Mayor Emily Larson writes a post on social media about the need for “civility”.
IMPACT: Civility is coded language for “respectability,” which is a staple of white supremacy culture. It has been used as a tool against marginalized communities on an ongoing basis, and this example is no different.
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The resolution to authorize the purchase of riot gear is officially part of the City Council Meeting agenda.
After a deep conversation about next steps and how best to engage the City of Duluth in planning a forum, the meeting attendees began drafting a letter. It was the group’s goal to have a finalized letter distributed in a few days.
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Mayor Emily Larson, along with city administration, recommends that the council vote on the riot gear on October 22nd.
After a deep conversation about next steps and how best to engage the City of Duluth in planning a forum, the meeting attendees began drafting a letter. It was the group’s goal to have a finalized letter distributed in a few days.
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An off-schedule CRB meeting is held to look at the raw data collected from the forums.
After a deep conversation about next steps and how best to engage the City of Duluth in planning a forum, the meeting attendees began drafting a letter. It was the group’s goal to have a finalized letter distributed in a few days.
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The City of Duluth-hosted forums are held.
While city staff explained that the data from the forums would be shared with city councilors, no information was given about how the information would be collected for analysis or how it would inform decision making.
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Carl Crawford reaches out to a select group of community representatives requesting they attend a meeting about the public forums.
Carl contacted the representatives on the morning of October 8th to invite them to a meeting about the forums at 3:00pm that same day. The group invited excluded many of the involved community members/leaders actively working on the issue.
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The official letter crafted from the Oct. 1st meeting is publicly released and the City of Duluth publishes a press release on the public forums.
The Oct. 1st community group crafted a letter to the city council to reiterate their commitment to being involved in a transparent planning process and asked how best to be involved. The letter specifically requests:
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As participants in the Oct. 1st meeting begin finalizing their letter to the City Council, a Facebook post about a scheduled public forum is circulated.
Immediately before the group planned to send the letter to the City Council, many community members who had been involved in organizing against the Police Department’s acquisition of riot gear see a Facebook post urging all those who “support police getting riot gear” show up at a community forum on Wednesday, Oct. 10th at 5:30 at Denfeld.
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Many representatives of organizations that had been gathering regularly to discuss the issue of riot gear met to talk about next steps for the “Use of Force Forum”.
After a deep conversation about next steps and how best to engage the City of Duluth in planning a forum, the meeting attendees began drafting a letter. It was the group’s goal to have a finalized letter distributed in a few days.
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