-way
located
near
85,
Deaver
Street.
Is
there
any
one?
Was
she
just
become
this
item?
Oh
close,
the
public
hearing
do
I,
have
a
motion.
H
A
N
N
This
one
as
well
was
presented
all
city,
staffs
staff,
with
no
objections
presented
to
local
utilities,
with
no
objections.
All
the
jointing
property
owners
obviously
have
been
contacted
and
no
objections.
They,
they
were
all
the
petitioners
for
this
one.
Likewise,
city
staff
is
supportive
of
this
request.
Also
and
I
wouldn't
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
on
this
one.
Q
A
A
N
And
lastly,
this
one
is
absolutely
an
actual
open
street
that
we
are
presenting
for
closure.
This
is
a
portion
of
Peachtree
Street
in
the
South
actual
area
that
is
immediately
adjacent
to
J
crusher
park.
The
actual
this
was
brought
on
petition
initially
by
Parks
and
Rec,
moved
through
the
appropriate
channels.
With
that
the
city
of
Asheville
is
the
adjoining
property
owners
with
the
park
on
one
side
and
the
parcels
on
the
other
side
of
Peachtree
Street.
N
This
particular
closure
would
be
closing
that
portion
of
Peachtree
Street,
which
is
currently
a
through
Road.
The
closure
would
allow
the
improvements
and
expansion
of
J
crusher
park
as
set
forth
in
the
general
obligation
bonds.
This
would
allow
for
additional
parking
and
improvements
to
the
park.
All
the
jointing
property
owners
that
have
raised
questions
have
been
contacted.
Technically,
the
city
is
the
immediate
adjoining
property
owners.
I
know
one
property
owner,
just
south
of
the
closure
has
contacted
myself
and
Pete
wall.
N
Those
those
questions
have
been
contacted
to
the
best
of
my
knowledge,
like
the
other
staff,
is
supportive
supportive
of
this
closure.
We
do
not
see
that
it
will
do.
It
will
not
prevent
ingress
or
egress
by
anyone
and
that
it
we
do
not
see
there
will
be
a
negative
impact
and
we
request
calculate
to
support
this.
Closure
also
owe.
F
R
Have
a
house
I
can
see
people
to
park
from
my
house
I'm
the
last
house
on
Peachtree
Street,
which
includes
six
houses,
I
purchased
my
home
in
2005
and
in
2006
I
noticed
before
we
had
development
in
the
South
that
so
much
traffic
was
cutting
through
cedar
to
get
from
25/8
to
Hendersonville,
Road
and
I
worked
with
a
police
officer.
Evan
coward
and
I
do
have
old
emails,
I'm
going
back
and
I'm
going
to
read
like
a
paragraph
from
what
Evan
related
to
Marsha
strict
furred,
who
was
she's
retired.
R
Now,
who
is
the
neighbor
volunteer
coordinator,
and
this
is
from
Evans
and
Marsha,
and
he
said,
could
you
please
send
it
set
this
up?
For
me,
I
just
spoke
with
Karen
smell
to
her
180
Peachtree
Street,
and
my
phone
number
about
the
speeding
traffic
using
Cedar
Lane
from
Sweden
Creek
through
Linden
Street
turned
Hendersonville
as
a
cut
through.
R
She
has
been
trying
to
address
this
issue
since
2006
I've
been
waiting
to
get
here
for
a
while,
I
don't
have
anything
prepared,
and
she
is
afraid,
especially
now
with
the
many
children
in
the
neighborhood,
that
kids
are
at
a
great
risk
by
playing
in
their
front
yards.
Cedar
Lane
is
narrow
and
it's
difficult
to
see
around
the
curves
between
Sweden
Creek
and
Peachtree
Road.
She
begged
for
speed,
bumps
I
told
her
that
those
were
very
expensive,
but
they
that
they
would
set
up
the
request.
R
Anyhow
I
was
weathering
whether
the
city
city
would
be
willing
to
at
least
to
perform
a
speed,
study
and
post
speed
limit,
slow
children
playing
and
other
signs
along
the
stretch
in
traffic
calming
is
going
to
be
an
opinion.
I've
been
dealing
with
speeding
issues
along
the
stretch
of
Cedar
Lane
from
sweden,
creek
to
leonard
street
since
2009.
R
I
hope
there's
some
way
we
could
help
their
cause.
Fyi
Karen
told
me
that
she
plans
to
collect
letters
asking
to
help
address
to
City
Council
and
the
city
manager.
Let
me
know
if
I
can
help.
I
have
quite
a
few
letters
I
wanted
to
present.
This
is
from
actually
2011
and
11
when
we.
Finally,
there
was
no
speed
limit.
We
finally
got
it
down
to
25
miles
an
hour,
I,
don't
believe,
there's
any
slow
children
playing
and
if
I
could
point
on
the
map.
Somehow.
G
H
G
R
G
H
Ma'am
ma'am,
if
you,
if
your
neighbors,
are
interested
in
implementing
traffic
calming
like
speed
bumps
and
that
kind
of
thing
the
the
city
has
a
process
for
that,
I
would
suggest
you
reach
out
to
Ken
Putnam.
Who
is
the
chair?
It
was
the
head
of
the
Transportation
Department
and
he'll
I
mean
those.
Those
kind
of
neighborhood
input
is
what
they
they
pull
together,
but
we
have
a
process
in
place.
So
maybe.
R
Spaces
in
there
and
probably
bring
in
hundreds
of
children,
we
need
to
protect
the
children
and
the
residents
of
that
area
and
close
enough
Peachtree
Street,
it's
great,
but
still
the
traffic
cutting
through
and
everything
has
to
be
addressed
too,
because
there's
so
many
people
that
walk
there
now
and
there
are
children
right
around
that.
Come
visit
me
and
help
me
walk
my
dog
I'm.
F
R
F
F
H
A
H
So
the
boards
of
Commission's
committee
met
today.
We
had
some
really
great
discussion
with
a
lot
of
community
members
around
all
these
processes
and
looking
forward
to
to
the
word,
we
looked
at
the
Human
Relations
Committee
that
draft
a
new
draft
ordinance
and
got
a
lot
of
great
input
from
the
community,
and
one
thing
we
really
talked
about
is:
we
need
the
community
that
continue
to
volunteer
to
be
part
of
these
boards
and
commissions.
H
Certainly,
since
I've
been
on
council,
we
have
had
a
much
greater
number
of
people
applying
for
these
boards
and
commissions,
and
the
quality
of
the
people
that
are
applying
has
has
been
great.
That
being
said,
when
we
have
more
applicants,
we
can
only
pick
a
certain
number,
so
I'm
gonna
make
some
recommendations
from
the
boards
and
commission
boards
and
commissions
committee
understanding
that
we
really
appreciate
all
the
applications
and
encourage
you
to
stay
involved
and
continue
to
apply,
even
if
you
didn't
get
selected
this
go-around.
H
So
for
the
audit
committee,
this
is
going
to
be
a
new
committee
being
formed
and
we
set
the
criteria
up
so
that
there
would
be
two
active
CPAs
and
then
others,
the
other
two
members
would
they
could
be
active
CPAs,
but
just
knowledgeable
around
financial
issues
and
financial
statements
and
those
kind
of
things.
So
what
the
boards
and
commissions
committees
suggested
is
to
appoint
Amy,
Kim
and
Scott
Farkas,
who
are
both
active
CPAs
and
to
interview
Hamas,
Himanshu,
car
B,
R,
Scott,
Powell
and
Gail
Miller.
That's
a
motion.
H
F
H
Those
in
favor
aye
any
opposed
for
the
housing
initiative
and
at
homeless,
I'm,
sorry,
homeless,
initiative,
Advisory
Council
we
plan
to.
We
would
suggest
that
we
would
re
advertise
for
the
opening
for
that,
focusing
on
the
potential
of
finding
some
candidates
who
are
currently
or
very
recently
experiencing
homelessness
so
to
give
an
opportunity
to
for
the
community
to
get
some
appointments
along
along.
That
range
is
that,
okay
with
everybody,
we
don't
need
that.
Okay
and
multimodal
transportation
is
a
multimodal
transportation
committee.
H
Commission
has
not
had
a
chance
to
look
at
the
candidates
and
they
have
asked
that
we
postpone
the
appointment
of
that
until
until
next
month,
for
the
noise
ordinance,
Appeals
Board.
The
boards
and
commissions
committee
recommends
that
we
appoint
Wayne
wheeler.
That's
a
motion.
Second,
all
those
in
favor
all
right,
any
opposed.
Okay
for
the
recreation
board.
The
boards
and
commissions
committee
recommends
the
appointment
of
Justin
Thompson.
H
That's
a
motion.
Second,
any
discussion,
all
those
in
favor,
okay
and
for
the
river
front
redevelopment
group.
We
have
one
opening
there
and
the
boards
and
commissions
committee
suggest
that
we
interview
Tim,
Schuyler
viola,
spells
and
I'm
guessing
the
pronunciation
of
this
last
name:
Shelly
Schenker
interview
for
that
one
open
position,
that's
motion.
Second,.
D
A
So
for
those
of
you
that
have
not
had
an
opportunity
yet
to
speak
to
City
Council
will,
let
me
just
explain
the
process
and
it
so
hopefully
it's
not
too
scary
I'm,
remembering
the
first
time
I
did
it
22
years
ago,
and
it
was
scary.
You
have
three
minutes
to
speak.
There
are
lights
on
the
lectern
that
tell
you
green
means,
go
orange
means
are
getting
close
to
the
end
and
red
with
the
beat
means.
A
So
one
of
our
super
annoying
rules
is
that
there's
no
clapping
in
the
chamber,
but
you'll
notice
we
are
to
did
some
clapping,
so
I
think
we're
going
to
give
this
a
try
where
you
can
show
us
your
support
for
the
speaker,
but
if
it
if
it
gets
to
be
too
much
just
what
we
may
have
to
go
back
to
enforcing
that
rule.
Just
simply
so
we
can
give
everyone
a
chance
to
speak
and
I'm
I
and
I'm,
especially
thinking
about
people.
A
Who've
never
done
this
before
and
may
be
trying
to
deal
with
being
nervous
about
it
and
trying
to
get
through
it.
So
so,
let's
just
all
try
to
remember
to
be
respectful
of
one
another
and
and
get
through
this
part,
so
I'm
gonna
call
people
out
if
you're
I'm
gonna
try
to
give
a
few
names
so
also
the
part
about
not
yelling
out
from
the
from
the
crowd.
Obviously,
from
the
from
the
floor,
the
you
can
tell
us
your
feelings
about
it
when
you,
when
the
it's
your
chance
to
speak,
Esther.
B
B
S
S
A
Okay,
so
I'm
gonna,
I'm
gonna
call
out
the
first
three
speakers
or
so
so
everybody
can
make
their
way
up
here.
I
know
Keith
asked
if
he
could
say
something
before
we
start
this
and
obviously,
if
anybody
else
on
council
wants
to
do
that
now,
that's
fine!
Also,
if
you
want
to
do
that
at
the
end,
that's
fine.
I
do
have
probably
about
an
hour
and
45
minutes
worth
of
speakers
signed
up
to
speak.
If
we
didn't
even
take
any
time
between
speakers
to
get
the
next
person
up
here.
A
So
so
just
kind
of
everyone
settle
and
get
a
granola
bar
or
something
oh
wait.
Let
me
I'll
call
the
names
and
then
you
go
so
Daniel
Gilbert
les
Daniel
Gilbert
wanted
to
talk
about
coal
ash.
So,
okay,
Leslie
Boyd.
Everybody
else
wanted
to
talk
about
not
coal
ash.
An
Elizabeth,
Houston,
I,
hope,
I'm,
saying
that
right,
so
Keith
go
ahead
and
then
we'll
start
into
the
speakers.
He'll
just
wait
just
one
moment:
I
just
was
what
you
know:
you're
on
deck,
just.
D
Gonna
jump
right
in
this
is
we
know
what
you're
here
for
I
know
what
you're
here
for-
and
you
know
this
is
the
first
besides
our
special
meeting
that
we
have
was
the
last
Monday's
the
first
time
that
council
has
actually
had
an
official
meeting
since
the
mr.
rush
incident,
and
we
had
a
community
meeting
last
Wednesday
and
emotions
ran
high
as
they
should.
D
Yes,
I'm
your
council
member
I'm,
one
of
your
council
members
I,
put
on
a
suit
and
a
tie
every
day,
but
what
I
don't
take
off
is
my
blackness
that
doesn't
come
off
regardless
of
the
suit
and
tie
before
I
got
here.
I
didn't
know.
Half
of
these
folks
up
here
we
want
our
friends.
We
didn't
hang
out
like
that
after
I
leave,
I
doubt
I'll
probably
keep
up
with
the
other
half
no
offense,
that's
just
how
it
is.
I
have
a
four
year
old
son.
I
know
what
it's
like.
D
Just
raw
passion
and
emotion,
just
wanting
the
screen
not
being
able
to
express
the
words
that
you
feel,
especially
for
me.
Looking
at
my
son,
my
son
loves
hugs.
He
loves
kissing
on
me
and
calling
me
daddy
and
piggyback
rides
and
all
that
other
stuff.
But,
looking
at
my
son
and
seeing
what
happened
to
mr.
rush,
you
know
that's
something
that
you
use.
You
think
about
all
the
time
as
a
black
man
all
the
time.
You
know
I've
shared
some
stories
about.
D
What's
happened
to
me
before
hell,
I
was
even
pulled
over
the
night
of
an
election,
putting
out
yard
signs
and
precincts
what
I'm
getting
that
is
I'm,
not
up
here
to
be
anybody's
friend.
So,
if
you
don't
know
who
I
am
some
of
you
may
know
me
from
when
you
know,
I
saw
that
there
were
not
too
many
black
mentors
in
Nashville,
so
I
went
and
joined
the
after-school
program
and
started
mentoring
and
later
started
running
that
program
and
later
became
a
board
member.
D
Some
of
you
may
know
when
know
me
as
when
I
saw
that
there
weren't
too
many
black
male
teachers
as
preschool
teachers
and
early
childhood
education,
I
went
and
I
did
that
when
you
realize
that
the
policies
that
are
being
crafted
in
your
city
I'm,
not
particular
to
advancing
you,
people
that
look
like
you
or
maybe
not
even
it
looked
like
you
would
just
don't
have
enough
money.
I
jumped
out
there
and
I
wanted
to
become
a
city
council
member
I'm,
not
apologizing
to
the
police.
D
I'm,
not
apologizing
to
the
chief
we've
asked
I've
asked
several
questions:
I
didn't
get
the
answers
that
I,
wanted
and
I
know
a
lot
of.
You
still
got
questions
and
you
want
answers
and,
as
I
look
around
this
world,
I'm
gonna
be
honest
with
you.
If
it
was
left
up
to
me,
it
wouldn't
be
people
sitting
in
here
right
now.
There
wouldn't
be
some
people
on
the
police
force
sitting
where
they're
sitting
right
now.
I
have
no
apologies
for
that.
D
For
three
years,
I've
been
on
couch
for
three
years
three
consecutive
years
there
have
been
adverse
actions
by
the
police
that
have
affected
the
african-american
community.
Now
I
can't
sit
here
and
talk
about
it.
What
can
I
do?
What's
the
use
of
me
being
up
here,
but
it's
not
just
me.
There's
people
in
the
community
too.
You
can't
just
get
upset
about
this
and
then
don't
show
up
nowhere
else.
D
Yes,
people
behind
closed
doors,
fighting
for
you,
I'm
fighting
for
you,
but
I
need
you
to
come
fight
with
us,
too
I
know
you're
gonna
get
up
and
you're
gonna
speak
to
you
got
to
say
what
you
got
to
say,
and
people
need
to
hear
that
whether
it
makes
them
uncomfortable
or
not,
because
that's
what
we
here
to
do.
Sometimes
the
dialogue
is
always
gonna,
be
nice
and
smooth
like
you
want
it
to
be.
D
It
don't
work
out
like
that,
all
the
time
it
doesn't,
but
what
we
need
you
to
do
is
to
be
at
some
of
these
meetings
when
these
things
are
being
said
when
you
need
to
have
your
opinion
put
on
the
table,
because
I
know
when
I
started
running
for
office
I
realize
for
six
years
we
didn't
have
any
african-american
representation
and
behind
closed
doors.
There
was
nobody
representing
us
and
for
nearly
25
years
there
wasn't
a
black
man
sitting
there.
D
So,
if
you
don't
know
me,
if
you
don't
know
what
I'm
doing
around
here,
I'll
take
I'll.
Take
action
like
this.
My
father's
always
telling
me
speak
softly
and
carry
a
big
stick.
What
a
big
stick
is
out
and
I
just
want
a
condition
perspective.
You
know
we
got
a
lot
of
ideas
that
people
want
to
do
as
far
as
getting
the
police
force
where
they
think
it
needs
to
be
police,
aren't
beyond
reproach.
They
are
I
feel
like
looking
at
this
community
right
now.
We
need
a
lot
more
african-american
police
officers.
D
I
would
like
to
see
you
know.
Last
year
we
had
this
whole
a
million
dollars
for
the
people,
no
money
for
the
police
force.
I'm,
just
gonna
put
this
out
on
the
table.
There
are
lots
of
proposals.
I
want
to
see
a
program
based
by
the
police
force
that
promotes
minority
recruitment
with
substantial
pay
you
want
to
see
change
come
on,
join
up
like
Uncle
Sam,
say
I
want
you
I
want
you.
D
Do
want
to
I
did
want
to
tell
you
that,
regardless
of
who,
you
think
I
am
or
what
you
may
perceive
me
to
be
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I'm
fighting
for
the
poor
I'm
fighting
for
my
minority
folks
and
I'm
fighting
for
the
disadvantaged
and
I'm
here
and
I
got
your
back
and
I
got
a
voice
for
you
too.
But
if
you
can't
come
fight
with
me,
get
out
the
way.
T
U
Name
is
Dan
Gilbert
and
I
am
certainly
going
to
change
the
subject.
That's
for
sure,
I
live
that
a
little
neighborhood
across
from
the
river
from
the
coal
ash
plant,
the
camera
on
my
shelf,
maybe
that
coal
ash
Management
Act
required
that
Duke
connect
everybody
on
the
other
side
of
the
river,
with
water
to
the
Asheville
water
system.
Our
community
is
across
the
river
there's
eight
of
us
and
we
are
being
offered
filtration
systems
that
are
going
to
be
something
that
would
has
to
be
maintained
for
like
70
years,
there.
F
U
Water
lands,
Glen,
Bridge,
Road,
south
east
there's
water
lines
on
Portland
and
there's
water
lines
on
a
fairly
trail
and
when
bridge
red
and
what
we,
what
we
are
encountering
is
this
new
radioactive
press
release
that
came
out
last
week
about
the
high
radium,
but
we
Duke
is
testing
our
wells
and
our
well
and
my
neighbors
will
have
high
levels,
lady
in
226
and
228
mm,
and
we
don't
think
the
filtration
system
will
take
care
of
that
radiation.
So
what
we
are
we're
requesting?
U
U
We
we're
asking
our
elected
officials
to
please
put
pressure
on
the
North
Carolina
Department
of
Environmental
Quality
and
Duke
Duke
auntie
to
provide
water
to
us
it'll
be
a
little
bit
more
specific
than
the
filtration
systems.
But
the
great
thing
is
that
there's
a
lot
of
vacant
land
around
us
where
we've
got
pasture
epithelials
and
stuff
like
that.
If
we
get
that
water
line,
it
will
open
up
a
development
to
over
200
acres
right
in
that
small
area.
U
Next
to
the
next
to
Glen
bridge
southeast
and
the
other
request
is,
we
would
like
to
meet
with
somebody
with
the
Water
Resources
Department
to
try
to
figure
out
how
we
can
reduce
the
cost
of
getting
water
to
our
neighborhood.
So
I'd
like
to
get
a
a
name
of
somebody
that
I
can
meet
with
and
that
we
can
talk
to
Dee
hue
and
do
about
that.
P
V
It's
appalling
to
me
that
that
even
exists,
so
I
wanted
to
find
for
you
zero
tolerance,
because
you
put
that
in
your
statement
and
you
keep
saying
it
and
let
me
channel
the
the
character
and
echo
Montoya
from
The
Princess
Bride.
You
use
these
words,
but
I
do
not
think
you
know
what
they
need.
Zero
tolerance
means
if
a.
V
Or
organization
has
a
probably
a
policy
of
zero
tolerance
of
a
particular
type
of
behavior
or
activity.
They
will
not
tolerate
any
of
it
at
all.
What
this
means
is
that
it
shouldn't
take
six
months
to
charge
a
criminal
with
a
crime
if
I
had
beaten.
Somebody
up
on
video
like
that
I'd
have
been
charged
right
then,
and
there
it
means
that
the
sergeant
who
interviewed
the
victim
and
called
him
a
liar
she
no
longer
have
a
job.
V
It
means
that
the
trainee
who
participated
in
the
assault
should
not
have
a
job
that
that
video
came
out
and
the
first
reaction
I
saw
was:
oh,
we
gotta
catch
the
leaker,
that's
a
crime
that
is
not
zero.
Tolerance
of
this
kind
of
behavior
I
think
when
you
said
in
that
state,
we
no,
you
don't
get
to
be
angry
with
it
to
be
ashamed
and
you
should
get
to
resign.
The
Box
got
to
here
with
the
man
and
the
vice
mayor
and
I'm,
calling
for
your
resignation.
Thank
you.
A
J
A
J
Dear
mayor
and
councilmembers
I've
attended
Grace
Covenant
Church
for
17
years
and
about
18
months
ago,
Grace,
Covenant,
Presbyterian
Church
for
the
power
and
race
team.
This
group
not
only
discusses
racial
justice
issues
in
Nashville
and
beyond,
but
also
works
to
help
our
church
actively
up
with
white
supremacy
culture
in
ourselves
and
in
community.
In
light
of
mr.
Johnnie
Russia's
beating
at
the
hands
of
a
Nashville
police
officer,
the
members
apart
and
other
members
of
the
Grace
Covenant
Presbyterian
Church,
who
have
signed
this
letter,
feel
we
must
speak.
J
J
Black
and
brown
Asheville
residents,
as
well
as
white
allies,
have
been
asking
for
City,
Council
and
staff
to
address
the
racist
structures,
dynamics
and
culture
that
led
to
this
attack
during
the
attack
itself
and
then,
in
the
days
and
months
following
many,
more
many
mistakes
were
made
that
have
seriously
undermined
the
public's
confidence
in
the
Asheville
Police
Department
and
an
Asheville
government
generally.
The
public
can
see
some
of
these
missteps
in
the
videotape
and
the
actions
taken
or
not
taken
afterwards.
J
Others
may
come
to
light
as
the
national
state
and
local
investigations
proceed
at
this
point,
part
and
Grace
Covenant
Presbyterian
members
support
the
following
actions
in
order
to
rebuild
the
trust
in
our
community.
First
one
we
support
chief
Hooper
in
a
work
to
make
the
Asheville
Police
Department
more
equitable,
transparent.
G
J
Should
not
continue
on
the
force.
We
believe
that
the
chief
is
not
the
main
problem.
With
the
incident
surrounding
the
rush
attack.
We
also
affirm
the
change
chief
Hooper
made
this
week
to
policies
around
cases
of
excessive
use
of
force.
It
is
appropriate,
as
a
new
policy
states
that
such
cases
automatically
trigger
a
criminal
investigation.
J
Now
I
want
to
talk
about
the
organizational
chart
and
your
communication
lines.
In
our
opinion,
the
current
line
of
communication
in
Nashville
city
government
lacked
sufficient
oversight.
We
assert
that
the
chief
of
police
should
directly
report
to
the
city
manager
and
the
district
attorney
rather
than
the
city,
the
assistant
city
manager
and
assistant
district
attorney.
According
to
chief
Hooper,
she
reported
Officer
Hickman's
action
to
the
assistant
city
manager
and
the
assistant
district
attorney.
However,
the
city
manager,
mr.
Jackson,
says
he
did
not
know
about
the
videotape
until
the
Asheville
Citizen
Times
released
it.
J
If
that
is
true,
the
assistant
city
manager
and
assistant
district
attorney
did
not
escalate
these
issues
as
they
should
have.
If
the
city
and
district
attorney
had
known
about
this
incident,
they
could
have
convinced
the
State
Bureau
of
Investigation
to
begin
an
investigation
and
they
could
have
communicated
with
the
public
proactively
rather
than
having
to
react
now.
I
want
to
talk
about
the
role
of
the
Human
Relations
Commission
and
cities,
equity
manager,
the
CPAC,
it's
an
advisory
board,
but
it
has
no
real
power.
I
was
at
that
meeting.
J
The
City
Council
was
appointed
the
blue-ribbon
committee
to
listen
to
advisory
boards
and
to
cilix
to
suggest
solutions.
We
recommend
that
council
adopt
all
the
recommendations
from
the
blue-ribbon
committee,
including
equipping
the
city
equity
manager
with
paid
professional
support
staff.
All
city
staff
and
city
leaders
should
be
committed
to
you
and
accountable
for
substantial
anti-racism
and
implicit
bias.
Training
the
equity
manager
and
the
Human
Relations
Commission
must
have
power
to
enforce
these
recommendations
and
to
hold
all
city
leaders
and
staff
accountable
in
actions.
Policies
and
cultures
do
not
promote
equity.
J
J
There
has
been
a
strong
distrust
of
policing
practices
among
our
black
and
brown
citizens
for
years.
The
white
citizens
Ashville
are
waking
up
and
pay
attention
to
this
mistrust.
In
this
situation,
the
communication
has
been
fractured
and
driven
by
the
disclosures
from
the
Asheville
Citizen
Times
than
by
the
council
or
mayor.
We
understand
the
need
for
confidentiality
around
personnel
issues.
We
get
it.
However,
we
maintain
that
effectively
communicating
facts
to
the
public
in
a
timely
manner,
in
contrast
to
leaks,
can
promote
confidence
in
the
leaders
of
our
community.
J
Asheville
has
a
national
reputation
as
a
progressive
City,
but
many
of
our
black
and
brown
body
brothers
and
sisters
disagree.
It
is
time
we
live
up
to
this
progressive
reputation
by
taking
responsibility
for
the
failures
in
our
Police
Department
district
attorney's
office
city,
manager's
office
and
City
Council.
All
of
the
people
of
this
city,
especially
those
who,
who
have
been
failed
by
those
who
should
serve
them,
need
to
hear
clearly
and
forcibly
what
is
being
done
to
prevent
further
unnecessary
criminal
attacks.
J
G
A
I'm
gonna,
so
the
next
three
speakers
is
the
first
one
is
Elvia
Diaz
and
the
next
one
is
Rick
Dulles
and
the
next
one
is
Haven.
Mitchell
and
I
appreciate
everyone
being
so
attentive
to
each
speaker
and
being
respectful
of
each
speaker
and
not
calling
out
while
they're
trying
to
communicate
their
words
to
us.
Thank
you,
I'm
I'm,
I
can
hear
you
and
I
would
wish
that
you
would
be
more
respectful
of
the
speakers.
W
A
S
My
name
is
LVDS
I
am
reading
a
statement
of
solidarity
with
Johnny
Bush
and
the
people
of
color
for
beloved
of
Asheville
I
am
lu
d
is
here
tonight
representing
a
beloved
national
homeless
voice
group.
We
are
here
to
stand
in
support
and
solidarity
with
mr.
Johnny
Rush
and
just
speak
our
outrage
publicly.
We
also
stand
in
solidarity
with
our
peers
in
the
community
who
are
targeted
for
over
policing,
especially
those
in
the
african-american
and
Latina
community.
In
our
very
bodies,
we
represent
those
who
are
susceptible
to
police
harassment
and
brutality.
S
Nashville,
we
are
also
african-american
ATX
people
living
in
poverty
and
experiencing
homelessness
homeless
voice
has
a
challenging
broken
windows
policing
for
over
a
year
and
a
half.
Now
we
have
done
this
working
by
pulling
public
data
speaking
with
city
staff
and
elected
officials
and
attending
public
public
safety
committee
meetings
seeking
policy
change
where.
S
S
S
S
This
city
has
an
opportunity
to
set
an
example
to
lead
by
example.
It
has
an
ability
to
change.
I
want
the
city
to
lead
by
example.
It
knows
what
to
do.
You
know
what
to
do.
We
all
know
what
to
do.
We
all
need
to
work
together
come
together,
work
together.
Let's
show
this
country
what
it's
supposed
to
do
we
can
work
together.
Thank
you.
X
Good
evening
my
name
is
Rick
Tallis
and
I'm,
the
vice
president
mountain
chapter,
North
Carolina,
Police,
Benevolent
Association.
Thank
you
for
having
me
here.
I
would
like
to
begin
to
address
some
of
the
concerns
regarding
some
of
the
early
responses
and
apparent
lack
of
support
from
city
leadership
for
the
Asheville
Police
Department
chief
Hooper.
The
concerns
coming
from
officers
were
mainly
focused
on
the
lack
of
confidence
from
our
city's
leadership,
both
elected
and
non-elected,
which
creates
a
dangerous
atmosphere
for
officers.
X
They
have
to
work
through
tensions
throughout
the
community
have
been
hide
due
to
recent
events,
and
citizens
have
a
right
to
be
upset
and
they
have
a
right
to
be
concerned.
However,
some
of
the
early
comments
made
by
a
few
council
members
did
nothing
to
help
ease
those
tensions,
and
some
of
the
comments
have
been
irresponsible
and
offensive,
and
some
of
the
language
used
has
created
divisive
myths
and
distrust
between
the
department.
In
this
city's
leadership.
X
These
officers
have
sworn
an
oath
to
protect
our
communities
and
they
strive
each
day
they
report
to
duty
to
honor
their
oaths.
The
department
has
made
significant
gains
over
the
past
couple
years.
Under
the
leadership
of
chief
Hooper,
improving
relationships
throughout
the
community,
and
they
place
great
emphasis
on
creating
trust
with
the
members
of
the
communities,
they
serve.
It's
imperative
that
our
officers
know
that
they
have
the
support
of
city
leadership,
especially
during
the
difficult
circumstances
such
as
the
ones
we
are
currently
facing.
X
Members
of
the
NC
PBA
met
recently
with
mayor
manheimer,
and
we
appreciate
her
coming
to
the
Asheville
Police
Department
to
meet
with
us
to
hear
our
concerns.
She
recognizes
that
we
have
been
working
hard
to
enhance
positive
relationships
throughout
the
city.
So
I
would
like
to
thank
personally
the
mayor
for
your
efforts
in
your
apology
to
us
and
the
email
that
you
sent
recently
and
I'd
also
like
to
thank
the
rest,
the
City
Council,
who
sent
their
support
publicly
for
the
police
department
as
well.
X
A
Y
Hi
Thank
You
counsel
for
letting
me
speak.
I'm
Heather,
Mitchell
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
serve
this
community
plus
four
and
a
half
years
and
I'm
grateful
for
everything,
I've
learned
and
I'm
not
from
here,
and
it
has
been
eye-opening
to
see
how
a
community
can
be
I
want
to
tell
you
all
that
I'm
terrified
right
now
to
be
speaking.
Y
Y
Y
Many
don't
understand
that
in
this
profession
you
had
their
sayings
like
it's
better
to
be
judged
by
12
than
carried
by
6,
because
we
have
to
make
decisions
in
a
moment
and
those
decisions
stay
with
us
in
the
community
forever.
I
love
this
job,
as
many
of
us
do
and
I'm
humbled
by
the
opportunity
to
do
it
and
I.
Do
it
altruistic,
alee,
but
I
need
to
know
that
I'm
not
alone
and
doing
this
job.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
AA
Hello,
my
name
is
Sheila
sûreté
downtown
answer
residents,
and
this
is
my
hometown.
The
citizens
of
Asheville
are
entitled
to
know
who
in
government
knew
about
the
beating.
We
are
entitled
to
know
what
they
knew
and
when
they
knew
it,
those
who
knew
and
covered
it
up
in
order
to
secure
their
re-election
did
not
do
not
deserve
the
position
of
trust,
a
home.
The.
AA
Council,
who
didn't
know
about
the
beaten
and
coverup
should
resign.
They
have.
They
have
failed
to
represent
us
to
protect
us
and
to
foster
confidence
in
our
government.
The
police
chief,
the
mayor
and
Gary
Jackson,
has
failed
to
citizens
of
Asheville.
The
citizens
of
Asheville
deserves
better
in
2019
North
Carolina
Senate
bill
285,
Asheville,
City
Council
will
become
districts,
which
means
City
Council
will
now
be
held
accountable.
Thank
you.
AA
AB
AC
AC
AD
You,
madam
mayor
vice
mayor
council,
I'm
LC
rate
of
the
LCR,
a
senior
pastor
of
WC
Baptists,
as
well
as
CEO
of
one
youth
at
a
time
incorporated
the
question
of
state
who
are
we?
We
are
faith
for
justice,
eyes,
filled
an
elephant
of
clergy
and
theta
leaders
from
one
synagogue,
11
churches,
seven
denominations
other.
AD
O
City
council,
my
name
is
Frank
goldsmith
and
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
Congregation
Beth
Israel
and
Carolina
Jews
for
justice.
What
do
we
do?
Faith
for
justice
gathers
to
pray,
reflect
discern
and
act
to
address
systemic
and
justices
and
white
supremacy
in
all
of
our
institutions,
including
our
own
faith,
communities.
AB
AB
AB
We
are
grateful
to
chief
Hooper
for
immediately
implementing
a
policy
last
week.
There
requires
a
criminal
investigation
of
all
police
officers
who
use
excessive
force,
and
we
believe
that
simple
policy
changes
like
this
one
on
both
the
local
and
state
levels
need
to
be
explored
further
and
implemented.
The
abuse
of
Johnny
Germaine
justice
is
not
an
isolated
incident.
AB
Nor
is
this
new
but
reflects
long-term
patterns
of
the
abuse
of
power
and
white
supremacy.
That
must
change
recommendations
from
the
Asheville
Buncombe
n-double-a-cp
criminal
justice
committee
from
the
racial
justice
coalition,
the
Blue
Ribbon
committee,
clergy,
United
for
righteousness
and
justice,
beloved
Asheville
housing,
handcuffs
campaign,
a
million
dollars
for
the
people
campaign,
Asheville
black
lives
matter,
movement
for
black
lives,
platform,
Carolina
Jews
for
justice,
the
equity
inclusion
department
and
cross
agency
protocol
and
residents
at
count.
AB
G
AB
AC
AC
G
AE
Mayor
Mannheimer
and
fellow
councilmembers
I'm
Todd
Donatella
Dean
of
the
future
of
all
souls
in
Asheville.
What
you
can
expect
from
us
is
that
we
will
continue
to
deepen
relationships
across
boundaries,
break
down
walls,
build
community
and
seek
out
collaborative
partners
working
for
the
common
good
and
ways
for
our
city
to
move
forward.
Faith
for
justice
will
listen
and
walk
with
impacted
communities.
First,
we
will
pray
for
our
community
and
our
elected
officials
and
we
will
speak
truth
to
power
out
of
our
deep
love
for
humanity.
AE
We
acknowledge
the
deep
harm
that
white
supremacy
perpetuates
on
black
and
brown
bodies.
We
acknowledge
the
harm
that
white
people
have
done
and
how
white
supremacy
has
poisoned
white
people
as
well.
We
will
continue
to
expose
that
white
privilege,
harms
and
dehumanizes
every
human
being
and
last
you
can
expect
us
to
return
to
support
and
share
specific
policy
and
resource
recommendations
as
we
listen
to
people
most
impacted
by
over
policing
and
structural
white
supremacy
in
the
city
of
Asheville.
Thank
you
thank.
A
AF
Can,
oh
yes,
my
name
is
Daniel.
Breen
I
will
try
to
make
sure
I
do
this
correctly.
It's
been
a
while
I
want
to
address
one
thing
that
the
officer
back
there
said
that
y'all
are
being
mean
to
him
or
something
or
not
showing
support
or
whatever
I
was
in
the
Army.
You
know
what
my
drill
sergeant
said.
One
time
he
said:
if
you
want
to
find
sympathy,
it's
in
the
dictionary
between
two
words
and
I.
Don't
think
it's
a
appropriate
place
to
say
those
words
but
I'm
sure
you
can
figure
it
out.
AF
AF
AF
There's
a
man
named
Vernon,
Johns,
I'm,
sure
you
to
know
who
Vernon
Johns
is
and
they
didn't
like
at
the
Montgomery
Church
what
Vernon
Johns
had
to
say.
So
they
fired
him
because
he's
too
radical
he's
too
much.this
and
too
much
that
they
got
a
man
in
there
that
they
thought
they
could
control,
but
they
thought
he's
26
years
old.
AF
We
can
just
kind
of
shove
him
around
y'all
may
have
heard
of
Martin
Luther
King
and
in
Oh
what
was
it
13
years
by
the
time
they
killed
him
in
1968
I
think
he
did
a
pretty
good
job
and
change
things.
I'm
hoping
it
doesn't
take
us
another
13
years
to
fix
this
and
here's
another
thing.
Why
are
you
still
here?
Why
are
you
still
here.
AF
Why
is
the
city
manager
who
and
the
assistant
city
manager
who
couldn't
bother
to
tell
you
I,
had
to
talk
to
Miss,
Smith
and-
and
she
said
oh
I-
didn't
find
out
about
this
until
Wednesday
I'm
sure
that's
when
all
the
rest
of
you
did
well,
according
to
what
I
read
and
what
I
was
told,
it
went
up
the
chain
of
command
and
she
told
you
all,
and
you
decided
that
oh
well
heck,
it's
no
big
deal.
We
won't
say
anything.
AF
Here's
another
thing:
you
don't
have
liability
insurance,
I,
don't
know
if
you
know
that
or
not,
but
back
in
the
90s,
when
they
were
all
being
slick
and
everything.
They
decided
that
well
heck,
we'll
save
a
little
money
here
and
a
little
money
there
and
do
it
and
like
that
and
not
have
liability
insurance.
So
when
Johnny
rush
sues
the
city
and
he
will
I've
been
pretty
well
guaranteed
that
you
can
pay
I,
don't
know
we'll
throw
out
a
nice
round
number
like
fifty
million
dollars
out
of
city
funds.
AG
Last
Wednesday
chief
Cooper
said
she
would
resign
if
she
was
asked
to
if
we
would
help
with
this
terrible
debacle
is
the
only
thing
she
has
said
during
her
tenure
that
I
agree
with
chief
Hooper
has
failed
to
address
systemic
racism
in
the
department
and
needs
to
go
this
whole
few
bad
apples
argument
is
nonsense
and
you
know
it.
Let's
revisit
some
news
headlines
to
clarify
quote
no
big
policy
changes
after
race
traffic
stop
analysis.
AG
This
of
course
refers
to
a
broad
data
analysis
which
revealed
that
black
drivers
are
stopped,
50%
more
than
white
drivers
in
Nashville
and
are
100%
more
likely
to
be
searched
than
white
drivers.
Even
though
white
drivers
accounted
for
a
higher
frequency
of
contraband,
here's
another
headline
quote:
Asheville's
police
force
is
much
wider
than
community.
At
the
time
this
article
is
written.
Just
a
couple
years
ago,
African
Americans
made
up
just
7%
of
the
force.
Last
year,
the
police
department
happily
announced
a
new
wave
of
cadets,
all
of
whom
were
white.
AG
The
apd
web
website
lauded
the
quote:
diversity
of
the
new
recruits
I'm
not
kidding.
They
said
diversity
in
2016,
Sargeant,
Radford,
killed,
Jerry
Williams
under
questionable,
very
questionable
circumstances.
Cooper's
heavy-handed
response
of
the
ensuing
protests
included,
locking
up
a
journalist
president
to
cover
the
events.
Cooper
also
repeatedly
came
to
the
defense
of
officer
Isaiah,
who,
through
a
black
teenager
to
the
ground
and
pull
an
ar-15
this
assault
rifle
on
a
group
of
unarmed
black
teenagers
officer,
Hickman's
horrible
assault
on
mr.
AG
rush
was
suppressed
by
Hooper
and
an
opportunity
for
an
FBI
investigation
was
squandered
only
when
footage
was
leaked
to
the
press
for
them
to
the
press.
Did
this
matter
come
before
the
public?
Does
this
sound
like
a
series
of
isolated
incidents
to
you
who
keeps
picking
these
bad
apples
who
trains
them?
Who
provides
them
oversight
who
keeps
providing
cover
for
them
when
they
begin
to
rot?
AG
AG
I've
been
coming
to
council
meetings
for
about
three
years
now,
when
I
entered
the
building,
you
had
four
times
as
many
police
officers
here
in
the
building
than
usual,
for
what
these
people
have
gathered
to
speak
peacefully
about
policy
changes
and
practices
right
you've
responded
with
a
show
of
force,
it's
intimidation,
plain
and
simple,
and
every
opportunity
you're
eroding
the
public
trust,
knock
it
off.
I.
M
AH
G
A
AH
A
AH
Got
okay:
my
name
is
Dee
Williams
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
philosophically
and
I
don't
want
to
get
too
deep
in
a
democracy.
Guardians
are
accorded
a
status
above
and
beyond
anybody
else.
I
just
heard
someone
talk
about
fighting,
we
want
to
get
away
from
a
warrior
mentality
to
a
guardian
mentality.
Okay,
first
of
all,
let
me
just
say
that
my
tenure
as
the
chair
of
the
u
n--,
double
AC
p--
in
criminal
justice
committee
ended
last
month.
AH
And
law
enforcement-
and
I
want
to
just
say
that,
basically,
what
I'm
here
to
tell
you
is
that
we
need
to
latch
on
to
something
consistent.
You've
been
given
a
plethora
of
ideas.
What
you
find
and
I
salute
the
work
of
all
the
local
organizations,
but
21st
century
policing
is
something
that's
been
proven
to
work,
but
I've
done
and
I
was
sitting
this
electronically
to
Maggie.
You
see
Claire
ascend,
the
tenants
of
it
and
also
an
implementation
book,
because
21st
century
policing
goes
to
the
heart
of
what
a
guardian
is
all
about.
AH
It
gets
away
from
that
thin
blue
line
and
all
that
secrecy
and
all
of
the
us-versus-them
and
that's
what's
wrong.
We
haven't
really
had
a
conversation
in
Asheville
about
system
and
racism.
We
haven't
had
a
conversation
about
how
those
of
us
who
speak
truth
to
power
are
excluded,
irregardless
of
our
color
and
collapsed.
So
one
of
the
things
that
I
want.
You
didn't
know
that
we
noted
by
data
is
that,
despite
all
of
the
disjointedness
and
all
of
the
attempts,
our
numbers
tend
to
escalate
and.
F
AH
Going
to
give
you
I
guess
some
traffic
stop
data
India's
presentation,
but
what
I
wanted
to
say
was
that
21st
century
policing
also
tends
to
the
Wellness
of
officers.
It
talks
about
building
community
trust.
It
talks
about
having
respect
for
people,
regardless
of
where
they
come
from,
but
because
they
are
human.
We
talk
about.
AI
AH
And
one
of
the
things
that
I
want
to
do
too
is
talk
about
the
fact
that
I
want
to
uplift.
The
leaker
captain
Stoney
guys
was
a
personal
friend
of
mine.
Captain
God's
represents
the
very
best
of
the
Asheville
Police
Department.
There
is
not
an
officer
that
you
have
here
that
it
can
touch
Tonica,
he's,
educated,
he's
kind,
he's
resourceful
and
he's
a
man
who
will
speak
the
truth
and
obviously,
when
he
leaked
what
was
going
on
in
this
department,
he
did
speak
truth
to
power.
So,
instead
of
one
lawsuit
with
mr.
AH
rush,
where
the
city
having
a
whistle
blowing
statue-
hopefully
you
have,
you-
may
have
another
lawsuit,
so
I
asked
that
you
restore
him
Stoney,
guts
and
without
any
type
of
harassment.
I
want
to
also
say
that
a
lot
of
us
are
not
even
included
and
a
lot
of
the
committees
that
you
folks
put
together
and
that's
because
we
do
speak
truth,
we
don't
take
grant
money
from
some
conflicts
of
interest.
AH
C
AH
Talk
about
ethics,
that's
another
thing:
the
police
department
needs
to
be
taught
and
all
of
us
who
pretend
to
lead
ethics
and
talking
about
how
we
need
to
act
even
if
we
think
nobody
is
looking
I,
don't
think
if
there
weren't
for
stony
God's,
we
wouldn't
even
know
about
this
I
doubt
it
very
seriously.
We
need
to
talk
about
this.
We
need
to
talk
about
the
way
we
treatment
and
by
the
way
Foti
can
and
not
serve.
But
if
you
do
not
love
them,
we
don't
feel
your
love
and
I.
AH
Certainly,
let
me
just
say
this.
As
long
as
I
was
again
double-a-c-p
criminal
justice
chair,
you
know
you
work
with
folks.
You
propose
a
low
cost,
no
cost
managers,
we're
hoping
to
educate
and
that
people
eventually
will
come
around.
There
are
some
people
who
are
resentful
towards
change
and
institutions,
like
police
departments,
do
tend
to
be
that
way,
and
so
we
have
to
have
a
program
that
is
not
poor
from
all
quadrants
and
something
that's
piecemeal.
AH
You
need
something
like
21st
century
policing
where
everybody
is
held
to
account
and
their
measures
and
benchmarks
is
consonant
and
it
stresses
community
engagement.
One
of
the
things
that
I
come
out
to
the
chief
against
was
using
flawed
models
of
technology
to
discriminate
against
folks
by
saying
that
these
are
crime
hotspots
and
it
would
justify
upping
the
black
calling
hillcrest
an
entire
census,
but
I
don't
know
how
to
get
to
that.
But
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
is
that
you
can't
do
that.
AH
There
has
to
be
standard
up
data
sets
and
methodologies
to
arrive
at
that
to
make
sense,
so
just
putting
this
information
into
a
canoe
and
then
saying
that
I
can
justify
over-policing
by
virtue
of
the
fact
that
this
is
a
crime
hot
spot,
without
instituting
community
policing,
community,
oriented
policing
and
showing
Veda
is
not
accurate.
So
there
are
some
other
things
that
you've
been
fed.
I
did
see
your
reports
and
that
stuff
just
doesn't
make
sense
in
the
real
world.
The
only
thing
and
I'm
gonna
close
because
I
want
to
send
the
report
out.
AH
I
know
y'all
are
gonna,
do
whatever
the
hell
you
want
to
do,
cuz
you've
been
doing
it,
you're
gonna,
do
it,
but
the
result
is
gonna,
be
a
community.
That's
fully
second-class
I
live
here
off
and
on
all
my
life,
except
for
having
to
go
off
to
school.
Very
signs
and
I'm
gonna
tell
you
something:
I've,
never
seen
the
black
community
in
the
worst
economic
and
social
position
as
it
is
today.
So
you
need
to
understand
that
we
got
the
data
to
back
it
up.
AH
The
other
thing
is
you
got
sons
and
we've
got
daughters,
and
let
me
tell
you
something:
police
don't
give
a
damn
if
you're
a
black
man
or
a
black
woman,
and
they
will
brutalize
and
not
know
that
I've
been
brutalized
here
as
well.
So
it
doesn't
it's
more
so
men
who
are
understand
this
skin
and
the
current
policing
takes
context
is
bent
from
slavery
where
we
had
slave
catchers.
AH
We've
got
to
get
away
from
that
the
slave
patrols,
that's
where
it
comes
from
going
to
keep
you
documented,
which
is
why
we
need
to
go
to
21st
century
policing.
This
is
the
wave
of
the
future
and
most
progressive
cities
like
Austin
Texas,
that
y'all
will
travel
to
other
city
councils.
I
haven't
have
looked
at.
You
cannot
let
the
tail
wag,
the
dog,
some
committees,
like
the
racial
justice
committee,
I
remember
when
the
chief
chose.
What
organization
you
don't
let
people
do
that?
AH
That's
insanity,
the
police
police,
the
police,
so
there
are
a
lot
of
things
that
y'all
do
you're
not
held
to
account,
but
that
is
not
going
to
work
anymore
and
then
I
think
you
can
find
it
even
in
the
actual
Citizen
Times
photos
are
a
reference
to
the
racial
justice.
Community
took
a
step
back
suddenly,
because
some
folks
weren't
allowed
on
the
committee.
AI
AH
I'm
needed,
but
let
me
tell
you're
doing
a
great
disservice:
blacks
in
Asheville,
economically,
socially
medically
fare
worse
than
any
blacks
in
the
state
of
North
Carolina
and
our
children
are
also
dead
last.
So
this
is
not
a
good
place
for
people
of
color.
Who
look
like
me
both
black
and
brown
to
live.
You
just
need
to
look
to
know
that
this
is
a
tale
of
two
cities
and
it
rests
in
your
lap
and
we
thought
back
to
what
we
had
it's
gonna
happen
again.
I
didn't
want.
The
chief
is
over
policing
in
public
housing.
AH
It's
gonna
render
somebody
dead
or
injured,
and
it
did
so
with
that.
I
just
asked
you
to
take
a
look
at
21st
century
policing.
It
is
the
wave
of
the
future,
but
our
police
officers
are
worth
the
investment.
The
black
community
is
worth
the
investment
I
know
you
don't
think
we
count
for
much.
You
know,
obviously,
by
our
numbers
and
I
paint
and
your
actions,
you
think
we
don't,
but
everybody
is
watching
action
and
I
am
so
glad
that
the
New
York
Times
came
in
here.
We've
got
folks
here
from
Spartanburg
compared
Washington
DC.
AH
It
made
the
me
and
I'm
so
glad,
and
we
look
forward
to
bringing
some
more
activists
in
here
from
out
of
town
to
help
give
us
some
Stephanie
just
some
different,
stiffening
stuff
in
our
spine,
because
we've
had
two
life
taken
out
of
those
I.
Don't
want
to
dirty
quit
because
I've
got
some
resources
that
a
lot
of
people
don't
have,
but
I'm
not
gonna,
be
quiet
because
I
don't
owe
my
existence
to
anybody.
I
work
for
myself.
AH
So
the
reason
why
I'm,
not
quite
as
affable
there's
a
lot
of
people
is
all
night
capital
assets
are
paid
for,
and
I
work
for
myself.
So
with
that
I'm
gonna
fight,
the
good
fight
I
expect
for
you
to
look
at
21st
century
policing.
You
look
to
have
a
lot
of
people.
The
tail
has
wagged
the
dog
one
time
too
many
take
back
control
and
be
accountable
to
the
people.
The
people
are
the
police.
We
are
the
police.
This
is
not.
They
serve
us.
We
do
not
serve
them.
You
serve
us.
We
not
serve.
AH
AJ
Name
is
Ian
mance
I'm,
a
staff
attorney
in
the
southern
Coalition
for
social
justice
in
Durham
and
I
run
the
open
data
policing
website
at
Hope
in
data
policing,
comm
chief
Hooper
gave
an
interview
this
week,
WLOS
where
she
said
that
mr.
rush
should
not
have
even
been
stopped,
that
the
entire
incident
from
start
to
finish
was
problematic
and
I
agree
with
that.
She
seemed
to
concede
in
this
interview
that
there
are
certain
low-level
discretionary
law
enforcement
activities
that
are
more
trouble
than
they're
worth
that
they
caused
more
trouble
than
than
they
do
solve
problems.
AJ
You
were
quoted
in
the
paper
the
next
day,
referring
to
these
statistics
as
an
emergency,
so
I
wanted
to
give
the
council
an
update
on
where
the
statistics
stand
one
year
since
you
passed
on
the
opportunity
to
follow
through
and
implement
the
recommendations
that
the
n-double-a-cp
committee
brought
to
you
and
I
believe
councilman
young.
If
I
remember
correctly,
was
one
of
the
only
council
members
at
the
time
who
encouraged
action
on
these
points.
Since
I
was
here
last
year,
the
search
rate
for
black
motorists
in
the
city
of
Asheville
have
doubled
from
2016
to
2017.
AJ
Eleven
percent
of
black
motorist
stopped
by
the
police
last
year
were
searched.
That
is
the
highest
search
rate
for
black
motorists
anywhere
in
the
state
of
North
Carolina
of
any
city
the
size
of
Asheville
or
larger,
and
it's
significantly
larger.
The
next
highest
black
search
rate
would
be
the
City
of
Raleigh
at
seven
percent.
AJ
This
the
year
of
2017
Asheville
Police
Department
posted
its
most
racially
disparate,
stop
and
search
data.
In
the
15
years
that
the
department
has
reported
its
data,
black
drivers
made
up.
46
percent
of
all
people
searched
last
year
by
Asheville
police
officers,
despite
again
being
found
with
contraband
less
frequently
than
white
drivers.
AJ
Black
drivers
represented
a
quarter
of
all
traffic
stops
in
Asheville
last
year,
despite
black
residents,
making
up
about
12
percent
of
the
population
and
there's
reason
to
believe
that
percentage
drivers
is
lower
regulatory
stops,
I
would
I
know
my
time
is
about
to
expire.
I
would
really
urge
you
to
revisit
this
recommendation
to
prohibit
officers
from
engaging
in
these
low-level
discretionary
regulatory
stops
and
that
you
look
into
the
written
consent
to
search
policy
that
is
currently
in
place
in
Durham
in
Fayetteville
and
a
number
of
cities
around
the
state.
AJ
AK
A
W
O
AK
AK
When
you
get
black
folk
being
quiet
and
not
saying
anything,
you
better
watch
out
when
you
get
our
human
soul,
not
saying
anything,
because
something
is
moving
in
the
spirit
and
that
tiredness
will
come
forth
as
a
shock
that
you've
never
known
about
I
hear
since
I've
been
in
this
city.
It
has
been
things
like
why
black
folk
don't
come
down.
Nashville
and
I
began
to
say
to
liberal
White's.
AK
AK
It's
something
wrong
with
the
people
who
hire
the
police
there's
something
wrong
with
the
system
that
would
create
a
police
force
to
run
down
other
human
souls.
Then
that
started
in
1619,
and
here
it
is
2018.
It
is
still
going
on.
So
we
have
to
re-establish
as
Dee
Williams
so
eloquently
explained,
we
have
to
redefine
and
restructure
the
police
force,
and
so
it
in
this
setting
I'm
not
still
if
anything
can
be
done,
but
I
have
some
recommendations
here.
AK
I
would
like
to
appeal
to
this
city
to
the
City
Council
to
the
whole
city
of
Asheville.
Let's
stop
being
the
definition
of
what
Einstein
defined
as
craziness,
please
when
you
do
the
same
thing
over
and
over
again
now
I'm
not
going
to
even
finish,
and
that
is
what
we
have
done
and
this
system
in
America.
It's
done
the
same
thing.
We
react
to
black
people.
The
same
way
now
I
will
tell
you
I
do
not
accept
can't
because
my
indigenous
teachers
and
my
ancestors
taught
me
not
to
accept
it.
AK
AK
AK
AK
AK
AK
G
AK
W
AK
So
we
need
to
look
at
it
and,
if
you
want
to
say
in
the
21st
century,
let's
start
a
dialogue.
I
said
this:
with
the
last
mail,
I
was
almost
sit
down,
the
breeches
and
the
churches
need
to
start
talking
to
the
member
fool,
not
theirs
and
come
out
of
their
doors
and
unlock
their
doors,
and
schools
need
to
be
able
to
invite
people.
Like
me,
instead
of
us,
these
white
supremists
to
speak
to
the
children,
we
need
to
find
a
dialogue
of
peace.
AK
We
can
get
something
done.
We
need
to
empower
each
other
as
what
was
spoken,
you
serve
us,
that's
what
we
elected
you
and
that's
the
system
of
democracy.
It's
supposed
to
be
that's
what
they
told
us.
I
served
my
sons,
that's
why
they
take
care
of
me
today
guilt.
We
began
a
dialogue
we
can
get
somewhere.
Thank
you.
A
W
A
AL
With
this
experience,
I
can
share
in
the
pain
of
the
families
and
pain
with
these
black
families
and
the
families
of
Johnny
rush,
but
it
also
happens
in
the
white
community
and
the
milk
community,
a
well
police
body,
cam
footage
reviewed
as
soon
as
an
incident
occurs
at
a
regular
basis.
Victims
need
to
have
a
resource
to
access
where
they
can
feel
safe
to
share
their
experiences
outside
of
the
law
enforcement
agency
that
perpetrated
the
crime
to
begin
with.
AL
Furthermore,
there
needs
to
be
a
citizen's
review
board.
There
like
this,
will
be
a
critical
element
and
holding
these
rogue
law
enforcement
officers
accountable.
Not
only
has
this
added
to
trauma
added
to
my
son's
mental
illness
trauma,
but
it
has
had
a
negative
impact
on
our
family
and
the
community
as
a
whole.
Police
brutality
has
got
to
stop
and
it's
time
that
the
accountability
for
these
rogue
officers
begins.
Thank
you.
AI
Hello,
my
name
is
Camille
McCarthy
and
I
am
here
representing
them.
Western
North,
Carolina,
Green
Party,
to
share
with
the
councilmembers
and
Mayor
our
thoughts
on
the
most
recent
police
brutality
incident,
a
heinous
and
justice
that
should
not
have
been
covered
up
for
the
past
six
months.
Council
members
have
stated
that
they
knew
nothing
of
the
incident
implying
either
ignorance,
negligence,
deceit
or
all
three.
The
fact
that
this
incident
was
not
included
in
the
agenda
for
today's
meeting
speaks
volumes.
AI
This
is
not
the
first
incident
and
it
will
not
be
the
last
when
the
buck
has
been
passed
at
every
turn.
Now
that
the
national
attention
has
been
brought
to
our
town,
you
cannot
pretend
that
we
do
not
have
a
problem
for
this
incident.
In
particular,
there
is
no
accountability
and
the
public
remained
uninformed
until
a
video
was
illegally
leaked.
There
is
neither
accountability
nor
transparency
in
our
current
structure,
especially
when
it
comes
to
policing,
and
this
is
our
primary
concern
for
the
immediate
future.
AI
The
following
are
tired
demands
for
further
action
to
ensure
that
this
problem
is
not
simply
swept
under
the
rug.
Now
that
you
have
been
reelected
number
one,
those
involved
in
covering
up
this
incident
should
step
down,
while
chief
hueber's
involvement
in
this
incident
greatly
concerns
us
her
offer
to
step
down,
as
police
chief
is
the
sole
example.
We
have
seen
of
leadership
and
accountability
since
the
tape
was
leaked
unless
Gary
Jackson
city
manager
can
prove
that
he
knew
nothing
of
this
incident.
He
should
step
down
or
be
removed
without
without
receiving
a
full.
AI
Independent
investigation
should
be
conducted
to
hold
all
parties
accountable
number
to
drop
all
investigations
into
the
leaker.
We
would
like
to
publicly
thank
the
person
who
came
forward
with
this
video
number.
Three.
The
extra
1
million
dollars
allocated
to
the
police
force
was
a
gross
mistake.
This
money
should
be
immediately
reallocated
to
community
programs
supporting
disenfranchised
and
oppressed
communities.
Number
four
make
body
cam
videos,
public
property.
They
should
be
viewed
regularly
by
community
members
so
that
the
public
is
aware
of
the
actions
of
our
police
force.
AI
Number
five
and
the
officer
who
displays
violent
and
racist
tendencies
must
be
removed
from
APD
immediately.
The
entire
hiring
and
training
process
for
APD
must
be
rebooted
from
the
bottom
up
number
six
immediately
implemented
the
low
cost,
no
cost
policy
changes
suggested
by
an
Mantz
of
the
southern
Coalition
for
social
justice
number
seven,
although
nothing
can
fully
compensate
mr.
AI
rush
when
a
horrific
injury
has
done
to
his
person,
there
should
be
reparations
made
to
him
and
his
family
for
this
egregious
act
of
violence
both
by
the
APD
and
the
city
of
Asheville
number
eight
create
a
citizen
oversight,
community
of
the
police
that
actually
has
the
authority
to
effect
a
PD
cut
policy
number
nine.
With
support
from
code
for
Asheville
and
PRC
applications.
Police
data
should
be
made
open
and
available
to
citizens
number
ten
demilitarize,
the
police.
There
is
no
need
for
our
police
force
to
have
military-grade
equipment.
AI
A
Q
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
mayor.
My
name
is
pastor
Chris
Webb
I'm,
the
senior
pastor
of
st.
Mark's,
Lutheran,
Church
I
rise
to
say
that
I
add
my
voice
in
support
of
the
racial
justice
coalition
and
faith
for
justice
leaders.
I
also
want
to
say
that
I'm
praying
for
all
of
you
just
praying
for
wisdom,
praying
for
courage.
It's
a
lot
to
absorb
and
I'm
praying
for
our
community.
Q
Our
congregation
is
partnered
with
WNC
Baptist
Fellowship,
a
predominantly
african-american
congregation,
Reverend,
LC,
ray
and
I
are
friends
and
just
as
two
simple
pastors
we're
trying
to
bring
black
and
white
folks
together
to
listen
and
learn
from
each
other
to
see
the
humanity
in
one
another
and
hopefully
provide
some
healing
in
our
community.
I
hope
that
everyone
here
tonight
is
doing
something
within
their
home
within
their
neighborhood
within
this
community
to
try
to
be
a
part
of
the
solution.
So
thank
you.
I'm
praying
for
you.
G
AM
Anything
the
City
Council
I
am
the
one
a
little
as
y'all,
but
I'm
here
to
talk
about
the
misrepresentation
of
how
the
book
is
being
passed
with
this
situation.
This
is
something
that
has
been
stated
from
newspaper
articles
to
community
meetings
that
the
HRC
is
this.
This
saving
committee
that's
going
to
fix
these
issues.
AM
That's
not
accurate
at
all.
These
emails
are
part
of
developing
that
HRC
and
the
powers
are
limited,
so
I
would
like
to
I
would
like
to
ask
that
y'all
be
a
little
bit
more
intentional
and
not
misleading
the
community.
To
think
that
the
HRC
is
gonna
have
powers
that
it's
not
going
to
have
thanks
to
our
recognition
of
what
we
can
and
can't
do
so,
unless
y'all
are
willing
to
endow
this
HRC
with
the
power
to
influence
the
changes
that
we
as
communities
need
to
see.
AM
So,
unless
it's
going
to
be
some
kind
of
Charter
change
to
really
endowed
this
HRC
with
the
power
to
really
address
these
issues,
that
is
being
channeled
to
open,
HRC
opiate
Avenue
to
deal
with
these
issues
when
that's
not
the
reality,
the
reality
is
it's
another
powerless
committee,
so
I'm
appealing
to
y'all,
because
it
just
went
in
front
of
boards
and
commissions
I'm,
appealing
together
in
Dallas
HRC,
with
the
power
to
influence
the
changes
to
really
be
on
HRC
and
I.
It
didn't
hit
really
help
in
the
community
to
deal
with
these
issues.
AM
These
issues
are
not
getting
smaller,
they
are
getting
bigger
and
more
drastic.
This
is
not
the
first
incident
like
this
I'm
born
and
raised
here.
I
can
think
of
friends.
There's
been
a
murder,
you
know
what
I
mean
unarmed,
but
I'm
from
here.
So
this
first
time
and
yes,
it's
hurtful
and
it's
emotional
and
everybody
is
reppin.
These
emotions.
No,
it's
not
necessarily
just
the
chief
of
police
problem
because
she,
oh
she
she's
the
fallout
person
right
now.
She's
the
person.
That's,
oh,
let's
ask
for
her
resignation.
AM
I
honestly
am
I
as
a
community
member
and
as
somebody
who's
doing,
this
work
who's
dealing
with
the
community
day
in
and
day
out,
who's
living.
This
can
honestly
say:
she's
the
one
I've
seen
the
most
out.
All
the
police,
she's
there's
been
a
one
consistent
thing
that
has
been
consistent
with
all
for
the
police.
She's
in
this
I
see
the
managing
the
lack
of
management
of
our
police
and
department,
the
lack
of
accountability.
How
we
supposed
to
feel
protected
when
the
people
who
are
supposed
to
protect
their
service
is
the
ones
that's
hurting
this.
AM
But
then
you
want
us
to
speak
out
and
tell
the
police-
and
if
you
see
this
report
this
and
do
this
and
do
that
when
they
supposed
to
protect
and
serve
us
and
that's
not
what
happens.
I
live
in
Erskine
when
I
call
them.
If
you
take
45
minutes
for
them
to
show
up,
let's
get
real
about
the
situation.
Let's
take
the
blinders
off
trying
to
open
our
eyes
and
see
it
for
what
it
is.
A
AN
A
A
A
To
you,
I'll,
let
him
speak
first,
he's
saying
you
go
ahead,
okay,
so
back
to
this.
Thank
you
very
much.
Miss
child
see
who
else
wants
to
see
their
time.
I
have
a
few
people
that
just
said
they
wanted
to
see
their
time
to
blacklivesmatter.
So
are
we
gonna?
Let
that
count.
The
love
is
that
because
you're
lucky
you
are
okay,
then
then,
let's
do
that,
though.
Okay.
W
Okay,
so
I
don't
need
to
reiterate,
what's
already
been
said
before
it's
good
stuff,
so
I'm
going
to
move
on
to
just
affirming
that.
Yes,
this
is
a
pattern
of
systemic
white
supremacy
and
racism
in
the
city
of
Asheville,
not
just
in
the
police
department,
and
we
have
seen
it
in
every
area
of
human
activity
throughout
the
city.
This
is
systemic
racism
and
how
it
operates
in
Asheville.
It's
not
a
new
thing.
The
only
thing
that's
new
now
is
the
cameras
and
the
outside
press.
W
So
black
lives
matter
is
pretty
much
bet
up
with
people
making
excuses
for
the
blatant
anti
black
racism
practiced
in
this
city.
We
demand
that
it
be
stopped
immediately,
beginning
with
holding
accountable
those
city
officials
who
have
obviously
abused
their
authority
in
order
to
maintain
the
citywide
reign
of
racial
terror
against
black
citizens,
and
that's
what
it
is
is
racial
terror
that
you
all
have
allowed
to
go
on.
Unchecked.
W
With
a
shout
out
to
the
10-point
program
of
the
original
black
lives
matter
party,
the
original
Black
Panther,
Party
Asheville
black
lives
matter
is
calling
for
several
things.
One
stop
killing
us
stop
hunting
us.
We
want
an
immediate
end
to
police
brutality
and
extra
did
judicial
murders
of
black
people
in
Asheville.
We
want
all
APD
officers
with
excessive
force
in
their
professional
personnel
files
to
face
immediate
disciplinary
action
and
those
trained
by
Kris
Hickman,
who
should
never
have
been
allowed
to
train
anyone
to
be
retrained.
W
We
want
the
police
chief,
Tammi
Hooper
to
resign
or
be
fired
immediately.
We
want
the
city
manager,
Gary
Jackson,
to
immediately
vacate
his
position.
We
want
Todd
Williams
the
district
attorney
to
cede
his
seat
to
someone
qualified
to
identify
and
prosecute
human
rights
violations
and
hate
crimes
against
Asheville's
black
citizens.
W
We
want
Esther
Manheim.
Are
the
mayor
to
vacate
her
seat,
followed
by
a
special
election,
to
ensure
that
Asheville
voters
have
an
opportunity
to
elect
someone
who
is
committed
to
dismantling
white
supremacy
and
the
culture
of
systemic
racial
violence
in
Asheville?
We
want
reparations
for
all
the
property
and
black
owned
businesses.
The
city
of
Asheville
took
from
the
black
community
by
eminent
domain,
real
estate,
speculation,
tax
fraud,
urban
renewal
and
gentle.
W
Finally,
we
call
for
an
economic
boycott
of
asheville
until
we
get
what
we
want.
Just
don't
come
here,
don't
stay
in
the
hotels,
don't
eat
in
the
restaurants
and
don't
drink
the
beer
until
black
lives
matter.
Here
we
are
aware
that
the
city
of
Asheville
will
ultimately
do
whatever
it
wants
to
do
to
maintain
white
control
of
the
city,
regardless
of
what
Asheville
black
lives
matter
sees
as
appropriate
and
necessary
action
steps
to
rectify
this
ongoing
problem
of
institutionalized
white
violence
against
Asheville's
black
citizens.
W
W
We
know
that
among
people
who
have
been
racially
oppressed
and
traumatized
for
generations,
it's
easy
to
find
agreeable
Negroes
when
you
want
one.
These
folks
are
all
over
Asheville
and,
and
there
was
I
they
are
conditioned
to
fear,
angry
white
folks
and
just
like
abused
children,
they
defer
to
an
they're
oppressive,
and
we
have
seen
them
every
time
that
these
are
the
people
that
the
City
Council
and
the
various
different
agencies
picked
to
be
on
their
boards
and
commissions,
because
they
don't
want
to
hear
from
Asheville
black
lives
matter.
W
Think
about
that
for
a
minute,
because
what
we
have
is
racial
predators,
working
for
the
police
department
and
people
who
are
colluding
and
allowing
that
to
continue
engaging
in
cover-ups,
protecting
people
who
should
be
long
gone.
We
should
not
tolerate
it.
Zero
tolerance
for
racial
predators
in
this
city
and
that's
what
we
have.
We
have
a
city
that
preys
on
black
people
in
order
to
benefit
itself:
economic,
economically,
socially
and
politically,
I
mean
that's
just
the
truth.
We've
seen
it,
we
have
data
to
prove
it.
W
Dee,
Williams
and
Ian
have-have
have
given
you
all
the
data
you
need.
We
know
what
the
story
is.
The
trick
is,
what
are
you
going
to
do
about
it?
We're
not
tolerating
it
anymore.
Just
don't
come
to
Asheville.
We
don't
want
you
here
until
we
get
what
we
want.
We
want
justice
and
our
black
lives
matter
to
us.
A
T
AD
A
T
T
Now,
when
the
chief
came
around
what
I
got
step
back
when
she
Cooper
came
around
saying
that
she
showed
this
footage
to
everybody,
this
person
that
person
that
person
but
you're
still
nobody
knows
nothin
if
I
want
to
claim
responsibility
for
anybody,
so
I'm
gonna.
Why
are
y'all
sit
in
two
positions?
Not
just
job.
T
T
Astro
has
been
without
a
black
voice
in
this
place
for
a
long
time
now
you
got
two
people
in
the
community
on
the
council
and
yet
still
nobody
feels
what
they
say.
Nobody
feels
they
play.
Nobody
feels
our
pain
ice.
It
appear,
I
sit
back
there
and
watch
their
value.
I've
been
sitting
back
there
watching
people.
T
T
While
we
meekly
take
all
this
stuff
and
it's
not
working
the
water,
then
they
did
it
strictly.
We
talk
about
resigning.
No,
they
need
to
be
parents,
because
when
you
resign
good
to
leave
with
your
money,
your
benefit
packs
in
all
that
stuff.
They
need
to
be
violence
to
get
resigning
yeah,
so
y'all
gonna
be
really
transparent.
Whatever
you
want
to
call
it
do
that,
because
many
now
are
being
asked
for
down
the
path
back
to
the
1600s
we
got.
A
police
department
has
two
forces
in
it.
We
got
officers
that
we
got
overseers.
T
T
And
we
got
the
school
city
council
that
will
a
question
about
stuff
that
goes
on
the
black
commute
today.
I
had
no
answer,
they
don't
know.
What's
going
on,
why
you
a
part
of
this
city,
you
should
know
everything.
That's
going
on
I'm
tell
you
I'm,
really
I'm,
just
disgusting,
it's
hard
to
find
words.
I'm,
just
disgusted
I
seen
y'all
at
CPAC
doesn't
matter.
Nobody
got
to
let
stage
with
the
cheatin,
except
for
no
class
here
forget
nobody
wants
to
face
our
wrath.
T
Y'all
think
we
don't
feel
the
brain,
and
we
just
gonna
keep
cried
about
this.
How
are
we
supposed
to
keep
quiet?
I
mean
1954
and
C
versus
Mosley
says
it's
not
illegal
to
flee
an
illegal
wrist.
So
now
this
man
attempted
to
be
arrested
for
jaywalking,
but
she
was
passing
to
smile
starters.
I
said
to
my
computer:
the
baseball
games
ending
we're
walking
through
smiles
thoughts,
clothes
people
walking
down
to
there
by
sit
going
on
there
do
y'all
have
any
data
sy.
T
How
many
people
has
been
prosecuted
charged
for
jaywalking
and
ask
you
what
about
downtown?
You
can't
drive
through
that.
The
only
time
jaywalking
it
seems
to
be
a
crime
is
that
you're
breaking
the
only
time.
Many
things
seem
to
be
a
crime
of
please.
If
you
put
like
I'm
scheduling
my
kids
go
out,
I'm
scared
to
ground
myself,
half
the
time,
cuz
I'm,
not.
T
Don't
make
no
sense
I!
Thank
you
all
that
do
what
you
do
a
because
I
know
it's
a
hard
task,
especially
you
got
so
many
people
against
you,
but
I
believe
in
get
to
this.
If
we
can
just
give
it
a
rotten
apples,
that's
in
the
barrel
of
a
cost
one
where
one
rotten
apple
spoils
a
whole
barrel.
I
said
y'all
came
here.
Just
please
pay
attention
to
I'm
saying
we
need
y'all
to
work
with
us.
T
We
need
y'all
to
work
with
us.
We're
gonna
make
a
change
in
Nashville,
because,
if
y'all
not
work
with
us
working
against
us
and
just
where
did
I,
were
you
chance
coming
from
what
you're
gonna
spend
it
on
the
stuff
it's
not
gonna
give
in
and
in
my
important
I'm,
not
gonna.
Take
it
all
time
clamor
here.
What
are
you
man
said
to
say,
but
I.
T
A
AO
First,
apologize
to
mr.
rush
on
is
a
citizen
of
Asheville
and
to
say
that
and
I
want
to
apologize
to
everyone.
Was
it
been
abused
by
the
failure
of
government
to
protect
its
citizens?
It
doesn't
come
easy
to
come
here
before
you,
but
I
just
can't
sit
at
home
and
watch
this.
This
is
an
incredible
moment
for
you
all
it's
an
incredible
moment
to
step
forward
and
show
leadership
and
make
a
change
to
have
accountability,
integrity,
which
has
been
sorely
missing
as
this
is
all
unfolded
in
front
of
us
now.
AO
AP
AO
Me
those
words
and
I
said
I'm,
not
surprised,
I'm
embarrassed,
but
I'm
not
surprised.
This
is
going
down
unfolding
the
way
that
it
is
for
folks
to
not
know
what's
going
on
and
to
not
step
forward
and
be
accountable.
This
has
been
a
circus
has
been
unfolding
in
front
of
all
of
us.
We
knew
we
need
to
know
who?
What,
when
when
did
this
all
happen
and
who
knew
what
was
going
on?
You
know,
Gary.
AO
A
AO
AO
G
AQ
I'm
not
really
gonna,
say
anything
new
that
hasn't
been
said
tonight
and
want
to
thank
all
the
speakers
for
coming
out.
Well,
most
of
them,
but
I
first
want
to
note
that
this
was
predictable,
like
we
knew.
This
was
gonna
happen
and
I
keep
hearing
all
of
this
shock
and
all
this
and
all
this
disappointment-
and
this
was
100%
predictable
and
it's
probably
gonna
happen
again.
AQ
We
know
that
from
national
statistics
we
know
that
from
the
folks
in
the
room
who
are
describing
their
lived
experiences,
so
it
just
it
kind
of
feels
like
we're
playing
this
game
where
everyone
act
surprised,
we
come
out,
it's
all
reactionary
and
then
nothing
really
happens.
I,
don't
think
training
can
solve
this
problem.
I
think
what
really
needs
to
happen
is
like
a
massive
divestment
from
policing.
AQ
W
AP
AP
G
AR
AP
AP
AP
We
are
not
surprised
about
what
happened
because
we
hear
about
it
from
folks
on
the
ground
all
the
time
we
come
here
to
uphold
and
amplify
their
voices
and
uphold
their
humanity.
You
have
got
amazing
people
in
this
community,
please,
as
we
undergo
the
2018
budget
process,
direct
your
city
manager
to
craft
to
craft,
a
budget
that
reallocates
financial
resources
from
the
police
department
and
invest
it
in
the
people.
Tommie,
healthcare,
housing
fund,
education,
fund,
public
fund,
public
transit.
We
need
millions
for
the
people
and
not
the
police.
G
Z
Z
The
members
of
the
Asheville
Police
Department
do
not
condone
the
actions
of
Criss
Edmund,
and
we
were
just
as
appalled
by
the
video,
as
you
guys
were.
The
department
is
working
hard
to
build
relationships
with
the
community
and
city
council
we've
put
in
place
progressive
policies
supporting
de-escalation
techniques,
as
well
as
a
stringent
use
of
force
policy.
Z
G
Z
Officers
understand
that
this
video
has
damaged
our
department.
It
is
important
to
know
that
Hickman's
actions
do
not
represent
us
as
a
whole
years
ago.
Council
members
would
come
on
ride-alongs
with
officers,
not
just
during
bankers
hours
but
all
times
of
the
day
night
mornings
afternoons
after
two
o'clock
when
most
people
are
home.
This
doesn't
happen
anymore.
I,
encourage
you
to
partnership
with
the
department
and
help
build
community
relationships.
Instead
of
building
the
divide,
you
have
good
officers
in
your
department
we're
here
because
they
want
to
make
a
difference
and
help
build
up
their
community.
Z
Z
AS
AS
Black
Asheville
is
fleeing
fleeing
from
arrest
for
a
crime
it
didn't
do.
Black
Asheville,
built
Asheville
by
Asheville,
is
wrestled
to
the
ground
and
tastes
repeatedly.
Black
Asheville
is
beaten,
choked
anything
to
quell
its
cries
of
self-preservation.
Black
Asheville
is
put
into
a
car
and
told
the
shut
up.
AS
A
AT
AT
My
name's
rondell
Lance
I'm,
president
turnover
of
police
I
represent
the
men
and
women
other
paternal
or
police,
and
many
of
those
work
at
Joshua,
Police,
Department
I
agree
with
Diana
Loveland
that
the
men
and
women
that
work
there
are
good
men
and
women.
They
do
have
good
job
every
day.
They
try
hard
every
day
and
I
again,
as
I
have
in
the
newspaper
here
and
on
TV
here
and
I've
received
calls
from
all
over
the
country.
We
condemn
what
happened
in
the
fish
segment,
video
deficit.
That
was
terrible.
AT
AT
Last
year
we
had
officers
that
was
trying
to
rest
the
subject
for
ferreters
register
as
a
sex
offender.
They
count
the
subject
he
turn
around
knocked
when
the
officers
completely
out
took
the
officers.
Tasers
Taser
put
it
to
his
forehead
tased
him
repeatedly.
The
second
officer
showed
up
to
try
to
help
this
subject
hit
the
second
officer
tased
him
once
the
officer
that
was
knocked
out
come
to
the
struggle
continued.
He
bit
the
other
officer.
AT
One
officer
was
hospitalized
for
a
week
because
of
kidney
failure
because
where
he
tastes
to
the
head,
our
DA's
office,
let
that
said
it
they
dropped
a
plate
and
do
a
plea
for
time
served.
He
walked
out.
I
was
upset
the
media
or
they
tell
me-
and
we
see
that
it
goes
on
already
this
year,
January
February
March
ain't.
Over
already
this
year,
sixteen
officers
have
been
shot
and
killed
in
a
line
of
duty.
AT
36
officers
have
died
already
this
year
in
a
line
of
duty,
the
job
that
these
men
and
women
are
really
willing
to
step
up
and
do
and
put
their
lives
on
the
line
for
this
community.
They
don't
mean
they
do
make
the
right
decision
every
time.
Sometimes
they
don't
and
they
should
be
held
accountable
and
they
need
to
be
held
accountable,
but
when
you've
got
good
men
and
women
that
are
doing
a
good
job,
you
need
to
recognize
that
and
you
need
to
let
them
know
that
you
support
them.
AT
You
support
those
that
are
doing
a
good
job
that
they
should
do
every
day.
I
know
these
men
and
women
I
train
many
of
them
as
I
put
in
this
morning.
Nine
o'clock
to
the
FOP
Lodge
I've,
seen
black
lives
matter,
painted
a
call
from
the
FOP
Lodge.
My
heart
sank:
I,
didn't
blame
Delores
I,
didn't
blame
black
lives
matter.
I
said
someone
is
trying
to
call
keep
this
division
stirred
up
in
our
community.
We've
got
video,
it's
a
white
male
with
they're,
still
working
on
the
case.
AT
AT
AU
AV
Good
evening,
mayor
council,
my
name
is
Anthony
Thomas
I'm,
the
general
manager
of
both
staffing,
which
is
a
social
enterprise
only
owned
by
green
opportunities.
Tonight,
I
wanted
to
take
my
time
to
speak
on
behalf
of
several
of
the
employees
that
we
have
been
serving
over
the
course
of
the
last
six
months
who
recently
lost
employment
through
a
contract
that
we
had
with
the
city.
They
don't
have
the
opportunity
to
come
speak
for
themselves,
so
I
want
to
represent
them
tonight.
AV
AV
She
was
very
respectful,
often
requested
by
Chris
Korell,
who
was
the
general
manager
of
the
US
Cellular
center
and
is
now
seeking
employment.
We
have
not
been
able
to
place
her
into
another
situation,
and
so
she
still
has
those
same
financial
obligations
that
she
needs
to
pay
to
the
court
and
we're
speaking
the
police
heart
mr.
Marcus
Wyatt,
who
was
a
resident
of
Erskine
streets
apartments
as
a
resident
of
public
housing.
He
was
an
employee
that
we
were
happy
to
serve
by
assisting
him
with
in
obtaining
gainful
employment.
AV
AV
As
an
independent
living
adult
all
of
his
household
income
is
solely
dependent
on
him.
He
is
a
man
that
is
very
hardworking
and
was
available
for
any
hours
that
were
requested
of
him
or
available.
It
was
very
dependable,
respectful,
hard-working
Jerome
was
assigned
to
the
cellular
center
for
the
majority
of
late
evening,
and
overnight
assignments,
Jerome,
never
called
out
north
showed
up
late.
He
actually
had
just
arrived
for
work
when
I
myself
went
to
do
a
visit
when
they
got
the
abrupt
call
to
not
send
any
of
our
employees
and
for
that
contract.
AV
AV
I'm
not
sure,
but
out
of
all
three
of
those
folks
and
I'm,
not
sure
if
this
is
a
coincidence,
the
first
three
are
african-american.
Jonathan
ended
up
getting
pulled
by
the
general
manager
at
the
Civic
Center
and
put
on
another
staffing
agency,
who
was
able
to
keep
their
contract
with
the
Civic
Center.
Can.
A
AV
A
Have
I
have
some
folks
that
signed
up
and
wanted
to
cede
their
time.
I,
don't
know
if
they're
still
here,
quick,
Kristen
Smith,
you
three,
that's
not
ready.
Okay
Kim!
You
agreed
to
cede
your
time.
I've
got
one
who
else
yes
and
then
anyone
one
more
I
have
Sabra.
You
agreed.
Okay,
all
right!
Thank
you.
AI
AY
Education
on
the
culture
of
America
I
like
to
have
everybody
to
look
up
the
third
verse
of
the
national
anthem.
It
celebrates
the
killing
of
enslaved
people
and
is
followed
up
by
liberty
and
justice
for
something
crazy
right,
but
please
everybody
in
this
room
who
calls
themselves
America,
look
up
the
third
verse
of
the
national
anthem,
please,
because
it's
not
sung
at
the
games.
Okay,
that's
first!
AY
Second,
that
picture
right
up
over
the
mayor
is
entitled
the
white
man's
family
Council,
and
if
you
read
the
definition
of
what
the
artist
is
trying
to
convey
it,
brags
about
white
people
come
into
Western,
North,
Carolina
and
commit
and
genocide
on
the
Indians
and
taking
their
land.
That
picture
is
the
celebration
of
genocide
over
the
Indians,
so
the
culture
of
America,
you
don't
have
to
be
a
clue
and
another
thing.
The
two
Klux
Klan
is
a
legal
domestic
terrorist
organization.
AY
We
know
they
hang
people,
we
know
they
kill
people.
We
know
that
bond
churches,
but
they're
still
legal
and
they
can
come
to
you
all
and
get
a
permit
to
do.
A
limb,
Bishop
drive
I
have
a
parade,
so
they
are
supported.
Government
terrorists,
domestic
terrorist
organization,
and
until
we
dismantle
them,
anybody
on
this
panel
could
be
a
Ku
Klux
Klan.
Anybody
on
the
police
force
could
be
a
loose
cannon.
We
know
what
their
agenda
is.
AY
G
A
AR
AR
Gentlemen,
a
few
minutes
ago,
Zachary
the
purple
hat,
spoke
a
whole
lot.
He
was
just
saying
you
know
he
didn't
feel
like
he
was
being
heard
and
another
gentleman
came
up
here
and
said:
yeah
I,
don't
think
we're
being
heard.
Who
was
there
that
meeting
I
mean
I?
Guess
you
know
didn't
recognize
any
faces.
You
were
there,
you
were
there,
you
were
there,
you
were
there
and
you
know
what
you
didn't.
Do
you
didn't
bother
to
stand
up
and
say
I'm
here?
AR
AQ
AR
G
AR
AR
It
wasn't
your
meeting
I
think
you're
right,
it
was
an
official
meeting
and
that
was
to
be
handled
by
Keith
young.
You
guys
didn't
have
to
be
there
at
all.
I'm,
really
glad
that
you
came
out
Keith
young
over
there
is
busy
becoming
a
representative
Charlotte.
Now,
what's
your
platform
campaign,
I'm
abandoning
Asheville
to
come,
represent
a
bunch
of
people
in
Charlotte.
AR
AR
AR
You
never
everybody's
here
wondering
where
you
were
this
guy
over.
Here
is
just
saying:
where
were
you
you
are
in
the
room,
you
were
in
the
room
and
you
didn't
even
bother
to
make
your
presence
known
either.
Did
you
when
neither
did
you,
and
neither
did
you
and
all
we
got
left-
is
our
official
guy.
Thank
you
for
hiding
behind
the
technicality
of
your
position.
It
wasn't
an
official
place
for
me
to
be,
but
it
takes
more
from
a
leader
than
that.
But
thanks
for
coming
out
that
night
I
hope
me
had
a
great
time.
AR
A
AZ
Equities
about
heart
decisions
during
the
campaign
process,
I
was
very
fortunate
enough
to
volunteer
for
SHINee's
campaign
and
I
felt
so
blessed
to
be
able
to
volunteer
for
your
campaign
and,
during
the
course
of
that
process,
I
was
able
to
sit
in
a
lot
of
debates.
I'm
sure
you
guys
have
seen
me
in
some
of
those
debates
and
had
a
nice
I
saw
you
and
equity
was
a
hot
topic.
AZ
I
think
we
need
to
make
the
hard
decision
and
the
hard
choice
to
move
forward,
because
we
can
do
better
and
when
I
call
that
resignation
and
I
looked
at
some
of
you
in
the
face
and
I
hashed
for
you
to
speak
during
that
time
and
I
connected
you
to
I
expected
you
to
be
better
I'm.
Not
here
to
shame
you,
though,
that
that's
not
what
I'm
here
for
I'm
here
to
deliver
a
call
to
action.
AZ
A
citizen's
review
board
for
the
police
doesn't
have
to
be
a
harbinger
of
this
dark
energy.
That's
going
to
come
over
the
police
force,
it
can
be
a
partner,
it
can
also
have
an
expensive
role.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
a
board
where
complaints
just
come
there.
It
needs
to
be
complaints,
need
to
be
heard.
Their
citizens
need
to
get
hurt
in
that
format,
but
it
can
also
be
a
tool
to
use
to
recruit
Asheville
residents
and
actual
residents
of
color
to
the
police
force.
AZ
Now
I
began
a
lot
of
flack
for
calling
for
the
police,
chief's
resignation
and
I've
spoken
with
her
before
that
incident.
She
came
to
our
community
engagement
socials.
She
attempted
to
be
invested
in
the
community
and
I
commend
her
for
that.
However,
we
can
do
better
and
I
know
we
can
and
there's
no
reason
why
we
can
say.
Oh
there's,
no
reason
why
we
can
stand
here
and
say:
oh
we
don't
know,
what's
gonna
happen
if
she
leaves
a
position,
we
also
don't
know.
What's
gonna
happen
if
she
stays.
AZ
I
think
at
this
point
in
time,
there's
a
lot
of
animosity
and
there's
a
lot
of
negative
energy
and
I
hear
that,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
that's
not
going
to
go
away
unless
Solutions
come
forth
and
hard
decisions
are
made
in
the
name
of
equity,
and
then
there
are
a
lot
of
great
policymakers
on
this
committee
right
now
on
this
council.
There
really
are
some
quality
talents
of
policymakers
and
you
can
make
some
great
policy.
AZ
AZ
It's
a
hard
choice,
it's
not
an
easy
choice
and
we
don't
know
what's
gonna
happen
next,
that
is
the
choice
that
needs
to
be
made
and
when
we
have
these
conversations
about
equity-
and
we
talk
about
standing
up,
we
need
to
talk
about
safety
and
safety
is
the
hugest
piece
of
equity.
It's
an
essential,
vital
part.
So
I
call
you
to
action,
make
it
happen.
BA
My
blessings
plus
I
heard
one
in
the
world
with
you,
love,
but
I
also
wanted
to
say
hello,
hello
to
all
of
you,
because
I
don't
know
any
of
you
that
Kabaddi
came
thinking.
It
was
released
to
the
press.
That
was
intentional
if
somebody
doesn't
like
this
guy
and
there's
probably
reason
behind
that.
Whatever
reason
that
may
be,
and
I
don't
really
care
what
it
is,
my
brother
was
a
police
chief
in
a
different
state.
BA
This
is
Asheville
right
here.
This
is
Asheville
yeah.
That's
it
right
there.
It's
also
about
people.
Don't
people
know
about
people
that
don't
have
this
don't
matter
and
I'm
not
holding
much
right
now
and
it's
okay.
I've
had
three
jobs
in
29
years,
one
week
without
a
paycheck
I
have
nothing
except
for
the
love
of
my
family,
my
kids,
our
grandkids
and
I
had
the
love
of
my
brothers
and
sisters
in
Asheville.
My
legal
name
is
John
dates
from
atop.
My
street
name
is
Gabriel.
BA
I
watched
that
video
came
a
little
bit
that
I
got
on
my
tablet
and
I
watch
that
guy
get
hit
and
had
five
times
lose
downloads
police
officers
around.
That
is
so
uncalled
for.
That
is
a
disgrace
to
the
American
society.
I
moved
here
from
New
York
four
years
ago,
not
downstate,
upstate,
all
right,
then
I'm,
so
disgraced
I'm,
so
ashamed
of
Who
I
am
I,
can't
believe
how
repressed
this
North
Carolina
I'm,
not
saying
North,
Carolina,
someone's
but
Asheville
house
everybody's,
just
pushed
down
and
I'm,
not
blaming
any
of
y'all.
BA
Okay
y'all
got
in
your
jobs.
Got
your
positions.
I'm,
not
blaming
the
police
force,
we're
all
good
and
bad
people
were
anyways.
Any
part
that
were
from
it
doesn't
matter.
I,
don't
hold
blame
against
anyone.
That
officer
was
definitely
wrong.
You
know
in
New
York,
where
I'm
from
we
get
an
appearance
tickets
for
trespassing,
we'll
get
a
parents
tickets
for
petty
larceny.
BA
We
don't
have
the
police
force
just
throw
us
in
jail.
Bumpkin
county
jail
maybe
beat
on
us
once
in
a
while.
If
we're
leaning
up
against
a
car
standing
on
the
cell
bars
or
something
stupid
like
that
and
I'm
going
I'm
going
off
on
a
tangent
right
now,
I
realize
that.
But
since
I've
been
here,
the
homeless
situation
is
out
of
control.
There's
so
much
money
being
spent
elsewhere
to
the
hierarchy,
demographic
people
who
have
money
already
you
already
have
money,
you
got
a
business,
you
want
to
make
more
money.
All
you
want
to
see.
BA
AI
BA
A
BA
G
BB
I
come
here
as
a
private
citizen
when
I
say
only
represents
my
own
personal
opinions
as
to
come
here
as
a
personal,
private
and
practicing
Jew
in
the
Talmud.
It
states
that
if
you
have
an
opinion
that
you
disagree
with
someone
on
and
you
don't
think
that
they're
willing
to
hear
it,
then
you
should
confront
them
about
it
in
private.
BB
Think
we'd
have
an
obligation
to
hear
those
who
don't
receive
the
privileges
that
we
receive
and
I
think
we
have
an
obligation,
no
matter
our
faith,
no
matter
who
we
are
no
matter,
our
color
or
whatever,
to
hear
the
cries
of
people
who
are
not
getting
their
needs
met
and
to
address
them.
So
I
mailed
to
you
all
today
to
please
don't
just
listen
but
act
as
Abraham
Joshua
Heschel
said.
There's
time
for
prayer
and
then
there
is
time
to
pray
with
your
feet.
So
please
play
with
you.
A
A
A
BC
Saving
this
for
the
end,
I
was
hoping
it
would
get
brought
up,
and
there
was
a
lot
of
talk
about
people,
resigning
people
being
fired,
I
support.
Most
of
what
was
said.
One
person
who
wasn't
mentioned
that
I
heard
was
Larry
whole.
His
behavior
at
the
CPAC
meeting
was
super
inappropriate.
I
mean
what
happened
with
Carol
the
grabbing
of
the
mic,
and
the
way
that
you
talked
to
the
community
I,
don't
think,
is
what
we're
looking
for
in
someone
in
that
role.
BC
BC
BD
Wasn't
planning
to
speak
tonight,
but
yeah
I
just
ate
my
sorry.
My
name
is
Darlene
Azhar
me
and
I
believe
that
microphone
was
grabbed
when
she
was
affirming.
The
motion
about
the
citizen
review
board
right
absolutely
unacceptable.
Beyond
that.
This
is
this
entire
thing,
a
breach
of
the
public
trust
that
is
beyond
unbelievable.
BD
BD
We
mean
preventative
policy.
Yes,
a
citizen
review
board
which
is
important.
Yes,
a
bias
hotline,
because
people
are
intimidated
to
report
their
their
experiences
at
the
police,
important
we
need
to
deprioritize
regulatory
stops
and
we
need
written
consent,
searches.
It's
been
done
across
North,
Carolina,
I,
don't
know
what
D
and
Ian
have
to
do
to
make
this
happen,
but
we
need
this
to
happen.
Thank
you.
BD
AU
Thank
you
giving
me
the
chance
to
speak.
My
name
is
bill.
Robinson
and
I
come
here
as
I
have
the
last
several
City
Council
meetings
to
talk
about
the
homeless
in
Asheville
I
come
here
with
no
clear
sense
of
anger.
Although
we've
heard
a
lot
of
that
tonight,
the
coming,
but
the
more
of
a
sense
of
empathy
and
compassion
and
a
need
for
some
simple
human
dignity
in
this
town,
I.
AU
Always
try
to
come
here
to
you
can
offer
some
solutions.
Some
ideas,
as
I
came
here
a
few
weeks
ago
and
showed
the
sleeping
bag
coat.
That
I
and
my
partners
have
been
trying
to
distribute
in
Asheville
and
I
had
originally
intended
to
come
here
with
another
idea
about
how
to
alleviate
some
of
the
extreme
suffering
of
the
homeless
in
Asheville.
AU
But
something
has
happened
over
the
last
two
weeks,
which
bears
some
discussion.
I.
Think
and
I
just
want
to
bring
this
out
and
put
it
on
the
table
about
two
weeks
ago,
the
rescue
mission
in
Asheville
decided
to
stop
serving
breakfast
and
I
know
from
my
friends
on
the
street
and
my
fellow
homeless.
People
that
that
meal
is
very
important
to
them
doesn't
sound
like
much.
AU
We
can
all
get
breakfast
elsewhere,
I
mean
most
of
us
have
access
to
breakfast
elsewhere,
but
that
rescue
mission
meal
was
really
important
to
the
people
who
have
very
little
in
Asheville,
and
so
that
was
two
weeks
ago
and
I.
Don't
know
why
they
they
got
rid
of
why
they
dispense
with
this
meal.
But
there
was
no
discussion.
There
was
very
little
pushback
from
any
official
any
official
sources.
AU
There
was
no
articles
in
the
Citizen
Times,
although
I
think
there
should
have
been,
and
in
the
very
next
week
last
week
the
rescue
mission
decided
that
it
was
too
dangerous
there
when
they
called
code
purple
and
when
they
brought
people
in
from
the
streets
when
it
was
too
cold
and
they've
now
decided
that
minun
when
it's
code
purple-
and
this
is
just
extraordinary-
I-
mean
I'm.
Outraged.
AU
These
people
were
offered
a
life-saving
service
by
the
rescue
mission
and
now
because
they
say
it's
too
dangerous
to
incorporate
these
people
in
and
let
them
in
from
the
cold
they've
all
of
a
sudden
decided
they're,
not
gonna.
Do
it
anymore
very
little
discussion
again
there
was
a
citizen's
Times
article
I'd
like
to
know
exactly.
What's
going
on
over
there,
it's
a
501,
C
3
charity.
They
don't
have
to
pay
taxes,
I'd
like
to
get
a
little
more
transparency
about
what
the
thinking
is
for
dispensing
with
these
really
important
human
services.
AU
So
I
put
this
out
there
for
consideration.
I've
sent
an
email
to
all
of
the
people
of
the
City
Council.
Yesterday,
I'm
love
to
meet
with
you,
either
collectively
or
individually
and
I'd
also
like
to
take
you
on
a
little
tour
of
Asheville's
homeless
community,
because
these
are
real
people
with
real
problems
who
really
need
our
help.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
BE
To
read
the
closed
session,
but
first
of
all,
I
would
like
to
thank
everybody
for
coming
out
and
remaining
the
duration
of
this
time.
I
know
it's
very
exhausting,
so
one
thing
I
would
like
to
say
before
we
go
into
closed
session,
is
that
Hope
deferred
makes
the
heart
sick
and
a
lot
of
people
watch
the
video
and
some
of
them
were
disgusted,
but
we
can
silence
disgust,
but
when
you're
sick,
you
can't
get
rid
of
that
feeling
very
easily.
BE
So
the
things
have
been
discussed
with
some
by
some
council
members
that
may
have
may
be
an
offense
to
some
of
our
law
enforcement
officers.
It
doesn't
mean
that
we
do
not
want
to
work
with
law
enforcement
because
we
have
to
work
with
law
enforcement
in
order
for
us
to
enact
transformative
policing
in
this
city.
But
right
now,
in
this
space
we
will
not
run.
I
will
not
run
to
the
bedside
of
my
officers
because
we
would
not
switch
the
focus
from
mr.
Johnny
rush
for
the
communities
that
are
most
affected
by
this
traumatic.
BE
The
entire
time,
while
I'm
sitting
here
hearing
a
lot
of
stories
and
a
lot
of
call-to-action
some
community
members,
there
was
a
officer
in
the
back
actually
a
lieutenant
that
I
grew
up
with
actually
I
grew
up.
I
saw
him
when
he
first
came
to
Ashe.
We
have
joined
the
police
force
and
his
love
for
people
is
what
I
have
my
memory
of
officers.
But
right
now
me
is
finding
my
attention
to
anybody
else.
What
would
be
another
blunt-force
trauma
to
the
head
as
mr.
rush
right
now?
BE
We
have
a
focus
here,
and
the
focus
right
now
is
to
make
sure
this
collective
council
actually
supports
the
community
who
is
lost,
trust
in
a
situation,
so
I'll
be
committed
to
build
trust
with
officers
and
help
help
think
of
some
strategies
that
can
help.
But
right
now,
in
this
space,
my
focus
will
be
on
the
community.
That
needs
the
most
care
in
the
situation.
I
move
that
the
Asheville
City
Council
go
into
closed
session
for
the
following
reasons:
to
prevent
disclosure
of
information
that
is
a
privileged
and
confidential.
BE
Pursuant
to
the
laws
of
North,
Carolina
or
I'm
not
considered
a
public
record
within
the
meaning
of
a
chapter,
132
of
general
statutes,
the
law
that
makes
the
information
privileged
and
confidential
in
north
carolina
general
statute
143
through
318
1083.
The
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
143
3,
3,
1811
81
to
the
folk,
with
an
attorney
employed
by
the
city
about
matters
with
respect
to
which
the
attorney-client
privilege
between
the
tourney
must
be
the
third,
including,
but
not
limited
to
a
lawsuit
involved
involving
the
falling
parties.
Rock
versus
city
of
Nashville.
BE
The
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
143
through
318
11,
a
three
to
consider
the
qualifications,
competent
performance,
character,
fitness
or
condition
of
appointment
of
an
individual
police
public
offers
officer
or
employee.
The
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
143
through
318
11
a6,
and
to
prevent
the
disclosure
of
information
that
is
confidential.
Pursuant
to
north
carolina
general
statute,
168
through
168,
the
personnel
privacy
has
the
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
143
through
318
11,
a
1
second.