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Lakewood residents demand independent police oversight after death of Jax Graton; council schedules study session
Summary
Dozens of speakers at the Nov. 24 Lakewood City Council meeting urged the city to create an independent police oversight body with subpoena power and immediate review of the investigation into the death of Jax Graton. The council scheduled a Dec. 15 study session on oversight.
Dozens of Lakewood residents used two public-comment periods at the Nov. 24 City Council meeting to press elected officials for independent oversight of the Lakewood Police Department and faster answers in the investigation of Jax Graton.
Speakers described months of grief and frustration and urged immediate action. "Justice for Jax," several speakers said in variations; Victoria Griffith told the council that "trans people do exist, trans people do matter," and asked officials to "stand up" for the community. Zee Williams said it has been 32 weeks since Graton went missing and 25 weeks since she was found dead, and that "there's been no answers, there's been no actions." (Speakers’ remarks began in the initial public-comment period and continued after the consent agenda.)
Multiple speakers called for a permanent independent oversight board with "teeth" — including subpoena power — and for an immediate,…
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