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Students, residents tell council Lexington should end ties to weapons manufacturers, condemn civilian deaths in Gaza
Summary
During public comment at the Sept. 18 Lexington Urban County Council meeting, multiple speakers urged the council to cut partnerships with Lockheed Martin and other military contractors and to publicly acknowledge civilian suffering in Gaza.
Multiple public commenters at the Lexington Urban County Council meeting on Sept. 18 urged the council to end partnerships with weapons manufacturers and to take a public stance on civilian deaths in Gaza.
Speakers included Kalyn Reynolds (District 10), Liam Sturgill (District 9), Logan Robertson (identified with Students for Justice in Palestine and as from District 3) and Eli Wren (District 5). Each speaker criticized what they described as the city’s “complicity” with arms manufacturers and called for concrete action from local government.
Kalyn Reynolds told the council she was…
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