SMDH.. Madison,WI pigs ? 19 yr old unarmed young black man in cold blood...
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wqow.com/story/28397867/in-madison-rally-to-support-police-in-wake-of-shootingIn Madison, rally to support police in wake of shooting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A rally in support of Madison police officers that follows the shooting of an unarmed biracial man has ended peacefully.
Hundreds of people came together Wednesday outside the state Capitol to show their support for Madison police.
For a brief time a small group chanted the name of Tony Robinson, the person killed by a Madison officer on Friday night.
But the crowd of pro-police demonstrators broke out into the national anthem and largely ignored the chanting.
Madison Police Chief Mike Koval came to the event after also attending another march at the same time organized by those protesting the shooting. That also ended peacefully.
Koval says he spoke with the officer involved and he is "buoyed by the support of family and friends." -
channel3000.com/news/Tony-Robinson-s-funeral-scheduled-for-Saturday/31739118Tony Robinson’s funeral scheduled for Saturday
MADISON, Wis. - The funeral for the 19-year-old killed during an officer-involved shooting last week has been set for Saturday at Madison East High School.
Madison police said that an officer responded to a report of a disturbance on Williamson Street on Friday night and that officer Matthew Kenny shot Tony Robinson after he allegedly assaulted Kenny. The shooting is under investigation by the Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation.
The GoFundMe page created to cover Robinson's funeral costs has exceeded its goal of $20,000. As of Wednesday afternoon the site had raised $20,200.
Visitation is scheduled from 2-3:30 p.m., and the funeral is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. -
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The family of Tony Robinson, the unarmed 19-year-old who was fatally shot in Wisconsin, is speaking out and denouncing claims that the teen was gunned down because of race.
Why?
Because he was multiracial and “you couldn’t tell he was black.”
ABC News reports:
The uncle of the 19-year-old who was fatally shot by a police officer in Madison, Wisconsin, over the weekend said that his nephew “just wanted to be loved.”
Tony Robinson Jr., who was known to his family as Tyrell, was fatally shot by a police officer on Friday and the incident is now the subject of a state Department of Justice investigation.
Robinson’s mother is white and his father is African American, and at a news conference this afternoon, Robinson’s uncle, Turin Carter, spoke out on behalf of the family about how this is a universal issue that should be understood by people of all races.
“A lot of his identity was formed because of his racial ambiguity,” Carter said.
“Tyrell felt a misfit for most of his life and that’s why we became close,” he said, while his sister — Robinson’s mother — stood behind him.
Robinson’s death comes after a growing list of cases where unarmed teens were killed at the hands of white men, and Carter said that though the parallels to the shooting deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown are inevitable, there are significant differences because of his nephew’s mixed race.
“We don’t want to just stop at black lives matter. … Tyrell is a mixture of everything. You can’t look at him and say he’s black,” Carter said.
Carter thanked the droves of supporters who have been talking about the case on social media and attending rallies but urged all involved to make sure that they were not anti-law enforcement in their demonstrations.
“We appreciate the police and we understand the necessity for them but once again that does not excuse what happened,” Carter said.
“It takes one bullet from a trained gunman to end a life — it takes one bullet — and we know how many were fired,” Carter said. Police have not officially confirmed how many shots were fired. -
latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-tony-robinson-autopsy-result-20150313-story.htmlThe unarmed 19-year-old who was shot and killed in a deadly clash with a police officer in Wisconsin's state capital last week was shot at least once in the head, according to autopsy results made public on Friday.
Tony Robinson was shot in the "head, torso and right upper extremity," according to a statement released Friday by the Dane County Medical Examiner's Office.
Robinson had allegedly battered someone and was walking in and out of traffic on March 6 when he was confronted by Madison Police Officer Matt Kenny, authorities have said. Kenny tracked Robinson to an apartment, and police allege Robinson struck the officer in the head during a physical altercation.
Kenny opened fire and Robinson died after being shot several times. Police have not said how many rounds were fired and the medical examiner's office did not touch on that subject. The results of toxicology studies, which would determine if Robinson had been drinking or taking drugs at the time of the shooting, will not be available for weeks, according to the medical examiner's office.
Robinson was one of three unarmed black men shot and killed by police in the U.S. in the past week, the latest in a string of shootings that have led to protests in New York City, Ferguson, Mo., and more recently, Georgia and Colorado.
Nearly 2,000 college and high school-age students descended on the Wisconsin statehouse on Monday, flooding the state legislative chamber and unfurling a massive banner with the words "Black Lives Matter."
That pig killed him execution style.. Smh... -
ttp://abcnews.go.com/US/madison-police-shooting-race-victim-biracial-family/story?id=29513848
The family of Tony Robinson, the unarmed 19-year-old who was fatally shot in Wisconsin, is speaking out and denouncing claims that the teen was gunned down because of race.
Why?
Because he was multiracial and “you couldn’t tell he was black.”
ABC News reports:
The uncle of the 19-year-old who was fatally shot by a police officer in Madison, Wisconsin, over the weekend said that his nephew “just wanted to be loved.”
Tony Robinson Jr., who was known to his family as Tyrell, was fatally shot by a police officer on Friday and the incident is now the subject of a state Department of Justice investigation.
Robinson’s mother is white and his father is African American, and at a news conference this afternoon, Robinson’s uncle, Turin Carter, spoke out on behalf of the family about how this is a universal issue that should be understood by people of all races.
“A lot of his identity was formed because of his racial ambiguity,” Carter said.
“Tyrell felt a misfit for most of his life and that’s why we became close,” he said, while his sister — Robinson’s mother — stood behind him.
Robinson’s death comes after a growing list of cases where unarmed teens were killed at the hands of white men, and Carter said that though the parallels to the shooting deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown are inevitable, there are significant differences because of his nephew’s mixed race.
“We don’t want to just stop at black lives matter. … Tyrell is a mixture of everything. You can’t look at him and say he’s black,” Carter said.
Carter thanked the droves of supporters who have been talking about the case on social media and attending rallies but urged all involved to make sure that they were not anti-law enforcement in their demonstrations.
“We appreciate the police and we understand the necessity for them but once again that does not excuse what happened,” Carter said.
“It takes one bullet from a trained gunman to end a life — it takes one bullet — and we know how many were fired,” Carter said. Police have not officially confirmed how many shots were fired.
Now if I see another black person show concern for this cac, this was a case of white on white violence -
ttp://abcnews.go.com/US/madison-police-shooting-race-victim-biracial-family/story?id=29513848
The family of Tony Robinson, the unarmed 19-year-old who was fatally shot in Wisconsin, is speaking out and denouncing claims that the teen was gunned down because of race.
Why?
Because he was multiracial and “you couldn’t tell he was black.”
ABC News reports:
The uncle of the 19-year-old who was fatally shot by a police officer in Madison, Wisconsin, over the weekend said that his nephew “just wanted to be loved.”
Tony Robinson Jr., who was known to his family as Tyrell, was fatally shot by a police officer on Friday and the incident is now the subject of a state Department of Justice investigation.
Robinson’s mother is white and his father is African American, and at a news conference this afternoon, Robinson’s uncle, Turin Carter, spoke out on behalf of the family about how this is a universal issue that should be understood by people of all races.
“A lot of his identity was formed because of his racial ambiguity,” Carter said.
“Tyrell felt a misfit for most of his life and that’s why we became close,” he said, while his sister — Robinson’s mother — stood behind him.
Robinson’s death comes after a growing list of cases where unarmed teens were killed at the hands of white men, and Carter said that though the parallels to the shooting deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown are inevitable, there are significant differences because of his nephew’s mixed race.
“We don’t want to just stop at black lives matter. … Tyrell is a mixture of everything. You can’t look at him and say he’s black,” Carter said.
Carter thanked the droves of supporters who have been talking about the case on social media and attending rallies but urged all involved to make sure that they were not anti-law enforcement in their demonstrations.
“We appreciate the police and we understand the necessity for them but once again that does not excuse what happened,” Carter said.
“It takes one bullet from a trained gunman to end a life — it takes one bullet — and we know how many were fired,” Carter said. Police have not officially confirmed how many shots were fired.
I saw his uncles news conference the other day and that ? is delusional as ? , talking bout "tony was racially ambiguous, you couldn't tell he was Black. ALL lives matter, not just Black ones..."
FOH, im the same color as tony robinson and trust crackas dont think im racially ambiguous, im just a lightskin ? . Dude seem like hes going out of his way to differinate his dead nephew from the Trayvons and Mike Browns by repeatedly bringing up his mixed race background.
Dude is naiive as ? and borderline cooning. -
host.madison.com/daily-cardinal/tensions-over-racial-disparities-veer-from-peaceful-to-aggravated-during/article_9b787468-cd24-11e4-9077-6b8665c6a7fb.htmlTensions over racial disparities veer from peaceful to aggravated during City Council : Daily-cardinal
After many days of peaceful protest and public appeals by the family of Tony Robinson to keep demonstrations nonviolent, tension ran high in the City County Building Tuesday night as community members shouted and cried for swift change to the city’s policing.
Members of Madison’s Common Council heard testimonies stacked one after the other during the time allotted for public comment. Speakers included those from the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition, members of city committees and even teenagers who showed their fear of law enforcement after hearing of their peer’s death.
Brandi Grayson, lead organizer and co-founder of Madison’s YGB, decried Madison’s image as liberal or progressive, calling attention to the difference between intent and impact in regard to racial disparities.
This theme carried throughout the night, with testimony from differing demographics all pointing to the same conclusion—that Madison is one of the worst cities in the country when it comes to racial inequities in law enforcement, incarceration and many other areas, as outlined in 2013’s Race to Equity report for Dane County.
Eric Upchurch, one of several leaders of YGB, hoped the council would see Tony Robinson’s shooting as an effect of Madison’s lack of involvement with changing policies in regard to the aforementioned problems.
“It is a symptom of an underlying cause, a very deep and ugly underlying cause,” Upchurch said. “The fact remains that an unarmed boy was shot a number of times, and I cannot see any reason other than the deep-seated racism that permeates our system, that permeates our policies and that permeates the implementation of those policies.”
With many comments directed solely at Madison Police Department Chief Mike Koval, who sat stoically throughout the night, protesters drew some criticism for negative words aimed at Madison’s law enforcement.
A regular Common Council attendee, Rosemary Lee, opened public comment with dissenting remarks for the protesters who, by her account, have disrespected MPD.
“I am … very disgusted at all the allegations, innuendos and second-guessing [by Madison citizens] of the events of that tragic killing,” Lee said. “I think every one of us should shut our mouths about [Tony Robinson’s death] … Let’s leave it to the experts.”
But speakers disregarded Lee’s comments, promising a very strong push by disparaged community members to local government for change. Upchurch urged the Council and all other city committees to take up the issue and review police policy.
“I pray to ? that none of you sleep at all until you actively address and see the results in that addressing of these racial disparities,” Upchurch said.
Grayson made sure her thoughts on the slow-moving politics of the matter were heard throughout the night, cheering for her peers and leaving the Council meeting on a note that did not convey complacency.
“We’ll see how long it stays peaceful,” Grayson said as she left. -
http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/da-to-announce-decision-on-tony-robinson-shooting-tuesday/article_11a082c8-f761-11e4-87fd-ff0bca90461f.htmlDA to announce decision on Tony Robinson shooting Tuesday
Saying he would give 48 hours' notice before making an announcement on whether Madison police officer Matt Kenny will face criminal charges for fatally shooting Tony Robinson, on Sunday Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne began the clock.
Ozanne sent out a statement at 1:45 p.m. Sunday, and said a press conference is slated for Tuesday. "Further details to follow," Ozanne said in the statement.
On March 6, police say Robinson, an African-American, assaulted Kenny, who is white, inside a home on Williamson Street, punching Kenny in the head and knocking him off balance before Kenny shot Robinson multiple times. Robinson was unarmed.
The shooting set off days of mostly-peaceful protests around Madison, led by the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition. -
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/state-and-regional/dane-county-prosecutor-ismael-ozanne-from-civil-rights-roots-to/article_364e8bd0-4a95-5591-a9e6-71859e5790a4.htmlDane County prosecutor Ismael Ozanne: From civil rights roots to national spotlight
The elected official who will take center stage Tuesday in the Tony Robinson case is Wisconsin’s first black district attorney, a man who often cites his family’s deep roots in the civil rights movement as a potent influence on his life.
Ismael Ozanne, Dane County district attorney since 2010, now finds himself a closely watched figure in what some consider the new civil rights movement.
When he announces at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday whether he will criminally charge a white police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man, Ozanne will become another voice in the national conversation on race and policing. Ozanne has made this type of charging decision numerous times before, but never in such a high-profile case or with so much at stake.
Since being appointed DA by then-Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat, Ozanne has been asked to decide on charges in seven cases involving fatal shootings by police. A total of 13 officers were involved in those seven cases. Ozanne found all of the officers justified in the use of deadly force.
The first time came just four months after he took office. Ozanne had to weigh whether a Dane County sheriff’s deputy was justified in shooting a Madison man to death in the town of Madison.
Deputy Keith Severson shot and killed Eugene J. Walker, 25, who attacked Severson outside a town of Madison apartment building. It happened after Walker told family members that he intended to force police to ? him rather than return to prison for a parole violation.
Ozanne’s decision clearing Severson came less than a week after Walker died. Severson, Ozanne ruled, was “fighting for his life” when he shot Walker.
The Robinson case differs in the circumstances, but also in the degree of attention it has attracted and in the time it has taken officials to investigate the incident and announce a decision. Robinson was fatally shot by Madison police Officer Matt Kenny during an altercation March 6, more than two months ago. Police have said Robinson punched Kenny in the head and knocked him off balance.
Stint at Corrections
Ozanne came to his current role after many years as an assistant DA, followed by a leadership stint in state government. Just prior to becoming DA, he had been deputy secretary of the state Department of Corrections. His boss at the time, then-Secretary Rick Raemisch, said Ozanne was adept at making tough decisions.
“He was very bright,” said Raemisch, who now leads Colorado’s correctional system. “He had previous experience working at the Capitol, had a good reputation at the DA’s office. I took a risk and asked him if he’d like to come work for me, get a bit of change in his life. He took it on and did a great job for me.”
With his criminal justice experience, Ozanne saw another side to what the department did beyond just corrections, Raemisch said. That was invaluable in attempting to formulate sentencing reform, he said.
“He understood that to keep locking people up wasn’t the answer,” Raemisch said. “It was nice to have someone who had, for the most part, the same vision that I did. And he’s innovative. He’s not afraid to try different things. He’s not afraid of tackling tough issues.”
Among the things Ozanne said he wanted to address when he became DA was the longstanding disparity between whites and minorities in the criminal justice system, the same disparity at the heart of the protests over Robinson’s death.
Five years later, it’s difficult to gauge how effective Ozanne has been in addressing that problem, said Michael Johnson, CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County. But Johnson gives Ozanne a lot of credit for his visibility in the community, in the roles of both speaker and listener.
“I see him at a lot of community meetings, community forums. He shows up at a lot of different events,” Johnson said. “Sometimes he’s there to listen, sometimes I’ve heard him add his voice. So he seems to be very active in the community and I respect that about him.”
Listens to both sides
Often understated in public, Ozanne conveys a decided lack of flash. While Tuesday’s announcement is bound to draw a national audience, Ozanne’s office said he would not take questions from the media because he wants to immediately meet with Robinson’s family. Asked whether he would make himself available afterward, a clerk said, simply, “no.”
But colleagues describe him as thoughtful and considered. Recently retired state Assistant Public Defender John Tradewell said he always worked well with Ozanne while Ozanne was an assistant DA but saw less of him after he was appointed to lead the office.
“He always tried to be open, and he always tried to listen to both sides,” Tradewell said. “Like anyone, he would come into a case with an idea of what should happen with it, but he would be open to information he got from defense counsel or a client.”
Ozanne was born and raised in Madison. He was a soccer star at West High School and went on to letter in soccer as a freshman at UW-Madison. He and his wife have two young daughters.
He often talks admiringly of his parents, both retired Madison teachers. His mother, Gwen Gillon, was the youngest member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the 1964 Freedom Summer. Ozanne told the State Journal last year that his mother “went throughout Mississippi registering people to vote, knowing she could lose her life.”
Ozanne began working for the district attorney’s office as an intern while at UW-Madison Law School. When he became DA, Ozanne was not the most popular applicant for the the job; then-Deputy District Attorney Tim Verhoff had more prominent people lobbying Doyle.
But Ozanne was elected back to the post without opposition in 2012 after taking on the Republican-led state Legislature over the way that it approved Act 10, the controversial law barring most collective bargaining rights for most public workers.
In the open-meetings challenge, Ozanne won a temporary victory, but a conservative majority on the state Supreme Court overturned a circuit court, ruling against him by a 4-3 margin, and Act 10 was cleared.
Last year, Ozanne ran for Wisconsin attorney general but lost in the Democratic primary. -
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/state-and-regional/former-police-chief-david-couper-tuesday-is-d-day-for/article_b5c5a51f-17dc-57e0-b23b-e2142b09234c.htmlFormer police chief David Couper: Tuesday is 'D-Day' for race relations in Madison
Tuesday will be Madison’s D-Day, with the announcement of Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne’s decision on whether to bring criminal charges against the police officer who killed Tony Robinson, former police chief David Couper said Monday.
“It will be a major watershed point in Madison and Dane County. It will be D-Day because no matter what the decision, it’s not going to be good,” Couper told a group of about 100 people who attended a noontime discussion sponsored by Communities United, a local coalition that works to advance civil rights and social justice.
"If Officer Kenny is found to have committed a crime, that’s a really bad situation for Madison. If he is exonerated ... no one will believe it. From that point, we’re going to have to figure out how we’re going to live and work together and make this a better place,” Couper said.
Attendance at the previously scheduled moderated discussion between Couper and M Adams, a founder of the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition, swelled Monday after Ozanne’s announcement that he would release his decision Tuesday on whether to charge officer Matt Kenny in the fatal shooting of Robinson, an unarmed 19-year-old black man, on March 6.
Couper, who was Madison chief of police from 1972 to 1993, is now an Episcopal priest and nationally known advocate of community policing and systems change within police departments. He has focused on race issues and police in recent months.
After Ozanne releases his decision at a scheduled 2:30 p.m. press conference Tuesday at the Dane County Public Safety Building, community members will need to “look deeply into their hearts and figure out what they’re called to do," Couper said.
Leaders of YGB, which launched a week of passionate and peaceful daily mass protests following Robinsons’ killing, will not be leading any actions on Tuesday in the immediate aftermath of the charging decision announcement. That is out of respect, group leaders said, for the family of Tony Robinson.
YGB will resume protesting on Black-Out Wednesday, in connection with the Black Spring, a national Black Lives Matter campaign for black liberation, group leaders said. Among activities planned are a march from Williamson Street, where Robinson was killed, to the Dane County Courthouse, where a “people’s court” will be held.
“Our work is the same,” Adams said of the impact of Ozanne’s charging decision. “We are committed to using direct positive action to force radical change.”
Black faith and community leaders have joined with school officials in calling for a peaceful response to the verdict on criminal charges. But YGB’s uncompromising tactics in the past have caused many to wonder if protests could turn violent following Ozanne’s announcement.
“The blood is on the police’s hands — there is no question the police killed Tony Robinson, they murdered him,” Adams told the audience Monday. “It’s also true the pain and rage and grievance felt by this community are on the police’s hands.”
“Black people resist, that’s considered violence, but when the state is violent against us, it’s considered law and order,” she said.
Couper and Adams spent most of their 90-minute exchange, moderated by Ananda Mirilli, chair of Communities United, talking about police interaction with communities of color in a more general sense.
The killing of blacks by police that has so captured national public attention in the past year or two is nothing new, Adams said. “They always have been killing us. We currently have a social justice movement that is resisting the violence and creating this moment in time where deep transformative change can happen.”
That’s why YGB is now demanding community control of the police, through a network of local boards that would set policy and hire and fire officers, she said.
Couper said he was as shocked as anyone over by Robinson’s killing, given the Madison Police Department long and strong tradition of community policing, which works to build relationship and avoid violence.
Police forces around the country have become increasingly militarized over the past couple of decades and adopted a “bunker mentality,” after a U.S. Supreme Court decision set the standard that officers may use deadly force if they are fearful for their safety, Couper said.
He said the question is whether the Madison community will accept a standard based on an officer's fear that he is in danger. "It’s a very, very low standard,” Couper said. He doesn't think an officer who uses deadly force out of fear should not necessarily go to jail, Couper added. “The question for the community is whether he should be a police officer.” -
As long as we allow it and keep making signs and walking down the street and letting ? talk.I wonder how long they think they can get away with ? on an entire race of people and telling them it's raining.
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For real I hate to say it but all that marching and protesting and even days of rioting got the Ferguson people no where as far as justice being served. But what else can we do?
Got them a lot actually. But it was short term solutions though.
Long term solutions will require nationwide black movement. Not just one community at a time. -
I love it how the corporate media always demands protesters be peaceful.. But never say the pigs need to be peaceful...
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The prosecutor is shook sweating & ? ...
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They not gonna charge the officer...
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Smh.. The officer was in fear...
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He walked in gun drawn and shot within 20 seconds..smh dude knew he was going to shoot before he got out the car
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Same story, same plot, same ending.
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The family of Tony Robinson is going hold press conference soon on MSNBC...
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Young, Gifted and Black statement issued …
The following statement was issued by the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition:
Out of respect for Tony Robinson’s family, Young Gifted and Black will not hold an action tomorrow (May 12) after District Attorney Ismael Ozanne makes his announcement regarding whether officer Matt Kenny will be charged with the death of 19-year-old black teenager Tony Robinson. We call community members to use Tuesday to remember Tony and reflect on the complex ways state violence impacts Black lives.
We will resume our actions on Black Out Wednesday, the first day of action in Black Spring, a national movement for Black Liberation. Black Spring recognizes the death of Tony as connected to the killings of Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, Rekia Boyd, Mya Hall, Tamir Rice, and Aiyana Jones. It is a movement that recognizes the poverty, mass incarceration, evacuated education systems, and physical and mental health struggles that Black people face all as injuries incurred in the war against Black people across in America. The long winter is over. It is time to grow and move in to spring, demonstrating resistance and resilience against the assault on Black people in Madison and across the country.
We ask workers, students, families, and community members who share our vision to stand up for Black lives as a part of this Black Spring movement, and Walk Out on Black Out Wednesday. More information on the events of Black Out Wednesday will be released. -
We meed to get our money up cuz in order to have any political change we need a strong black economy that bacls politicians who represent our interest.
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Rue_Flexington wrote: »Once again trigger happy policing has taken place and still will go unpunished. This is some ?
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http://www.mediaite.com/tv/madison-da-pleads-for-non-violence-after-announcing-no-charges-in-robinson-death/Madison DA Pleads for Non-Violence After Announcing No Charges in Robinson Death
Right after announcing no charges against the cop who fatally shot 19-year-old Tony Robinson, Madison district attorney Ismael Ozanne invoked the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a plea for non-violence.
Ozanne appeared to indirectly invoke recent unrest in Baltimore when he said, “I am concerned that recent violence around our nation is giving some in our communities a justification for fear, hatred, and violence.”
“True and lasting change,” Ozanne said, “does not come from violence, but from exercising our voices and our votes.”
He quoted the words of Dr. King and then walked off.
