28/07/2020
Back in June, INK joined our friends at Whatcom Civil Rights Project and the Racial Justice Coalition in a petition demanding Bellingham Mayor Seth Fleetwood take immediate action to reduce the police budget, halt militarization, and address racialized violence. Over 3,200 people signed that petition but unfortunately the Mayor did not act on any of our demands. He did meet with representatives from the three groups last week, though, and listened to our concerns on seven issues that these groups have been working on for a number of years.
We're two months into a national reckoning about the role, cost, and future of policing. To summarize the Mayor's position on every issue relating to it -- no commitment. If you're participating in those upcoming listening sessions, we ask you to press the Mayor to take concrete action on these critical issues...