By Barrett Seaman– Every now and again, tensions rise to the surface between the rivertowns’ uniformed police and firefighters on the one hand and an increasingly progressive citizenry and their elected officials on the other. Beginning with the murder of George Floyd in June of 2020, the emergence of Black Lives Matter, which in turn spawned a Back the Blue pro-police countermovement, followed by protracted examinations of police-community relations by Police Reform and Reimagination committees, emotions have been running on […]
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