Letter: No one likes trash, but the Plum Creek incident could have been tragic

Tire tracks remained at the Plum Creek Park in Kent after a Memorial Day party attended by 2,000 people. Photo via Kent Police Department

Letter: No one likes trash, but the Plum Creek incident could have been tragic

- Letter to the editor

I have been watching the conversations around the Memorial Day party at Plum Creek Park on the Kent and Stow community Facebook pages.

People seem to be very concerned for the state of the park property, which is warranted, I guess. But what I am more concerned about was that police officer Michael Carnahan drew a gun in the presence of 2,000 mostly Black folks.

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