Over 600 individuals from throughout Montgomery County, Maryland, along with six local organizations, have signed and delivered a community letter outlining their concerns about policing in the county. The letter raises concerns in the wake of the shooting death of Robert White, a black man who was killed about one mile from his childhood home in Silver Spring on June 11. He was killed while on foot near his neighborhood, which he walked routinely, according to neighbors.
News from: Moms of Black Boys United for Social Change, Inc.; Black Lives Matter DC-Direct Action Pod; Jews United for Justice, Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition; Progressive Action Montgomery County; Showing Up for Racial Justice Montgomery County; Silver Spring CHEER; South Asian-Americans Leading Together; Takoma Park Mobilization-Ending Mass Incarceration
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