Call For Board To Review Police Actions At Protest

Ashley Carter explains more on a resolution introduced to evaluate police conduct during protests.

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Waay 31's ashley carter is live at city hall now with more on the plan..

Councilwoman akridge says she hopes tomorrow is a listening session where people come with solutions.

She says the first step is evaluating all that went on during last week's protest and eventually being able to come to a peaceful resolution.

Frances akridge, hsv citycouncil woman: "first yes everybody can make a comment, however understand complaining isn't useful."

It's advice huntsville councilwoman frances akridge wants you to know before tomorrow's city council meeting.

Her resolution wants a citizen's review board to evaluate how police ended protests last monday and wednesday.

Frances akridge, hsv citycouncil woman: "the resolution that i introduced to have the citizens advisory committee tease out the facts and the lessons learned, there you'll see that that committee is actually involved in incident review boards, they do these are people that your city council representatives trust" mayor tommy battle says it's important the city listens to the public is saying in the streets and at these meetings.

Mayor tommy battle, mayor of hsv "we need to listen we need to listen to the people and what they have to say and i think this thursday night will be a listening session."

Mayor battle told me police began reviewing what happened at the protest the day after .... the mayor also said there's a special meeting next thursday where police need to explain why officers used tear gas to end protests last week.

So far, police are standing by their actions.

Lt michael johnson, hpd spokesperson: "when you have a situation like that people have to understand theirs literally hundreds of moving parts you can't take all those moving parts and actually package it into a comprehensive review in just a couple hours."

After both sides are heard....council members are expected to decide by the end of the month if the citizen's review board should get involved.

Akridge, mayor battle and huntsville police all told me a good working relationship between police and the community is the most important thing.

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