In the week since a special grand jury declined to charge the officers involved in the deadly shooting of Jayland Walker, protests and conversations have happened daily around Akron.
Monday, Akron faith leaders hosted their fifth community discussion since the grand jury decision. The session inside the non-denominational church House of Prayer for All People was the first time media were allowed to film the event.
He posed several questions to the crowd of several dozen about how they were feeling, what they were thinking and what they needed to move forward.“I’m tired of being pissed off. I’m tired of being hurt. I’m tired of people getting murdered. I am tired and there is no diplomatic way of talking about it. There is no right in this. It’s not right,” said one woman.
“There is no trust,” Carla Polk added of the relationship with Akron police and city leaders. “And without that, you have nothing.” “Don’t tell me we don’t need sessions like this where we can come in, out of a mad world, and really begin the process of healing and becoming whole again,” one man observed.“If the right people are listening, it could be productive. But we don’t know if they’re listening or not,” Smith said.“Justice would be different for the Walker family. Justice would be different for the 8 officers,” said Pastor Jenkins.
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