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Local clergy urge Ware County to review resolution calling for use‑of‑force reforms and citizen review board
Summary
Reverend Pharrell Malone and Concerned Clergy of Southeast Georgia asked Ware County commissioners to review a proposed resolution after an alleged excessive‑force incident at the county fair, urging mandatory retraining, strict body‑camera enforcement, automatic GBI referrals for force incidents and establishment of a citizen review board.
Reverend Pharrell Malone, president of the Concerned Clergy of Southeast Georgia and pastor of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, asked the Ware County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 8 to review a proposed resolution addressing what he described as an instance of excessive force used against two young women at the county fair. Malone said he has shared videotaped material with county leaders and met with the sheriff, who has referred the case to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).
Malone outlined key elements of the proposed resolution he…
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