Special City of Tacoma Meeting happening now:
facebook.com/CityofTacoma/v…
They're starting with a powerpoint? LOL.
They're starting with a background on STREET RACING?!
....read the room, sis.
Liz, girl, you should've started with this weak ass statement before you opened that powerpoint.
As know y'all stand united, that's why you haven't fired the cops that murdered Manuel Ellis yet.
We don't need to know about "street racing". They was goin dumb at the sideshow, not racing.
Not them telling us how they're monitoring car clubs 🌚
WE ALL SAWTHE VIDEO. GET TO THE POINT.
He "believed" he couldn't back up anymore...
We know why it's considered deadly force. HE HIT THEM WITH A CAR!!!
LOL we released his name yesterday. Go ahead and say it...
....waiting for the lie
People refused to do so???
Yeah and we're requesting the video too
They saw information because they're monitoring us 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That's why they was so chill last night. Oh TAC won't be there? Okay, cool.
Not him saying property over people but justified the cop running people over because he thought they'd break windows.
He really said there was no arrears because the priority was people...
But two known protestors were arrested (one of them violently) for observing...k.
What budget does the window repair and graffiti clean up come from?
They blocked the streets to "allow" people to demonstrate in the street. This is really a joke.
Why do they keep saying the officer and not Khahn Phan?
A joint response about street racing? Lillian Hunter, ma'am, what?
Also taking note of which council members who acknowledge the people who were injured before saying something about "street racing".
LOL not y'all linking up to address street racing...
Shakes our trust in reform efforts? CM Ushka, you think THIS shook our trust?
But actually, y'all were mad because someone said you shouldn't be investigating themselves.
There's plenty of footage of Jamika and Haiku's arrest though...
Also, how did we get the process to get the body cam footage before city council???
Why did he show up at this meeting and not know the process to getting body cam footage? How long have you been working on this?
Not her wifi being this bad 😂
They want to find the people who broke windows and charge them?
Public comment tomorrow? Can't wait
WHAT DOES MLK HAVE TO DO WITH THIS????????
CM Thoms really brought up Martin Luther King Jr
Question, if "street racing" has been such an issue, why did it take an officer plowing through a crowd and hitting people for them to address it?
Now he's bringing up Fast & Furious? Mute CM Thoms, please.
He's comparing a sideshow to a flash mob....whew.
Residents, participants, and demonstrators. Let's get into it.
WHAT? Are you there as a resident or a participant? WTF is he talking about.
McCarthy is basically saying arrest them if they're tearing stuff up 🙃
Police & community relations? A good one? Must be two Tacomas.
McCarthy is really pressing the chief about them doing their job 🌚. Why was there such a long response time? Why was there only one car that responded?
So, they keep saying they aren't investigating, but they told Jamika they were conducting an investigation before she was arrested. So which is it?
If y'all want more information, press the issue. City Council willingly doesn't seek our information. WE PRESSED THEM on following I940 and putting out weekly statements. It wasn't hard.
Keith Blocker, okay! Get them back on track. We did not come to a special meeting to hear about street racing.
PEOPLE WERE RAN OVER.
Okay, they need to give city council better wifi because 😂 what?
Talk about street racing on ya own time. I know that's right!
You're uncomfortable because known community organizers were arrested, BECAUSE TPD IS TARGETING US.
Finally somebody talking about the actual issue and not about some fast & furious.
Why asked this after the first community forum this summer, and we'll ask again. WHY IS IT LEFT UP TO THE BLACK COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ADDRESS THE REAL ISSUES?!
You're traumatized by the video? CM Beale....yield your time. Please.
Really need them to keep MLK Jr. out their mouth....
MLK said a riot is the language of the unheard too, quote that 🌚
If this isn't how you want things to go, take some action instead of making powerpoints.
Do y'all really want change though? Because we just sat through a meeting about street racing and arresting drivers and people who broke windows instead of THE POLICE RUNNING OVER CITIZENS.
That's where you lost us, we don't have full trust in Liz Pauli.
Okay, the street racing meeting is over. I know there was hella typos in this thread 🥴🤷🏾‍♀️

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