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Resident asks Klamath County commissioners for Pride Month acknowledgment after reported killing of actor Jonathan Joss
Summary
During public comment, Wren Shockey read a statement from Tristan Gonzalez about the reported killing of actor Jonathan Joss and asked the board to acknowledge Pride Month and condemn violence against Indigenous and LGBT people. The board did not make an immediate formal acknowledgment and proceeded with the agenda.
Wren Shockey, a public commenter, asked the Klamath County Board of Commissioners to acknowledge Pride Month and to condemn violence after reading a statement about the reported killing of actor Jonathan Joss.
Shockey read a statement credited to Tristan Gonzalez and said, “Jonathan Joss … was murdered in a homophobic hate crime, in his Texas home or in front of his Texas home, next to his husband.” Shockey described the couple’s prior harassment and threats, quoted parts of Gonzalez’s account of the shooting, and said the victim was Indigenous. Shockey requested “an acknowledgment of Pride Month from the board of commissioners” and called violence against Indigenous people and LGBT people “incompatible with society.”
The comment came during the public comment portion of the June 3 meeting. After Shockey concluded, the board thanked the speaker and moved on to scheduled agenda items; there was no recorded formal proclamation, vote, or statement from a commissioner in response to the request during the meeting.
