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Quincy resident apologizes for prior meeting gesture
Summary
Resident Mary Griffith apologized during public comment for making an inappropriate suicidal gesture at a previous city council meeting and expressed remorse in front of council and viewers.
Mary Griffith, a Quincy resident, used her three minutes of public comment to apologize for a gesture she made at the Jan. 27 city council meeting that she described as feigning suicide. Griffith said she became frustrated during another citizen’s remarks and made a gesture that she now recognizes was insensitive.
Griffith told the council she has a diagnosed mental‑health condition (depression), said she advocates for people with emotional struggles to seek professional help, and expressed remorse for her behavior. She said there is no excuse for feigning suicide in a public meeting and that she will strive to do better.
The presiding official thanked her and the council moved on to the next agenda item.
