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Public commenters urge Akron council to hold officers accountable, call for firing of Davon Fields
Summary
Multiple public commenters at the Akron City Council meeting described police misconduct, tear-gassing at protests, and called for the firing of Officer Davon (Devon) Fields and an end to qualified immunity; no council action on those demands was recorded.
Several residents used the council's public comment period to describe encounters with police, allege misconduct, and call for accountability in the wake of high-profile incidents involving Akron police.
A speaker who identified as Apostolate offered condolences to the mothers of Jalen Walker and Jasmine Tucker and said, "That should never be the law." Apostolate framed the remarks as a call for…
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