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Families and advocates call for accountability after off‑duty shootings; council hears pleas but takes no immediate personnel action
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged the council to press for firings and prosecutions related to off‑duty police conduct, including the family of a man killed last year; speakers said officers accused of violence remain on the force and called for transparency and justice.
Several members of the public used the council’s public‑comment period on Aug. 5 to press the city and law‑enforcement leaders for accountability over off‑duty and on‑duty police actions, including the family of a man fatally shot in 2024.
Valerie Anderson, whose son Devon Anderson Jr. was shot and killed, told the council she had seen no accountability in the year since his death. “Melvin Potter you murdered a wrong mother's son, and I'm going to hold you accountable until I get justice,” Anderson said. She asked why Officer Melvin Potter remained…
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