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Residents, family demand accountability after teen Jasmine Tucker’s death; council president apologizes for handling of memorial
Summary
Multiple speakers at Akron City Council’s public-comment period criticized the city’s handling of a community remembrance for 15-year-old Jasmine Tucker and called for police accountability. Council President Margo Somerville apologized and urged the administration to handle similar events with greater sensitivity.
Multiple speakers at the Akron City Council public-comment period on an evening session criticized city officials and the Akron Police Department over the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Jasmine Tucker and the city’s handling of a recent memorial for him.
Community organizers and family members said the city required Akron Police Department presence — and in some accounts asked that the family pay for that policing — at an event intended to remember Tucker, who speakers said was fatally shot by an Akron officer. “To allow eight murderers from the Akron Police Department to go free from any accountability for Jalen Walker is a tragedy,” speaker David Goran said, adding later that the…
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