'I Was Horrified to Read This': Malone Residents React to Police Reform Plan

The village of Malone held its first public forum on police reform on Monday night. Dozens of people tuned in over Zoom.

Most people who commented were critical of the plan, which celebrates the village’s white heritage while calling Black people transient and dismissing systemic racism.

Monday night’s meeting lasted about an hour. Most people were over Zoom, but so many people showed up in person that Malone’s Mayor Andrea Dumas had to move them to another room.

“We have too many people in the meeting," Dumas said. "You all have to leave.”