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• Allentown Council discusses the resolution regarding the police department (2): divestment and defunding
• Allentown Council discusses the resolution regarding the police department (1)
• City announcement and instructions for the August 11 Public Safety Committee meeting
• Bethlehem writer Joyce Hinnefeld
• Allentown residents comment on the Allentown resolution
• The full Allentown resolution
• The debate outside Allentown Council chambers: "Black lives matter"/"All lives matter" . . ."Things need to change"/"Defunded police are less effective police"
• Allentown City Council debates police reforms
• Gadfly muses about meetings
• Do we have a beef with the police department?
• "I truly believe that the city needs some serious help at least with communication and Public Relations"
• Required reading in preparation for the August 11 Public Safety Committee meeting
• Useful to think about this incident near Dorney Park as we approach the August 11 Public Safety Committee meeting
• "That's my report, Mr. President"
• "The forest fire is surrounding us"
• Bethlehem schools hybrid, Allentown virtual
• "When I hear Malcolm X talk, I feel electrified"
• Let it go, Gadfly, let it go
• Underfunded districts educate over half of Pennsylvania students and the vast majority of Black and Hispanic students
• "Black Lives Matter . . . it's an awakening"
• "We encourage Council not to proceed recklessly"
• Bethlehem Moment: First Lehigh Valley Gay organization forms
• Public Safety meeting August 11
• Police peacekeepers need peaceful resolution as their initial focus
• Prof Ochs on the police use of force