The Overland Park City Council’s first in-person meeting since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic erupted into chaos Monday night as several people – outraged at the lack of a public comment period – shouted over the council’s scheduled discussion to demand police transparency. Councilmembers had barely sat down after the Pledge of Allegiance before they were called out for controversies surrounding the fatal police shooting two years ago of teenager John Albers and the more recent arrests of four protestors in July. About 20 attendees said they came to the meeting expecting there would be a public comment period where they could express their concerns. But Mayor Carl Gerlach informed them that no comment times would happen until the next council meeting, Sept. 14. That did not sit well with the attendees.
Source: Prairie Village Post
