Crowd defends Chief Allen During City Council
comment at today’s city council meeting lasted two hours. at times there were shouts of support for el paso police chief greg allen. abc-7’s stephanie guadian was at that meeting and joins us live from the newsroom. stephanie dozens of police officers, their families and members of the public packed the council chamber to voice their opinions. the controversy follows chief greg allen calling black lives matter… a radical hate group.. shortly after the dallas ambush on officers. one person at the council meeting was carrying a sign that read: ep citizens say we support our chief greg allen. b- l-m chants.. what do we want? dead cops. when do we want them? now. the sign references chief allen’s explanation of why he reffered to the group in that way. but at least person in the crowd wants the chief to resign. city council nine 1:29 i as a citizen of el paso, have lost all trust in chief allen’s capabilty to uphold his oath as a police officer. i would hope that chief allen would have the humility to recognize the degree of damage he has brought upon the image of the already villified men and women in blue.” 1:44 ron martin… cit council 6 10:16 he made a comment on t-v after not speaking at the press conference because he was upset. and he walked out. soon as he said that comment, and he is not going to tel you this, but he already has death threats. 10:31″ stephanie live last night– the black roundtable group held a town hall. city council reps, the police chief and black activists all attended the four hour meeting. council woman claudia ordaz called it the most powerful meeting she has even been to– and one she learned a lot from. rick and estella– back to you. new developments tonight in the el