By WMAY Newsroom
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A dozen community organizations are coming out in opposition to Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell’s plan to acquire a military-surplus armored vehicle.
The vehicle that Campbell wants is smaller than the M-RAP mine-resistant vehicle the county used to have, and which was used once to defuse an armed standoff before eventually being given to LaSalle County. Campbell says the armored vehicle can protect officers in dangerous situations and can be used to deal with weather situations and other conditions that are beyond a standard vehicle’s capability.
But the Faith Coalition for the Common Good and other groups say it represents a “military-intimidation” style of policing that would be detrimental to good police-community relations.
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My name is Ronnie Franklin and I am a new community organizer. I chose to embrace the journey of a community organizer working with Faith Coalition for the Common Good because I have children and grandchildren who I believe should not have to continue to experience the ongoing systemic racism and social inequalities which I have endured my entire life.
As a community organizer, working in Decatur, I will build a new network of organizations, faith congregations and individuals that will work to address the issues affecting our community and change the ordinances, laws and other established protocols which support systemic racism and economic injustices. This work reflects my faith and values. It is the way I can truly have an impact, if equality and the value of every human is to ever become a reality within our community.