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Resident raises racial-bias concerns about police during public comment; council accepts camera easements amid DOT/SLED limits
Summary
Resident Sharon Brown urged Bluffton Town Council on Feb. 11 to meet with the police department about alleged unequal treatment of Black residents; later the council unanimously accepted private easements for a public-safety camera project while staff explained DOT and SLED constraints on pole placement.
At the start of public comment on Feb. 11, resident Sharon Brown told the Bluffton Town Council she and others in Black and brown neighborhoods have experienced different treatment by police and requested a meeting with the police department to discuss impartiality and safety.
Brown, who gave her address as 163 Buck Island Road, said a resident earlier asked an officer to leave private property and the officer would not initially provide a name and said he had no reason to be on the property; Brown said that person later gave a card with a name. “There has to be the community has to be feeling safe. No…
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