This Texas City Just Elected the Youngest City Council Member in the State
Prairie View A&M students haven’t forgotten Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old alumna of their school who was found hanged in a Prairie View jail cell after state police arrested her in a minor traffic stop. Neither have they forgotten when a local officer Tasered Jonathan Miller, the youngest member of Prairie View’s City Council and alumni of their school, for “suspicious activity.”
That was 2015. By 2016, Donald Trump—who ran on a campaign that promised to give more power to the police—was president.
President Obama’s farewell address included a call to those listening to “grab a clipboard, get some signatures, and run for office yourself,” encouraging students to be the change they’d like to see. Three Prairie View A&M students took the former president’s advice, running for the two open seats in Prairie View City Council.
On May 6, both seats were filled by Prairie View students, one of whom is the youngest city council member in the state of Texas.
Read more: https://www.thenation.com/article/texas-city-just-elected-youngest-person-hold-office-state/
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