Скачать или смотреть Tensions rise at Cuyahoga County Council meeting over moment of silence for Charlie Kirk

All 11 members of the Cuyahoga County Council were present Tuesday as Council President Dale Miller called the meeting to order — and then made a solemn request.

"This is a sad day," Miller said, referencing recent political violence in the United States. "Just three months ago, we held a moment of silence here for Minnesota state legislators Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman — one killed, one seriously injured. Today, we hold silence for them again, and for media personality Charlie Kirk — murdered last week in Utah. And we send positive thoughts for an end to all political violence."

Before the moment of silence began, Council Vice President Yvonne Conwell asked to speak.

"I do not condone acts of violence of any kind," Conwell said. "I am a supporter of Cuyahoga County, which is in the planning stage of creating an Office of Crime Prevention. But I will not be able to do a moment of silence for someone who actively communicated racist remarks against African Americans."

Conwell then walked out of Council chambers to applause from the audience. Councilmembers Meredith Turner and Pernel Jones Jr. — who, like Conwell, are Black — followed, leaving the remaining legislators seated for the 15-second moment of silence.

Sia Nyorkor reports: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/loc...