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This first minute or two of the story will end up revealing the main character I'm talking about

is Dave Chappelle, like telling you the punchline before the joke, but I think you're still going to like it

regardless. There's one video I stumbled upon a year or so ago. It goes like this, there's a town hall

happening in a small town in Ohio. This small town has an annual New Year's Eve celebration,

which the town is quite proud of. It's low key, it's family friendly, and at this point in 2017,

now in its 37th year. Unfortunately, this year something goes wrong. Nobody has killed nothing

here is about to get into a making a murder or like sort of documentary, but something wrong nonetheless.

The local police acted very aggressively towards locals on New Year's. During a time in the night

when residents have always been free to enjoy themselves, the police attempted clearing the streets

with SUVs or cruisers. This led to a disagreement between police officers and locals and then

tasers being unnecessarily used. That's not my opinion, but a night which is well documented by a

22-page report, the town commissioned in its aftermath. As a local paper reported, the incident

prompted hundreds of residents to complain about what they called heavy-handed tactics, attracted

national media attention and led to the resignation of police chief David Hale. The report says

going forward, police officers on duty on New Year's Eve would be made fully aware of the traditions,

nature, and timing of the event. A supervisor would also be on duty the night of,

something that didn't happen in this instance. The point of this town hall on this night is to go

over the report and decide what to do next. Is there a larger issue of over-policing going on?

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