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Residents press Clinton council for police transparency after shooting incidents
Summary
Two residents urged the Clinton City Council to publish a crisis‑prevention plan and to open investigations to third‑party review after a series of shootings; one speaker said police handling of paperwork left her family exposed to death threats.
At the Sept. 8 Clinton City Council meeting, residents urged city leaders to increase police transparency and publish a crisis‑prevention plan after recent shootings in several neighborhoods.
Maria Boykin told the council her son was a gunshot victim on Aug. 25 and said paperwork containing her family’s names was later shared with a third party and posted on social media, prompting death threats. “My son was a gunshot victim,” Boykin said. She told the council she had been told by a detective that “We don't have any search warrant…
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