‘Say Their Name’ Photos Position Chief Brenner Mayor Herzig At Odds
Reprinted From This Week’s
Hometown Oneonta & Freeman’s Journal
‘Say Their Name’ Photos
Position Chief Brenner,
Mayor Herzig At Odds
By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – Activist Diandra Sangetti-Daniels was shocked when she received the letter from Police Chief Doug Brenner criticizing the planned “Black Lives Matter” memorial in downtown Oneonta.
“I read that letter,” she said during her remarks at the dedication of the “Say Their Names” photo display Sunday, July 26. “If they’re truly protecting every resident, you would support this. To have someone in a position of power write this letter upset me.”
Brenner drafted the letter on July 19, but Common Council went ahead regardless, voting unanimously Tuesday, July 21, to allow florist Elizabeth Patterson, Oneonta native and the daughter of Paul and Sarah Patterson, to install the display on the fence above the downtown Westcott Lot.
CLICK HERE FOR TEXT OF BRENNER LETTER
