Police shootings in Albuquerque N.M.- Security officials escorted protesters out of council meeting

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Activist David Correia motions to Albuquerque Police chief Gorden Eden as Correia is escorted from city council chambers in Albuquerque, N.M., Thursday, May 8, 2014.
Activist David Correia motions to Albuquerque Police chief Gorden Eden as Correia is escorted from city council chambers in Albuquerque, N.M., Thursday, May 8, 2014. At least seven people were removed from the chambers and given a criminal trespass notice saying not to return to council chambers for 90 days. The Albuquerque City Council gathered Thursday under new rules and heightened security designed to avoid an angry confrontation like the one that broke out earlier in the week amid community outrage over a spate of deadly police shootings. Photo: Juan Antonio Labreche, AP

Source: Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Security officials escorted some people from an Albuquerque City Council meeting amid new rules designed to avoid the sort of angry confrontation that broke out earlier this week over a spate of deadly police shootings.
The special meeting started quietly Thursday with the council president spelling out the rules for the night. Those included no signs, props or any other campaign material.
The Albuquerque Police Department has been under scrutiny over 39 police shootings in the city since 2010, prompting a harsh report earlier this year from theU.S. Justice Department that highlighted excessive use of force. Protests this week followed a weekend shooting that killed an armed man after a SWAT standoff.
Public comment was also limited to the legislation the council was prepared to consider, including measures near the bottom of the agenda that would affect the hiring of the police chief.

"If we don't have order tonight, I will clear the room. Please be respectful," Council PresidentKen Sanchez said.
Several people decided to take a stand by turning their backs to the council members and refusing to speak during their turns at the podium. Before being escorted out of the chambers by security, they raised their fists, prompting supporters in the crowd to do the same.
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