After we shared our article on the “Support The Beacon PD” rally, a reader, Joe Gallo, commented in a series of comments on our Facebook page, that he thought it unusual that the description of the participants of the police rally were described - and described by occupation - and no one from the counter protesters representing Black Lives Matter were mentioned.

In his comments, Joe alluded to individuals who showed up for Black lives. Being that this was an article about the “Support the Beacon PD,” and focused on that (we tried to get comment from Beacon PBA and former Mayor Randy Casale to highlight what attending meant to them, but we haven’t heard back yet ... they are busy people), the article only focused on that group.

Hearing Joe’s feedback, while disagreeing with his implied position that people’s occupations did not need to be mentioned, we followed up with each person he named, to confirm they were there, and highlight their inspiration for attending.

Read the updated article with all of the interviews here.