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thought of was "did you get his name." I realize that is a privilege to imagine that knowing <br />his name would make a difference. She was scared for her life - there was no way she was <br />going to ask the person who held ALL THE POWER in that situation for his credentials. <br />She has friends at the police department and asked them to look for a record of it. Of <br />course there was no record. How often does it happen that residents are harassed by the <br />police for NO REASON. <br />It is hard to imagine that she was harassed for any reason other than Walking While <br />Black. <br />Should we allocate more money towards police reform? <br />Body cameras, diversity training and training on appropriate use of force don't work. They <br />did not stop the murder of an unarmed black man Chinedu Okobi by the Sheriff's <br />Department, Mali Watkins, arrested by Alameda police for exercising, the use of tear gas and <br />rubber bullets in Oakland... and the list goes on and on. Let's not wait until Redwood City Police <br />Department makes headlines for something similar. Reform and training is not enough. <br />There is significant scholarship documenting the local and national history of <br />unequal treatment of residents by the police - with respect to which neighborhoods they <br />patrol, which crimes they enforce, and against whom and how severely they use force. The <br />police culture is one that was built on being above the law. We cannot continue to fund a <br />system that allows <br />The murder of Rayshard Brooks last week occurred by an officer wearing a body <br />camera. Bans on chokeholds do not work, as the police killing of Eric Garner <br />reminds us - he was killed by an illegal chokehold. We need to redirect the funds <br />immediately. <br />I want a city that is safe for everyone. We cannot wait to take meaningful action until <br />October: the future of public safety is a future of prevention, by community services and <br />unarmed specialists, rather than punishment backed by armed force and incarceration. <br />Please listen to the public outcry and take a stand to reorient our city to this future. <br />Thank you for your time, <br />Marina Rose <br />539 Flynn Ave <br />Redwood City, CA 94063 <br />