- Target:
- Richmond Police Officers Association and Richmond Firefighters Association
- Region:
- United States of America
Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin received a vicious political attack by the Richmond Police Officers Association (RPOA) and the Richmond Firefighters Association (RFA). These police and fire unions publicly released personal financial and medical information about Mayor McLaughlin. This information dates back years before her tenure on the Richmond City Council as a Council Member and Mayor.
Richmond United for Peace strongly supports the work of the Richmond Police Department and the Richmond Fire Department staff who serve the people of Richmond everyday.
Regretfully, a few members in these associations' leadership hurt their departments' reputations by willingly and repeatedly engaging in unethical politics of personal destruction. The good people who are members of the two departments should hold the leadership accountable for its offensive deeds.
These political smear tactics have brought shame and dishonor to the entire body of police officers and firefighters and have seriously damaged their support in the Richmond community. A wrong has occurred and must be righted.
Richmond United for Peace and Justice demands that the Richmond Police Officers Association and the Richmond Firefighters Association:
• Issue a public apology to Mayor McLaughlin and the people of Richmond for engaging in such offensive campaign tactics. This apology should be made via a public press conference and a mailer sent to all Richmond registered voters via an RPOA/RFA campaign committee paid mailer.
• Publicly pledge to no longer engage in their well-documented politics of personal destruction dating back to the days of Darrell Reese
Richmond United for Peace demands that RPOA/RFA-endorsed candidates Nat Bates, Maria Theresa Viramontes, Ludmyrna Lopez and Jim Rogers:
• Join Richmond United for Peace in demanding their endorsers, RPOA and RFA, apologize to Mayor McLaughlin and the people of Richmond for their offensive campaign tactic and demand they pledge not do this again, now and in the future.
• Because candidates Bates, Viramontes, Lopez and Rogers are the intended beneficiaries of the joint RPOA/RFA campaign, should RPOA/RFA not apologize, these candidates should return any RPOA/RFA campaign contributions given so far and demand RPOA/RFA no longer spend any campaign funds on their behalf.
We the undersigned agree to present these demands.
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The Richmond United for Peace and Justice petition to Richmond Police Officers Association and Richmond Firefighters Association was written by Andrés Soto and is in the category Politics at GoPetition.