The removal of the monument is a symbol that does not reflect the true history and it represents values that have no place in the community today. It sends the wrong message to visitors and residents. Our taxes are paying to protect something that racially divides our community. African Americans who were enslaved by the millions in the South and later subjected to brutal oppression under the white supremacist regime of Jim Crow. Our democracy is based on equality under the law, and public entities should not prominently display symbols that undermine that concept and alienate an entire segment of the population.

On June 3, 2020, the Metro Nashville Community Oversight Board (MNCO) was notified of a shooting that occurred within the MNPD district of and lack of cooperation’s within several of request. Under his leadership as Chief of Police we have seen senseless killing of innocent’s civilian in our great city namely - Jocques Clemmons and Daniel Hambrick and other black citizen in our community. Chief Anderson’s was responsible during his times as chief of MNPD the racial profiling of innocent citizen in Traffic stops and heavy fines by MNPD towards Black community’s in Gideon’s Army report “Driving While Black. He has allowed the MNPD use of excessive force and hindered progress in our city and his services are no longer needed. In many MOU terms written by the community Oversight chief Anderson’s deliberately slow down request from the MNCO and misinformed the committee in many of their request.  We therefore urge the public to stand in solidarity, shoulder to shoulder with our fellow African American and Black Lives Matter Nashville and other communities rallies and request the resignation of Chief Steve Anderson.  In these connections, we as communities can longer these senseless killing as norms by MNPD. We recognize that our society is at a pivotal juncture where we must step up to build a better system and Justice for black community and other minority whom have been oppressed, abused, and ignored for far too long. Enough is enough we need a bold change and that starts with the departure of Chief Steve Anderson.  Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter which is of urgency.

He was wrongfully shot and killed by a Chester County police officer and hasn't received the justice he deserves. No arrest has been made. Please reach out to his mother and sign this petition and continue to protest and pray, thank you 💙!

The current statue is an idol of bigotry, racism, and cruelty. It is a sign that screams to people of color that our state still holds on to the ideals of the confederacy. Virginia is for lovers of all things so we should be welcoming to all races. We need peace, hope, and love to heal our city and our state. But the most important of all of these is LOVE.

Symbolic value is important. Statues represent the ethos and values of the people of California, as well as placing honor in the character, successes or challenges a figure symbolizes. It is time to replace the California statues in Washington, DC with public comment opportunity.

John Evans recently announced that police are no longer proactively doing their jobs because they don’t have “any support from the administration,” and that it’s the reason for a recent spike in shootings in Buffalo. He’s effectively trying to hold the city hostage. It’s outrageous, and it’s a classic tactic of out-of-control police unions, reminiscent of organized crime: stop holding us accountable, or we might not protect you. This is just the latest from John Evans — he and his supporters in the police department are already under major scrutiny. Many of us have seen the video from June of riot police in Buffalo pushing down a 75-year-old man and leaving him bleeding on the ground. The police department’s initial statement — before the video surfaced — said he “was injured when he tripped & fell.” After the video came to light and the officers who pushed him were suspended, 57 officers from the same riot response team resigned from that unit — not to protest the violence, but to actually SUPPORT the officers who committed it, and to protest their suspension. It turns out they weren’t acting on their own — it was John Evans who pressured them all to resign, and he threatened to stop supporting them if they refused. Just a few weeks later, Evans is now coming to the defense of Lieutenant Mike DeLong, a Buffalo officer who was just suspended for harassing a woman on camera, calling her a “little f***ing c***,” and threatening to come to her workplace. After the incident, officers followed the woman and pulled her car over — a clear intimidation tactic. Evans says DeLong was “caught in a weak moment,” that he knows DeLong well, and “I don’t think you’ll see Lieutenant DeLong involved in anything like that again.” But in reality DeLong has a long history of misconduct, including 36 complaints made against him (with 13 related to use of force), he’s been suspended four times (including in 2018 for an “off-duty domestic” incident), and likely avoided discipline on many other occasions with the help of the police union John Evans leads. Defending police misconduct is nothing new for Evans. In 2016, he wrote a blog post blaming the victims of police brutality: “Comply with our orders and you won't get yourself killed. Enough!!!” The post went on to excuse several high profile police killings of Black men: “The Alton Sterling incident was a necessary, justified, use of force. That and the Michael Brown and Eric Garner incidents were clearly avoidable, had they complied with the Police Officers.” Black Lives Matter protesters confronted Evans and demanded that he take the post down; he refused. Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said “The Buffalo police union is on the wrong side of history … They have been a barrier to further police reform in the city of Buffalo, and that barrier that the police union presents needs to be addressed.” He’s right — if we want to transform policing, it’s time to confront police unions everywhere. Join us in demanding that Buffalo’s political leaders, police leadership, and rank and file police officers denounce Buffalo Police Benevolent Association president John Evans and publicly call for his removal as president of the Buffalo PBA.

Silence on issues such as racial injustice speaks volumes.

More resources for public health inciatives. For example one riot gear uniform can buy 31 nurses PPE. Development projects in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Utilizing social workers, medical experts and community organizations to handle specific emergencies i.e. domestic violence and mental illness calls. Redesigning our neighborhoods in ways that make us feel safe by directly addressing problems and funding them quickly.

Our hallowed Union AFGE Local 1975 is again under attack by saboteurs. In February 2020 the members of AFGE Local 1975 exercised our right to vote. We voted unanimously for Clifford Lowery to be our President. Since then even in the most troubled times during the Covid -19 Pandemic the Executive Committee has been working hard behind the scenes to protect and serve our membership. We have been trying to make up lost ground from the previous administration. There have been various frivolous electoral protests that haven't gained any traction, but finally the National AFGE Organization has attempted to usurp our voices by suspending our President :Cliff Lowery. We the members of AFGE - Local 1975 are going to reclaim our union. We call for immediate reinstatement of our duly elected Union President of AFGE Local 1975 in the interim of this investigation, and request full, unbiased, and unfettered transparency for the charges that have been levelled against him. We also call for an independent arbitrator that will allow for fact driven findings and final judgement of the charges. We are calling for President Clifford Lowery to be reinstated effective immediately as President of Afge Local 1975. We call for all our Union membership to sign this petition. Read and request full, unbiased, and unfettered transparency for the complaint levied against him and the subsequent charges

We call for Berkeley Unified School District to create thoughtful ways of working with students that engender an inclusive, respectful and transformative environment for learning. The Berkeley High School website states that "we treat each other with respect and act with integrity" and yet the real life experiences and stories of Black students is daily accounts of the mistreatment of Black students, a pattern of being pulled from class, unlawfully searched and aggressively handled at the hands of the police. The presence of police in a place of learning promotes the criminalization rather than education of our students of color and sends the wrong impression to all our students. Together we demand the dismantling of the current police state climate that is an everyday reality for our students and transform the educational environment from one that hinders to one that fosters all of our young people’s ability to explore, grow and manifest their full capacities and gifts.

Mississippi is currently being represented by Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, and James Zachariah George, Confederate General. These statues were donated to National Statuary Hall in 1931. Earlier this year, there was even word that James Z. George was moved to the boiler room of the U.S. Capitol because his legacy was too contemptible to mention during Capitol tours. Also, neither of these figures were even born in Mississippi. The National Statuary Hall Collection is a chamber in the United States Capitol comprised of individual states donating two statues each to honor deceased people notable in that state's history that is seen by people from across the world. Since its opening, National Statuary Hall has had at least seven states replace their statues including Mississippi's neighbor Alabama with four more states undergoing the process of replacement. This trend was made possible by legislation enacted in 2000 as a way to bring the Hall Collection into the 21st century. Mississippi has the highest percentage of black people in America at a whopping 37.3% according to the 2010 census. Furthermore, Mississippi has the highest number of black elected officials. So, why is Mississippi being represented nationally by figures that are known for dehumanizing a considerable part of Mississippi's demographic? This is not how Mississippi deserves to be represented today. With a history as rich as Mississippi's, we are currently missing a prime opportunity to showcase our biggest and brightest such as B.B. King, Eudora Welty, Medgar Evers, Jim Henson, Fannie Lou Hamer, Dr. James D. Hardy, Elvis Presley, and many more. This national moment calls for swift, decisive action. I urge you to use your platform and publicly support the replacement of Mississippi's national Confederate statues. Together, we are all one Mississippi. Let's get this done!

This issue strikes home and is of utmost importance because I am an American citizen of Latino descent that cares about the welfare of my people and humanity in all regards; regardless of color, religion, or background. My brother in-law Edgar Antonio Guerra has been detained for over a year; enough is enough. I implore to ask yourself, What would Jesus do?...