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Talking Peace taping: The New Sheriff & Admin
February 2, 2022 @ 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm EST
With Alia Williams, VOICE Buffalo Live-Free Movement Building organizer; Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, VOICE Buffalo Board Member; Imam Myles Carter, Chaplain at Erie Co Correctional Facility at Alden; and Vicki Ross, WNYPC Community Coordinator.
Discussion:
- the new Sheriff, John Garcia, has hired the old Sheriff (Buffalo News Editorial) under whose watch 32 died
- Timothy Donovan, who was president of the Erie County Sheriff’s Police Benevolent Association (the deputy sheriffs’ union/collective bargaining unit), will now head up the Internal Affairs Division
- Michael Phillips, who oversaw Federal Detention (ICE) Facility in Batavia, is new Superintendent of Jail Mgmt Div (BNews, 12/31/21).
- ways to help and get more involved
Tags: economic justice, immigrant refugee justice, prisoners' rights, racial justice