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Reader says Ridgewood Police Presence at Candle Light Vigil caused more tension

"Anti Hatred/Anti Violence" Candlelight vigil held at the Emmanuel Baptist Church

Ridgewood Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke personally supervised all uniformed and plainclothes officers who were assigned to provide security at an “Anti Hatred/Anti Violence”

Chief of Police supervises the Police Department at the vigil?? What could possibly happen in a vigil with 50-100 people where all think alike?! Why dramatize a simple event and in the process cause more tension than necessary? Ironically the event is supposed to ease tensions.

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Reader says Candle Light Vigil was nothing more than anti-Trump rally

"Anti Hatred/Anti Violence" Candlelight vigil held at the Emmanuel Baptist Church

A certain group put this out all over social media as an anti-TRUMP rally. Yep, They were trying to stir people up and it went all over the internet. Good the police were there. All it takes is one idiot who heard about the anti-Trump rally and decided to slam into the crowd. Do you honestly think we are insulated from the violence that the nation has been experiencing? I am glad the police were there and that they took our safety seriously. This was a vigil, yes, a hate-has-ho-home-here vigil. But some were promoting it as an anti-Trump rally.