Detective Tom Murphy spoke during the council’s public comment period, a week after Sheline and Councilor Linda Scott announced the formation of the committee on the heels of two public forums on the topic.
Murphy said “certain politicians” are trying to “pit the community against the Police Department,” and are “spinning a tragic situation into a political game for their reelections.”
“We are not your enemy,” he said. “We only care about the well-being of this city and its safety.”
As he sat there smashing the Xbox me and my siblings got for Christmas with a big hammer, my dad said the same thing:
These people are criminal psychopaths and don’t deserve any civility or freedom in public life.