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Resident urges Roanoke to acknowledge five‑year protest response and revise protest permitting
Summary
A community leader called on the city to apologize for police actions five years ago and to adopt a faster emergency protest permit process, and criticized removal of diversity, equity and inclusion work.
Bridal Cathcart, president of the GFWC Star Women's Club, used the citizens' comment period on April 7 to raise concerns about recent and past police responses to protesters and called for a formal city acknowledgment of harm.
Cathcart said she viewed a viral video showing a young Black man tackled by a police officer and linked that image to five‑year anniversary memories of the city's response when pepper…
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