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Page A—1 2 Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, June 11, 2020 March: Law enforcement closely monitored Belfair march continued from page A—1 This highlighting of black voices emerged in a physical sense as Arm- strong invited people of color to the center of the group in front of Timber— land Regional Library. “We’re learning how to center people of color,” Armstrong said, addressing the group. “We’re learning how to shut up, we’re trying to shut up and listen. I’m not going to ask you to speak, I’m just going to center you physically so we can remind ourselves exactly what we’re trying to do. I’m going to take it a step further and I’m going to ask white people to show a sign of humility — if you’re able to do this simply go to a knee.” The kneeling group then began chanting “thank you” until Armstrong asked “and now friends, go live it.” Belfair resident Justin Daniels ad- dressed the crowd with a plea for unity. “If someone saw me on the ground fighting for my life, I would hope that someone would join in and push them off just to give me a fighting chance in- stead of pulling out their phone hitting that record button and then yelling at the aggressor and posting it on Face- book later saying ‘Black Lives Matter,” said Daniels, who is black. Daniels said he felt obligated to sup- port the efl'ort, protect those partici- pating and the local businesses in the town that raised him. “When I was young, probably 16, 17, I came to Belfair and immediately I made a lot of friends, I never felt any type of racial tension,” Daniels said. “Everybody was just encouraging me to do better, in football, soccer, no mat- ter what I was in, I had people I didn’t FREE Estimates l.IC#EVERGSR8l88G Evergreen State Roofing 90W 560-462-0800 WWW.esrwa..com Serving Shelton and all of Mason County ON MAY 25, MlNNEAPOLlS POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER DEREK CHAVlN KEPT HIS KNEE 0N GEORGE FLOVD‘S NECK FOP 8.46 MINUTES. FLOYD WAS UNARMED AND DIED OF ASPHVXIA ON THE SCENE. Graphic by Isabella Breda even know, who would come and show up for me.” The march was symbolic to North Mason’s solidarity with Black Lives Matter and in respect to George Floyd, who died of asphyxia after a Minneapo- lis police officer knelt on his neck for 8 We use only the finest... 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County Commissioner Randy Neat- herlin attended the march, but said he was there to “support both sides.” According to Neatherlin, in addi- tion to the peaceful marchers was a group that was armed and prepared to defend local businesses from poten- tial looting or unrest and he convinced them to march with the racial recon- ciliation procession. “Everybody was marching for some- thing, not against, that was the differ- ence in Belfair,” Neatherlin said. “For the rights of each other, for the rights of people of color to be treated with re- spect, the right for everybody to stay together as a town.” Washington State Patrol and the Mason County Sheriff’s Office worked to protect the procession, monitoring the vicinity of the march and later blocking traffic at the intersection of Clifton Lane and state Route 3, allow- ing marchers to safely cross. “I think this is one of the first times since all the way back to 1991 with Rodney King when a video showing this type of action the brutality of this use of force — misuse of authority was available to everybody,” Spurling said. “I can tell you there’s not a single law enforcement officer "that I know that condones what happened. That was an atrocious misuse of authority and it damages all of us. It tarnished all of our reputations.” In major cities, including Los An- geles, Seattle and Atlanta, protest- ers’ signs share messages like “cops get great power with no responsibil- ity,” and “ACAB [All Cops Are Bas- tards].” In Belfair, the anti-police sen- timent was not similarly central to the message. “All the deputies were smiling, were kind, were helpful,” Neatherlin said. U.S. News & World Report reported that more than 1,000 unarmed people died as a result of police brutality be- tween 2013 and 2019, more than one- third of those were black. “In 2019 we had 24,132 calls for ser- vice. We made a total of 625 arrests. Of those arrests, 74 ended up with a use of force, of those 74, 18 were in the jail,” Spurling said. Based on those statis- tics, 0.03% of MCSO’s contacts end in use of force. . In 2020, there has been one fatal po- lice shooting in Mason County, result- ing in the death of Kathryn R. Hale, age 32. A Mason County Sheriff’s Office deputy went to Hale’s residence in re— gard to multiple felony warrants and fired shots at Hale after he was alleg- edly struck by her vehicle. The incident is still under investiga- tion by Thurston County Sheriffs Of- fice. “Professionalism, integrity, account- ability, respect and partnership. Our five core values are written right on our badge,” Spurling said. “In law en- forcement you have 600 pages of policy and not all of my officers can memorize all 600 pages so what we try to make sure they understand is if you filter every decision through those five core values you’re going to make the right decision in almost every case.” Kien escue of Mason County Right now we have adult cats available for adoption. Indooronly and a warm lap to sit on are ours and the kitties req uest. Healthy and well adjusted, our kitties want their own home and family to love. 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