[last night at the Listening Session held by the Portland mayor and chief of police. a play in one act.]
citizen 1: hello. please stop any and all officers from coordinating actions and tactics with white supremacists.
moderator: folks, we understand you are angry but we need SOLUTIONS!!
citizen 2: remove white nationalist sympathizers from the police bureau immediately, please.
moderdator: look, the past has happened and it is valid you're upset, but this meeting is pointless if you don't offer SOLUTIONS!
citizen 3: hi the police literally doxed me and provided my personal information to neo nazis that threw a brick through my daughter's window. could you please stop this from happening and punish the officers involved?
moderator: i've got a fever and the only prescription is hearing SOLUTIONS!! i am the person in the first ten seconds of the infomercial spilling Tupperware into my face and then turning to the camera and shouting about how there must be some SOLUTIONSS!!
citizen 4: i personally support the police.
moderator: thank you.
mayor: thank you.
chief of police: thank you *takes notes*
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