Public pressure over last month’s student-police confrontation remained front and center at Wednesday’s Quakertown Borough Council meeting, though the tone inside borough hall was notably calmer than in recent weeks.
Roughly 30 attendees called for accountability and empathy following the Feb. 20 clash between students and police during an ICE-related protest.
Several speakers urged borough leaders to take a closer look at Police Chief and Borough Manager Scott McElree’s actions, particularly in light of emails obtained through a Right-to-Know request in which he defended the department’s use of force and referenced an “evil sect,” a phrase some residents said they believed was directed at them…