The Biddeford City Council has scrapped its planned agenda and changed the location for its regular July 21 meeting in order to accommodate what is expected to be a large gathering of residents and others who want to address the council about last week’s fatal shooting of Johan Sebastian Guerrero.
Biddeford City Councilor David Kurtz expresses gratitude for city employees and several others impacted by last week's fatal shooting and seeks ideas for new local laws that might prevent a similar incident in the future
Our elected officials have a special responsibility to lead with restraint, not speculation. Citizens have the same obligation. Justice requires patience. Fairness demands that we allow investigators to complete their work before drawing conclusions that may prove incomplete—or wrong.
How easily folks of a community -- where I grew up, walked the streets, went to school, went to church -- can turn on each other with such intolerance. Shameful.
Following a brief press conference with Gov. Janet Mills, Mayor Liam LaFountain issued an updated statement regarding what the city is doing in the wake of Monday's fatal shooting. LaFountain said he has been in contact with the victim's family, but they asked for those conversations to remain private.
A little more than 24 hours after Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was killed by federal agents in Biddeford, two makeshift memorials have been established while federal and state officials call for answers and the community's patience.
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