Residents and several different organizations worked to get the charter proposal on the ballot after the fatal shooting of Jayland Walker by Akron police on June 27.
They gathered more than 7,000 signatures this summer and in September, Akron City Council members voted to place the amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot.According to Akron police, Walker was unarmed at the time he was running away, but a firearm he allegedly used to shoot at officers during the short car chase was recovered in his vehicle.
The officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave during the investigation, which is being handled by agents with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation . “People want and deserve answers, and they shall have them. BCI will conduct a complete, fair and expert investigation,” said Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.
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