Advocates want City Council to fund a community-based 'trauma care' program to help crime victims. Also, Mitchell Brown chosen to fill vacancy.
The Columbus Dispatch
Family members and activist advocates of 13-year-old Sinzae Reed, who was fatally shot in October at a Columbus Hilltop apartment complex, spoke before council during the meeting. They have held press conferences and other events to call attention to the case, including a rally Sunday at the Ohio Statehouse.
Krieg Butler, 36, was initially arrested by Columbus police and charged with murder in Reed's death. He was ordered held on $1 million bond, butby Franklin County Prosecutor Gary Tyack's office pending an autopsy report from the county coroner's office and further police investigation into Butler's claim of self-defense in the shooting. A 2019 law by the Ohio General Assembly that places more burden on the prosecution in cases where a defendant maintains self-defense.
"We don't need the police. We need better options and people that understand our community a little better," Obey said of the community-based liaison approach. He also said that he was offended by what he maintained was a larger-than-usual police presence in the council chambers Monday in apparent anticipation of the group's appearance.
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